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The Independent Crossword August 7 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 7 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 57 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#
Breaks one in possession, say, being upsetHOLIDAYS8Across1 Organ of sightEYE3Across1 Steep in a marinadeSOUSE5Across3 Dynasty celebration recalled deitySUNGOD6Across5 FinestBEST4Across7 WeakenedIMPAIRED8Across8 Short-livedTRANSIENT9Across9 Females initially exhibit health for so longFAREWELL8Across9 Failure to accept looking old may be reversed with injection of articleDENIAL6Across10 Staff officer cleared out base of operationsMANOR5Across12 Fancy cakeGATEAU6Across12 Wrong about start of clue - work to get a hintSCINTILLA9Across13 SalvageRESCUE6Across13 Well-known to involve secretary where comments may be madeNOTEPAD7Across14 Symbol of surrenderWHITEFLAG9Across15 A lot of change applied to one Latin writerPENCIL6Across16 Pencil 'lead'GRAPHITE8Across18 Not right to occupy villageILL3Across18 AmphibianTOAD4Across20 This is keeping nothing for the lionsHEROES6Across20 ExerciseSITUP5Across21 Female deerDOE3Across22 Serious attention given to collection of machine gunsEARNEST7Across22 Arab limos going around? SweetAMBROSIAL9Across25 French and English are backing exciseERASE5Across28 Poet’s mostly gentle expression? MostlyMILTON6Across29 Type line in section of film that’s cut? Start againREKINDLE8Across30 Everything to be found in quiet comments accepting kinky sex?COSMOS6Across31 Imaginary gracious story largely about drunken comment?MYTHICAL8Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
German writer of opera not working with husband after husband’s indiscretion, ultimatelyHOFFMANN8Down1 Large jugEWER4Down1 QualifyENTITLE7Down2 Spectacles with rotten leg getting repairLORGNETTE9Down2 BribeSOP3Down3 Climbing school joined up around top of range - that’s a sight for the morningDEWDROP7Down3 Cries "Absolutely!," embracing Lord LieutenantYELLS5Down4 Join togetherUNITE5Down4 Full of incidentEVENTFUL8Down5 Cord used in surgeryLIGATURE8Down6 Trim after last item on menu not yet served?UNEATEN7Down6 Cook finally receiving burnGRILL5Down7 Everyone in the staff picked up moneyDOLLAR6Down8 Pushchair (US)STROLLER8Down10 Not hard: soft in comparison I deletedSIMPLE6Down11 Madame Tussauds, for exampleWAXWORKS8Down11 Able to seeSIGHTED7Down14 Condense source in dictionary, one even now incompleteDISTIL6Down15 ContributionINPUT5Down16 Long coarse hairMANE4Down17 Reserve, after cut, repeatedly caging antelope from northern countryICELANDIC9Down17 Little devilIMP3Down19 Somewhat here, there, always immaterialETHEREAL8Down19 Old John, swallowing a lot of pink wine and sherryOLOROSO7Down21 Former PM, not one consuming chicken and wineRHENISH7Down23 River grass rising to surfaceTARMAC6Down24 Lump raised above me is rounded massBOLUS5Down26 Dodgy look, unknown quantity? That’ll make you cautiousLEERY5Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 7, 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.