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The Independent Crossword January 1 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 60 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 1 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 60 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#
Unusual oldish adult patter in Alf’s vehicle on the boxTILLDEATHUSDOPART17Across1 Travel by airFLY3Across1 BeverageTEA3Across3 Geoff’s hat-trick, underlining rich sporting talent from the outsetHURST5Across6 Leg jointANKLE5Across8 Male servantFOOTMAN7Across9 One who saved lendersBANKS5Across9 Song of Catalan club (part)BARCAROLE9Across10 Variety of riceBASMATI7Across10 Alf’s magnificent success initially in year recalledRAMSEY6Across11 ScentAROMA5Across11 See 1TILLDEATHUSDOPART17Across12 January 1NEWYEARSDAY11Across12 Hurry away after end of job, refusing to talk?BRUSHOFF8Across14 Centre of attention following firm’s return to AmericaFOCUS5Across16 Grown-upADULT5Across17 Fill with airINFLATE7Across19 Referring to hooter, space guys livid at firstNASAL5Across19 Dramatic sceneTABLEAU7Across21 Weapon record of fourREVOLVER8Across21 ProclamationEDICT5Across22 MimicAPE3Across23 SpoilMAR3Across24 Open in relation to king’s programmeSTARTREK8Across24 At first some take up commercial construction of building materialSTUCCO6Across27 Hours entertained by girls you fancy in mischievously playful wayROGUISHLY9Across29 Moved fast, say, on return in large open areaRANGE5Across30 Captain producing extra, with repeated loveMOORE5Across31 Brothers in Athletic club succeededCHARLTONS9Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Jacket cheers poetTABARD6Down1 Cover with spirits and set alightFLAMBE6Down1 Expression of alarm (Informal)YIKES5Down2 They’re easily noticed, birds with plumage in centre brought inLANDMARKS9Down2 Small-scale lotteryTOMBOLA7Down3 Gets rid of wretched spiels after reread in the endDISPELS7Down3 Priest seen in cab — beardedABBE4Down4 YearbookANNUAL6Down4 Singers missing start — God!HORUS5Down5 Gift by willLEGACY6Down5 Avoid Anne Boleyn’s fateHEADOFF7Down6 EffectiveEFFICACIOUS11Down6 Perhaps red port city, German — yesRIOJA5Down7 Duty listROTA4Down7 Pleasant surprise, one’s first to edit thoughtful workTREATISE8Down8 Gloomy party you’re textingDOUR4Down13 Even-temperedEQUABLE7Down13 Make gentlerSOFTEN6Down14 Chanted wordMANTRA6Down15 Cardinal on rise provided volume after vacationFIVE4Down15 SuperiorBETTER6Down16 Belief unfinished scene must be included in artistic passageCRESCENDO9Down17 RowTIER4Down18 Unit worry over resistance awardANGSTROM8Down18 Type of window in small attic extensionLATTICE7Down20 MaximAXIOM5Down20 Free, having time for book, not imaginativeLITERAL7Down22 Wind blast, not final, arose at seaBOREAS6Down23 Element of flag group is troubleAGGRO5Down25 Turning up full of hubris in the beginning, refer to moral beliefETHIC5Down26 Flier many recollectedMYNA4Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, January 1, 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.