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The Independent Crossword January 16 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 49 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 49 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 16 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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Land at the edge of water51 AcrossReveal answer → Money: a sort of thing that runs short?61 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow34 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch explorer positioned to return with Queen, say65 AcrossReveal answer → Uncovered47 AcrossReveal answer → Break in a journey88 AcrossReveal answer → Upright performers in dance curtailed for royal venue148 AcrossReveal answer → Arrange effectively119 AcrossReveal answer → Sudden change of course? Bad look suppressed by head of BBC610 AcrossReveal answer → Emphasise610 AcrossReveal answer → 'French parent and English' will gather sharp comment regarding descent811 AcrossReveal answer → Expert very well accommodating Irish backing out812 AcrossReveal answer → Drive away613 AcrossReveal answer → French attraction not having a lot of ale chilled613 AcrossReveal answer → Computer assistant in operating system is a godlike figure?614 AcrossReveal answer → Discreet1115 AcrossReveal answer → Strange endless stories circulating in European Community816 AcrossReveal answer → Hapless detective so confused with clue leading to gold818 AcrossReveal answer → Period of 366 days819 AcrossReveal answer → Make certain changes to username, though not in the morning620 AcrossReveal answer → Closed420 AcrossReveal answer → Surprise bass interrupting large number of dancers before text for you near the end1421 AcrossReveal answer → Falsehood321 AcrossReveal answer → Course taken by piano performer622 AcrossReveal answer → Marriage declaration522 AcrossReveal answer → Study, one taken by a pupil in opposition623 AcrossReveal answer →

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Gaiters51 DownReveal answer → Certain type of pyramid? Sensible not having sex on top132 DownReveal answer → Perform surgery72 DownReveal answer → American musical, live, hosted by church group73 DownReveal answer → Come next53 DownReveal answer → Notorious rogue is punished around 994 DownReveal answer → Panther74 DownReveal answer → What you might call Elon Musk’s remuneration?155 DownReveal answer → Hawaiian greeting55 DownReveal answer → Personnel regularly intervening in unhappy scrap56 DownReveal answer → Erase66 DownReveal answer → Caribbean island not supporting most of Pacific island77 DownReveal answer → What might be a triple-X image, say139 DownReveal answer → Food (Australian)611 DownReveal answer → Compress712 DownReveal answer → Part of garden in meaner bit of Brooklyn cased by agent913 DownReveal answer → Partner's child714 DownReveal answer → Provoke line about Southern French composer715 DownReveal answer → Drive back516 DownReveal answer → Rub hard517 DownReveal answer → Kept up refusal in accepting L is fifth letter717 DownReveal answer → Hernia support518 DownReveal answer → Black tie finally spare519 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, January 16, 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.