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The Independent Crossword August 30 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 30 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 53 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#
FakeSHAM4Across1 Box opened by wizard with bishop's long keySPACEBAR8Across1 AdeptSKILFUL7Across4 Lip turned grey - effect of heat, you seeMIRAGE6Across6 ?GREYLAGS8Across8 Duty listROTA4Across9 Half of Stilgoe's Bitter ordered for Tim Rice?LIBRETTIST10Across9 BeatDEFEAT6Across10 Sister reported an absenceNONE4Across10 Garden toolTROWEL6Across11 Leaflets now distributed round work all togetherATONEFELLSWOOP14Across11 See noteWILDGEESE9Across12 Frank's a hundred, with evidence to prove itCANDID6Across13 Woman on the street delighted to fit into parking spaceBAGLADY7Across14 Temper made Gauss add brackets the wrong wayASSUAGE7Across15 Soup dishTUREEN6Across17 Groom heartlessly pinched gold ringsOSTLER6Across17 ?RAGING6Across19 Weed in cool river tickles bathers on the bottomHIPPOPOTAMUSES14Across20 Secret planPLOT4Across21 Composer who wanted quiet shut upCAGE4Across22 In no wayNOTATALL8Across22 Loss of brightness, with black day between spells of bad weatherBRAINDRAIN10Across23 Important horse raceCLASSIC7Across23 One contributing to very little?PEANUT6Across24 Unit of lengthYARD4Across24 Vegan option really kind hosts left for Yolanda in the morningSOYAMILK8Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Italian's first proper answerPRIMA5Down2 Large waspHORNET6Down2 E.g. Calvin and Hobbes love getting into wagon and goingCARTOON7Down3 PerhapsMAYBE5Down3 Charming parent stuck with Aunt Ethel every so oftenBUTTERINGUP11Down4 SlopingSLANTED7Down4 One could be cavalryman crossing area's frontierRAIDER6Down5 Place withinINSET5Down5 Police came to rallyMET3Down6 ?FURIOUS7Down6 Soapy frothLATHER6Down7 We learn in a forced way, repetitionRENEWAL7Down7 Prisoner charges grand less than original charge for weaponsGUNPOWDER9Down8 Big spender delays start of ambitious moon shotLOADSAMONEY11Down12 Exit from garden behind shed I slamCASTIGATE9Down13 Disinclination to moveINERTIA7Down13 InconsistentERRATIC7Down14 Not privatePUBLIC6Down15 Many men up there in trouble without herUMPTEEN7Down16 FishermanANGLER6Down16 Liberal America curtailed president's five year termLUSTRUM7Down18 ?NENES5Down18 Queen wearing corset gets out of controlSTRAYS6Down19 Manage (Informal)GETBY5Down20 Boiling apparatus not bubbling yetSTILL5Down21 Club spa where Henry has goneBAT3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, August 30, 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.