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The Independent Crossword January 14 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 14 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Stopping assistant showing fracture to an audience — dead strange91 AcrossReveal answer → Shock-absorber61 AcrossReveal answer → Not tall or high34 AcrossReveal answer → Mourning song58 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of sneeze under discussion78 AcrossReveal answer → Long in duration79 AcrossReveal answer → Coordinate muscles, so taken aback by onset of spasms710 AcrossReveal answer → Snooker stick310 AcrossReveal answer → Burial vault911 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps Trump, Epstein and Andrew repeatedly stripped to get massage911 AcrossReveal answer → Destiny of king is with Eccles, given time612 AcrossReveal answer → Family money-earner1112 AcrossReveal answer → People rowing in boat are dismal fiends, at heart715 AcrossReveal answer → Allow to go916 AcrossReveal answer → Conservative keeps calm, but Henry shifting a long way to the right916 AcrossReveal answer → Young dog319 AcrossReveal answer → Quietly finish joke about supreme leader919 AcrossReveal answer → Mother bit old resistance fighter in ring720 AcrossReveal answer → Upstart720 AcrossReveal answer → Male singer521 AcrossReveal answer → Flying insect322 AcrossReveal answer → Oscar studies European city622 AcrossReveal answer → That is to say623 AcrossReveal answer → Exchange these unusual plugs in kids' favourite store923 AcrossReveal answer → Some wine spilled over curvy figure725 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe opposed to firing West Indian, one ace quits727 AcrossReveal answer → Rudely ran off in West End venue928 AcrossReveal answer →

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In the House of Lords, official support staff to take Latin81 DownReveal answer → Dress part61 DownReveal answer → Cheeky, exposed backside in Boston32 DownReveal answer → Refrain72 DownReveal answer → Reputation of artist consequently dropping hard83 DownReveal answer → 50-50 odds53 DownReveal answer → After scratching head, understand file44 DownReveal answer → Wool fat74 DownReveal answer → Nasty man aggressive; I must leave105 DownReveal answer → Timepiece55 DownReveal answer → Papers in a row, relatively neat66 DownReveal answer → Omnipotent116 DownReveal answer → How to get lots of admirers hammered67 DownReveal answer → Unit of computer memory47 DownReveal answer → Damaged seat on British motor car that can be very noisy109 DownReveal answer → Passage that is concerning in songs performed in show1013 DownReveal answer → Accomplish713 DownReveal answer → Heart broken by politician, man with need on vacation to make out1014 DownReveal answer → Stretch714 DownReveal answer → Athletic615 DownReveal answer → Deceive416 DownReveal answer → With injured rib, dawdle in the manner of a newly-wed817 DownReveal answer → Woody plant517 DownReveal answer → Go before nine, in the end, following a decent cryptic818 DownReveal answer → Additional518 DownReveal answer → Lose millions on Scottish island620 DownReveal answer → Thanks boring Italian magistrate in advancing years621 DownReveal answer → A uniform state424 DownReveal answer → Vegetable is mostly fruit326 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, January 14, 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.