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The Independent Crossword August 3 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 3 2026 answers. The Monday 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#
Attractive employment opportunity in testicular enhancement surgery?PLUMJOB7Across1 DrawPULL4Across1 Go inENTER5Across3 Burglar in Shoreditch that’s likely to end up in hot waterTEALEAF7Across5 German measlesRUBELLA7Across8 Roaming Epsom DownsMOPES5Across9 Scots landownerLAIRD5Across9 InstabilityFLUX4Across10 Matilda reworked by an Adriatic residentDALMATIAN9Across10 Touchstone's requirement to be inspired by working titlesLITMUSTEST10Across11 ConsciousMINDFUL7Across11 What could follow on from club's spinning difficultiesSODA4Across12 Device in petrol enginesCARBURETTOR11Across13 A flirty swot developed into international chart topperTAYLORSWIFT11Across14 Pet hateBUGBEAR7Across16 Pig's cryOINK4Across18 Perhaps chicken crosses major road to join vultureLAMMERGEYER11Across18 Break the rulesCHEAT5Across20 Champ in essentially atrocious shapeCHEW4Across21 Short restLIEDOWN7Across22 Die-cast ring entrepreneur imports acidASTRINGENT10Across22 From that timeSINCE5Across23 DelightGLEE4Across24 Barrier erected as a result of Spooner's fight in Northern ScotlandBRICKWALL9Across25 Heard why seaweed from the East is rich in essential elementIRONY5Across26 Setter is regrettably backing square sausagesSALAMIS7Across27 Government trimmed part of the armyREGIMEN7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Afternoon retreats in mountain spotPIMPLE6Down1 Knitting stitchPURL4Down1 Elevated feeling of empathy is difficult to controlUPPITY6Down2 Flowering plantLOBELIA7Down2 Liberal judge hates Euro-American national parkJOSHUATREE10Down3 Snakelike fishEEL3Down3 Item to assist washing behind ears trialled initially under offerBIDET5Down4 CriminalTHIEF5Down4 ConundrumRIDDLE6Down5 Brief violent disturbance in match report? That is probably exaggeratedTALLSTORY9Down5 PliantFLEXIBLE8Down6 Discovered wildlife trip a long way awayAFAR4Down6 Prepared cod pies, eating one from time to timeEPISODIC8Down7 Power toolHAMMERDRILL11Down7 Trump's trousers in English painting?FINEARTS8Down8 Gaseous elementNITROGEN8Down12 Separating from Esther? The woman's away and phoned up during golf!ESTRANGING10Down13 Footballer's mistakeOWNGOAL7Down14 Counting frameABACUS6Down15 It's your turn, we're told, to toil endlessly ahead of South Balkans raceYUGOSLAVS9Down15 Site manager detailed ineffective medicationPLACEBOS8Down16 Academician put in danger rings London collegeIMPERIAL8Down17 ColourGREEN5Down17 Party hire for merchant banksREFORM6Down19 Leg jointKNEE4Down19 Ban on sailing vessels turning up and dropping off children is to remain after allSTAYON6Down20 Golf pegTEE3Down21 Where lurchers rounded, guarding the King?RULER5Down23 Read superficially, Jagger's missing constant "rolling"SKIM4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, August 3, 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.