The Independent Crossword August 28 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 28 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Rheingold mostly replaced by new Wagner opera91 AcrossReveal answer → Female rabbit31 AcrossReveal answer → Very small33 AcrossReveal answer → Aim of mountaineering clubs attracting member ...56 AcrossReveal answer → Slender bird78 AcrossReveal answer → ... draw recalled around morning range59 AcrossReveal answer → Circular59 AcrossReveal answer → Truck510 AcrossReveal answer → Change of membership upset Liberal in new arrangement, mostly910 AcrossReveal answer → Type of cheese711 AcrossReveal answer → Suppress outrageous Latin penned by trio, cutting end811 AcrossReveal answer → Rural area1112 AcrossReveal answer → America is backtracking about mistake in Hispanic mountains612 AcrossReveal answer → Revealing garments? I’m turning crimson, randomly clutching one1014 AcrossReveal answer → Fish biting line in Arctic415 AcrossReveal answer → Diabolic716 AcrossReveal answer → It’s a big book in my opinion417 AcrossReveal answer → Accumulate518 AcrossReveal answer → Distress? Try a holiday after resort's closure1019 AcrossReveal answer → Place in a row520 AcrossReveal answer → Foot pedal721 AcrossReveal answer → Medic protecting society members, heading off trickster622 AcrossReveal answer → Shade322 AcrossReveal answer → Reduced price: initial 99% reduction for this nobleman823 AcrossReveal answer → Can323 AcrossReveal answer → Cushion a large rise, ignoring first time925 AcrossReveal answer → Eddy, man embracing wife and student526 AcrossReveal answer → Sufficient number in survey? Not initially527 AcrossReveal answer → Promises danger to thirty, wanting one Earl replaced by Australian928 AcrossReveal answer →

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Theatrical event: Material Girl's introduction made it wild151 DownReveal answer → Lag behind61 DownReveal answer → Describing classic story in full? Not quite72 DownReveal answer → Very keen52 DownReveal answer → Symbolic writing in religious texts held by country83 DownReveal answer → Injured73 DownReveal answer → Early travel writing? Free to engage in surreal tripping104 DownReveal answer → Senior54 DownReveal answer → Tuck into this lunch, finally, after noon45 DownReveal answer → Gorge65 DownReveal answer → Form of energy116 DownReveal answer → Relative, American, coming into money66 DownReveal answer → Very hot area - I never will import non-flowering plant77 DownReveal answer → Sea eagle47 DownReveal answer → Strikes table end, getting drunk? It’s just a bit of fun158 DownReveal answer → One with a headache: curious uprising keeping Nigeria unsettled1013 DownReveal answer → Summary713 DownReveal answer → Frightened614 DownReveal answer → Aft615 DownReveal answer → Co-ordinate basic manoeuvres before fool shows up816 DownReveal answer → Solidus516 DownReveal answer → Not any417 DownReveal answer → Spooner’s plan for water incursion: protective item on vehicle718 DownReveal answer → Inspection of accounts519 DownReveal answer → Ecstasy, as it happens, will keep our group undefinable720 DownReveal answer → Europium and vanadium in mineral? A lot of work here621 DownReveal answer → Stone containing aluminium compound424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 28, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.