The Independent Crossword August 27 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 27 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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You shouldn't have holiday sex with wretched Keir to please yourselfTAKEITORLEAVEIT15Across1
Sauce baseROUX4Across1
AgitateSTIR4Across4
One quits newspapers possibly drowning in sauce sooner or laterSOMEDAY7Across9
Very large numberTRILLION8Across9
To choke, losing heart in Wimbledon, is hard to explainSTRANGE7Across10
Blog entryPOST4Across10
Vauxhall car approaching yard is off courseASTRAY6Across11
Extremely cold (Informal)PERISHING9Across11
Made firm second date arranged with bombshellSTEADIED8Across12
Republicans originally redacted models' facesOPPOSES7Across14
Armed forcesTROOPS6Across14
Evening mealSUPPER6Across15
Book of synonymsTHESAURUS9Across16
Extremely cool remix of Strokes' Last Nite for those that payCLIENTS7Across17
Series of novelsSAGA4Across19
The French certain to embrace current convenient opportunityLEISURE7Across20
WorshippedIDOLISED8Across21
Tips from angry sub: "Trying your luck annoys readers wanting columns"ASTYLAR7Across21
United’s lead cut by player’s mistake ...TOGETHER8Across22
Three, in cardsTREY4Across22
Catch sight ofESPY4Across23
... short cross Rayan Aït-Nouri initially returned back to Donnarumma for CityANKARA6Across25
Who's licensed to kill twisted, barely legal kink?BONDAGE7Across29
List of elite US students said to be doing wellONAROLL7Across30
Professional representative could be awful charlatan getting cut repeatedly: first 12.5% of earningsTHEATRICALAGENT15Across31
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Labour introducing shifting scale that makes sparks flyTESLACOIL9Down1
Orderly looked after nurses close to sanatoriumKEMPT5Down2
Man-eating monsterOGRE4Down2
Percussion instrumentXYLOPHONE9Down3
Third off price for ham?INDIA5Down3
One beastly Conservative's unguarded kissORYX4Down4
FaucetTAP3Down5
Key expert's cant in hearingLISZT5Down5
TV show possibly exposed sporting star as one who gets highAERIALIST9Down6
Calmly submissiveRESIGNED8Down6
Europeans disturbed by news on international lack of interestENNUI5Down7
Type of cloudCIRRUS6Down7
Cover of The Modern Age sampling Queen trackTREAD5Down8
BurdenONUS4Down8
ImperturbableIMPASSIVE9Down12
American woman who won five Grand Slam titlesASHE4Down13
Draw outPROTRACT8Down13
Character from The Odyssey that’s acidic?PHI3Down15
GriefSORROW6Down15
Four times Sugar wasted capital in Baden-WürttembergSTUTTGART9Down16
Meloni's opener: "Trump's intelligence? Zero!"CIAO4Down17
Reference lineAXIS4Down17
SeaweedKELP4Down18
Collar's missing a zipNIL3Down18
Insignificant banker's unacceptable service on the back of jetSTREAMLET9Down19
EraAGE3Down20
Half-hearted old Tory enforcer upset region in disputeTIBET5Down22
Eagle going around after golf classGENRE5Down23
Space kept by priest for fragrant resinELEMI5Down24
New York city cops heading to apprehend animalNYALA5Down26
Gay, maybe rampant and single!ALONE5Down27
Huxley's soporific book on revolutionSOMA4Down28
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.