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The Independent Crossword August 28 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 28 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Rheingold mostly replaced by new Wagner operaLOHENGRIN9Across1 Female rabbitDOE3Across1 Very smallWEE3Across3 Aim of mountaineering clubs attracting member ...CLIMB5Across6 Slender birdWAGTAIL7Across8 ... draw recalled around morning rangeGAMUT5Across9 CircularROUND5Across9 TruckLORRY5Across10 Change of membership upset Liberal in new arrangement, mostlyRESHUFFLE9Across10 Type of cheeseCHEDDAR7Across11 Suppress outrageous Latin penned by trio, cutting endTHROTTLE8Across11 Rural areaCOUNTRYSIDE11Across12 America is backtracking about mistake in Hispanic mountainsSIERRA6Across12 Revealing garments? I’m turning crimson, randomly clutching oneMICROMINIS10Across14 Fish biting line in ArcticCOLD4Across15 DiabolicSATANIC7Across16 It’s a big book in my opinionTOME4Across17 AccumulateAMASS5Across18 Distress? Try a holiday after resort's closureHEARTBREAK10Across19 Place in a rowALIGN5Across20 Foot pedalTREADLE7Across21 Medic protecting society members, heading off tricksterDODGER6Across22 ShadeHUE3Across22 Reduced price: initial 99% reduction for this noblemanVISCOUNT8Across23 CanTIN3Across23 Cushion a large rise, ignoring first timeALLEVIATE9Across25 Eddy, man embracing wife and studentSWIRL5Across26 Sufficient number in survey? Not initiallyAMPLE5Across27 Promises danger to thirty, wanting one Earl replaced by AustralianTHREATENS9Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Theatrical event: Material Girl's introduction made it wildLEGITIMATEDRAMA15Down1 Lag behindDAWDLE6Down1 Describing classic story in full? Not quiteHOMERIC7Down2 Very keenEAGER5Down2 Symbolic writing in religious texts held by countryNOTATION8Down3 InjuredWOUNDED7Down3 Early travel writing? Free to engage in surreal trippingRURALRIDES10Down4 SeniorELDER5Down4 Tuck into this lunch, finally, after noonNOSH4Down5 GorgeCANYON6Down5 Form of energyELECTRICITY11Down6 Relative, American, coming into moneyCOUSIN6Down6 Very hot area - I never will import non-flowering plantINFERNO7Down7 Sea eagleERNE4Down7 Strikes table end, getting drunk? It’s just a bit of funBEERANDSKITTLES15Down8 One with a headache: curious uprising keeping Nigeria unsettledMIGRAINEUR10Down13 SummaryOUTLINE7Down13 FrightenedSCARED6Down14 AftASTERN6Down15 Co-ordinate basic manoeuvres before fool shows upABSCISSA8Down16 SolidusSLASH5Down16 Not anyNONE4Down17 Spooner’s plan for water incursion: protective item on vehicleMUDFLAP7Down18 Inspection of accountsAUDIT5Down19 Ecstasy, as it happens, will keep our group undefinableELUSIVE7Down20 Europium and vanadium in mineral? A lot of work hereOEUVRE6Down21 Stone containing aluminium compoundSALT4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 28, 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.