The Independent Crossword January 15 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 15 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 55 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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Toxic chemical made by strange doc yearning to inhabit evil alter egoHYDROGENCYANIDE15Across1
AssertCLAIM5Across1
PaddleOAR3Across4
GermsBACTERIA8Across7
MopSWAB4Across8
Long pillowBOLSTER7Across9
Copied data source from installation wizardIMAGE5Across9
Oscar won by impersonator - ridiculous and irregularAPERIODIC9Across10
Reported great uncertainty in criminals' locationHIDEOUT7Across11
DeduceINFER5Across11
I married a couple in cleric's officeIMAMATE7Across12
Join prisoner heading for execution in HullFUSELAGE8Across13
Recite fluentlyREELOFF7Across13
Naked Yankee claiming length is something over a footANKLE5Across15
BetWAGER5Across16
VocationCALLING7Across17
Rambler almost here after covering one kilometreHIKER5Across18
DeceasedDEAD4Across19
SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Across20
Mufti's cryptically welcoming bishop with quiet greetingFISTBUMP8Across20
DecayROT3Across22
PervertedKINKY5Across23
Pirate heard ribald melodyCORSAIR7Across23
Cold laugh and smile expressing dismayCHAGRIN7Across25
Public official is pals with spymaster embedded in Arab stateOMBUDSMAN9Across26
Dictionary entry's origin in light Austen novelLEMMA5Across27
Find rodeo unexpectedly hosted by bubbly gay manFRIENDOFDOROTHY15Across28
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Colouring stickCRAYON6Down1
Elevation of inaugural location for Black King's castleHEIGHT6Down1
Spooner's awful basketball shot is wastedDEADDRUNK9Down2
Towards the sternAFT3Down2
Repetitive ascending extract from twelve-tone nocturneONENOTE7Down3
KillerMURDERER8Down3
Bang on about cutting taxes, endlessly regressiveEXACT5Down4
GemstoneOPAL4Down4
Tough quality of game stuffed with hock?CHEWINESS9Down5
IndignantRESENTFUL9Down5
He said sesame and lettuce in buns are "burger amateur's toppings"ALIBABA7Down6
Jewellery item carved in reliefCAMEO5Down6
Speaking in code, I elected to abet uprisingINDIA5Down7
Avoided having key cutESCHEWED8Down8
Give upSURRENDER9Down10
Fighting axeTOMAHAWK8Down12
Very keenEAGER5Down14
Sports car in a large Somerset town keeping acceleration at zeroALFAROMEO9Down14
ThingENTITY6Down15
Blackmail material to strike down MP with: corruption involving motherKOMPROMAT9Down16
Mark completed Russian author via audiobookCHECKOFF8Down17
Unit of powerWATT4Down18
African fish named in film when caught by sailorsRWANDAN7Down19
Fighter runs through sobbing personBRAWLER7Down21
Large caskTUN3Down21
Info, ultimately suppressed, had exposed setter's disgraceINFAMY6Down22
International Baccalaureate excluding overthrown religious leaderRABBI5Down24
One Barking prison given official documentationCANID5Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, January 15, 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.