The Independent Crossword August 8 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 110 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 8 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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Spirit embodied by secular Magna Carta81 AcrossReveal answer → The Princess Royal41 AcrossReveal answer → Wobble64 AcrossReveal answer → Uncover Blue River island figure revered along the Nile65 AcrossReveal answer → A heavy section of trimmed tree trunk thrown in competition at Highland games58 AcrossReveal answer → Of benefit128 AcrossReveal answer → Italian patriot and leader of the Risorgimento who conquered Sicily and Naples for the emerging kingdom of Italy in 1860179 AcrossReveal answer → Sporting equipment99 AcrossReveal answer → Bread roll310 AcrossReveal answer → Irish city's ship's company that gets stuck into the vino910 AcrossReveal answer → Peninsula: sea freezing cold511 AcrossReveal answer → Rescue412 AcrossReveal answer → Source of protein, iron? Thanks!412 AcrossReveal answer → Group of stars departs capital in open landau913 AcrossReveal answer → Actor best known for playing Tiberius in I, Claudius and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1113 AcrossReveal answer → Swerve414 AcrossReveal answer → Sweeper coached away from the ball?1015 AcrossReveal answer → Publicity-shunning Swedish-born actress whose most famous movie quote is "I want to be alone"1015 AcrossReveal answer → American female singing group founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 19591116 AcrossReveal answer → Best-loved shanty town bulldozing large area417 AcrossReveal answer → A drug or similar substance that increases physiological activity918 AcrossReveal answer → Recede318 AcrossReveal answer → Cross and abusive on the phone419 AcrossReveal answer → Source of government revenue919 AcrossReveal answer → Where one might find old Reg Ford?1020 AcrossReveal answer → 1994 single by the Cranberries inspired the the young victims of the Warrington bombings620 AcrossReveal answer → Irascible1221 AcrossReveal answer → Sheepdog622 AcrossReveal answer → Breaking news: poor Spooner being ostracised922 AcrossReveal answer → Metallic element with the atomic number 39722 AcrossReveal answer → Drummer of the Sex Pistols823 AcrossReveal answer → In a fitting manner423 AcrossReveal answer → An accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone524 AcrossReveal answer → Foreign language starts to influence opinion around part of UK424 AcrossReveal answer → The N European finch Acanthis flavirostris525 AcrossReveal answer → What idiot rejected cash meant for the church?526 AcrossReveal answer → Former nautical word for port827 AcrossReveal answer → Heading back east late, he would dry out927 AcrossReveal answer → Make cross stitch using this?628 AcrossReveal answer → See 311029 AcrossReveal answer → Hot, steamy, lacking oxygen, turning violet829 AcrossReveal answer → The movement of a body caused by thought or willpower without the application of a physical force1130 AcrossReveal answer → Manager sacked by Chelsea in 2008 despite taking them to the Champions League final1031 AcrossReveal answer → New Zealand DJ who hosted a global music show on BBC Radio 1 from 2003 to 2015835 AcrossReveal answer → Type of cotton fabric with a smooth finish537 AcrossReveal answer → Wading bird similar to a heron but usually with white plumage538 AcrossReveal answer → British Home Secretary from 2006 to 2007840 AcrossReveal answer → Young swans741 AcrossReveal answer → A 1986 sci-fi film directed by James Cameron644 AcrossReveal answer → Any basidiomycetous fungus with a capped spore-producing body that is poisonous945 AcrossReveal answer → A person who practises a form of black magic used to communicate with the dead to foretell the future1146 AcrossReveal answer → American actor whose films include Boogie Nights, Hotel Rwanda and Crash1048 AcrossReveal answer → 1989 film about baseball starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen1150 AcrossReveal answer → 1975 novel by Jack Higgins adapted into a film by John Sturges in 19761751 AcrossReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders552 AcrossReveal answer →

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Roguish Austen hero undressed Elizabeth finally41 DownReveal answer → 1980 top ten hit single for Madness131 DownReveal answer → Trashing contents of Petit Trianon, mean European princess152 DownReveal answer → Saint best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate)62 DownReveal answer → Umbilicus52 DownReveal answer → When spread, marge's so light83 DownReveal answer → Castrated man63 DownReveal answer → The first track on side two of Patti Smith's 1975 debut album Horses83 DownReveal answer → Crockery item64 DownReveal answer → Car crash south of Aleppo cleared arterial route54 DownReveal answer → Letters emblazoned on the standards of the Roman legions44 DownReveal answer → Nevertheless65 DownReveal answer → American actress and model whose films include Lenny, Superman and The Electric Horseman145 DownReveal answer → Even-tempered76 DownReveal answer → Hunter set up sleeping accommodation at home66 DownReveal answer → The capital of Peru46 DownReveal answer → Generosity87 DownReveal answer → Robin Day worked with braille books here157 DownReveal answer → Island republic in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Antananarivo107 DownReveal answer → Seated, eating cold Japanese noodles over US city108 DownReveal answer → Well wrapped up, son walked with clumsy gait89 DownReveal answer → Egyptian goddess of fire, war, vengeance, healing and medicine710 DownReveal answer → See 471311 DownReveal answer → Sudden fit811 DownReveal answer → Alain ___, Swiss-born, British-based philosopher who co-founded The School of Life in 2008812 DownReveal answer → Quavering musical effect713 DownReveal answer → Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida1314 DownReveal answer → Where to see Stanley, Bill and Charlie call Tony endlessly?1014 DownReveal answer → Handgun615 DownReveal answer → Bracket candlestick616 DownReveal answer → Each second flood covers small part of Manhattan816 DownReveal answer → Goon whose books include Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall1317 DownReveal answer → Loom617 DownReveal answer → We're told Samuel's girlfriend abridged dissident literature818 DownReveal answer → Play by Alfred Jarry that opened and closed in Paris on December 10, 1896619 DownReveal answer → Internet pest520 DownReveal answer → Novelist comfortable after spine drained621 DownReveal answer → German company founded in 1921 and noted particularly for electric razors and hair care appliances521 DownReveal answer → Note buzz surrounding Alqosh's top prophet523 DownReveal answer → County clerk gossiped425 DownReveal answer → 1915 novel by Ford Madox Ford subtitled A Tale of Passion1425 DownReveal answer → The goddess of peace in Greek mythology526 DownReveal answer → City in West Yorkshire on the River Aire527 DownReveal answer → English actor who found fame playing Tim Canterbury in The Office1328 DownReveal answer → See 141332 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a sea god who lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters633 DownReveal answer → American state whose capital is Dover834 DownReveal answer → American actress whose films include Fatal Attraction, Raise the Titanic and Patriot Games1036 DownReveal answer → Another name for a canine839 DownReveal answer → A large basin-shaped crater at the top of a volcano741 DownReveal answer → City in San Diego County, California, nicknamed "The Big Box"742 DownReveal answer → A short video containing examples of an actor's or director's work843 DownReveal answer → The basis of Descartes' philosophy1347 DownReveal answer → One of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, to the south of the Isle of Skye449 DownReveal answer → Landlocked nation in Western Africa whose capital is Bamako450 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, August 8, 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.