The Independent Crossword January 17 2026 Answers

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Below are all 114 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 17 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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US state mentioned in the John Denver song Take Me Home, Country Roads121 AcrossReveal answer → Was cognisant of41 AcrossReveal answer → Pay them with change and compassion71 AcrossReveal answer → Peevishness43 AcrossReveal answer → Emperor's vehicle circumnavigating westward ocean65 AcrossReveal answer → Anxiety-inducing127 AcrossReveal answer → Large deer38 AcrossReveal answer → Fine fibrous substance, also known as kapok, used as stuffing for cushions108 AcrossReveal answer → Target centre89 AcrossReveal answer → Traversing cold Antarctic sea wearing gilet top810 AcrossReveal answer → King retaining old soldier, one of the late queen's favourites?511 AcrossReveal answer → Boat's steering lever612 AcrossReveal answer → Musk's company drones possibly gathering to pursue current prey in Africa612 AcrossReveal answer → Standing613 AcrossReveal answer → Relating to teaching methods designed to support pupils with learning difficulties813 AcrossReveal answer → Those at the coalface with two trainees covering for new people on the daily grind713 AcrossReveal answer → Evergreen shrub with spiny leaves and clusters of yellow flowers714 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine amateur theatre's somewhat revolutionary415 AcrossReveal answer → Fort ___, 1948 John Ford film starring Henry Fonda and John Wayne615 AcrossReveal answer → Bereft816 AcrossReveal answer → Immortality for every person in French church1016 AcrossReveal answer → Metrical foot consisting of one long and one short syllable716 AcrossReveal answer → Hertfordshire town situated about 5 miles north of St Albans917 AcrossReveal answer → Male sheep318 AcrossReveal answer → The world's longest river418 AcrossReveal answer → Tabloid centrally features a review of very therapeutic place for dogs1018 AcrossReveal answer → French term for passionate appeal or complaint1019 AcrossReveal answer → Good, slow down to prepare for ice420 AcrossReveal answer → Percussion instrument1220 AcrossReveal answer → Leg joint421 AcrossReveal answer → Former monetary unit of Argentina, replaced by the peso in 1991722 AcrossReveal answer → Border422 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch football team based in Amsterdam423 AcrossReveal answer → Mentioning one transgression covered by tabloid723 AcrossReveal answer → Dressing gown usually made of towelling material824 AcrossReveal answer → Given 1 or 2 types of mine?624 AcrossReveal answer → Vital fluid in flower ultimately halved526 AcrossReveal answer → Flock of wild geese or swans in flight, making V-formation526 AcrossReveal answer → Small East Asian animal which secretes a strong-smelling substance used in perfumery827 AcrossReveal answer → No short release on cassette - no sound at all827 AcrossReveal answer → Brings about new stance628 AcrossReveal answer → Express sadness about European Union returning officer's sadism729 AcrossReveal answer → Tailless macaque monkey associated with the Rock of Gibraltar1030 AcrossReveal answer → Person who has extreme or irrational fear of cats1132 AcrossReveal answer → Description of pressure exerted by a fluid at equilibrium due to force of gravity1134 AcrossReveal answer → Order of insects which includes beetles and weevils1036 AcrossReveal answer → Surname of the detective played by Helen Mirren in the TV series Prime Suspect837 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Grillo, Italian comedian who co-founded the Italian Five Star Movement538 AcrossReveal answer → A fibrous scleroprotein of connective tissue and bones839 AcrossReveal answer → In music, a character that lowers a note a semitone440 AcrossReveal answer → Uninhabited British island in the North Atlantic, 220 miles west of the Outer Hebrides742 AcrossReveal answer → Former England cricketer who captained Sussex to the 2003, 2006 and 2007 County Championship titles1044 AcrossReveal answer → Name of Captain Hook's right-hand man in Peter Pan446 AcrossReveal answer → Former name for the Kingdom of Eswatini947 AcrossReveal answer → A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee749 AcrossReveal answer → Paul ___, Kenyan runner who held the world best time in the marathon from 2003 to 2007651 AcrossReveal answer → Raft used by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 Pacific expedition752 AcrossReveal answer → Legendary continent said to have sunk in the ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar853 AcrossReveal answer → Surname of the governor of New York credited with introducing tea to the American colonies1054 AcrossReveal answer → Dish of minced meat under a layer of mashed potato1255 AcrossReveal answer →

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Asian sheep71 DownReveal answer → French clown's dirty broadcast on the radio72 DownReveal answer → German prince entitled to be involved in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor72 DownReveal answer → Pitcher42 DownReveal answer → Politicians were concealing outcome of enquiry63 DownReveal answer → Last of a trilogy of western films in the 1960s, following A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More233 DownReveal answer → Early form of plastic83 DownReveal answer → Suffer in the wake of hot weather44 DownReveal answer → 1976 top ten hit by Stevie Wonder, from the Songs in the Key of Life album54 DownReveal answer → Jousting weapon54 DownReveal answer → Migratory diving duck, the male of which is black and white with a green head95 DownReveal answer → Upside-down85 DownReveal answer → Entire range56 DownReveal answer → Notice posh clubs and racist organisation infiltrating southern city86 DownReveal answer → Immature form of insects such as the dragonfly56 DownReveal answer → Partners to capture freewheeling rogue operator77 DownReveal answer → Collection of 114 hymns or formulations for the treatment of diseases in Hinduism117 DownReveal answer → Tessa ___, British javelin thrower who won an Olympic gold medal in 198498 DownReveal answer → Had another look at fashionable, reputable clothing118 DownReveal answer → Youth who drowned in the Hellespont while swimming to reach his beloved Hero79 DownReveal answer → Right-wing populist slogan turned angry men against legendary military leader99 DownReveal answer → Group of soloists810 DownReveal answer → Bruce ___, American singer best known for his 1962 US number one hit, Hey! Baby710 DownReveal answer → A hit in May 1965 for both Burt Bacharach and Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas2311 DownReveal answer → Of average quality811 DownReveal answer → Daughter of Polonius and sister of Laertes in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet712 DownReveal answer → One Liberal Democrat finally breaking rank1112 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Wiccans' song gets confused with paean914 DownReveal answer → Earthenware cooking dish714 DownReveal answer → Postpone515 DownReveal answer → American uncle is reportedly meeting daughter engaged in dissident activity817 DownReveal answer → Steel tower517 DownReveal answer → Song describing cut-off area in US state719 DownReveal answer → Second-hand419 DownReveal answer → The ___, title of a 1975 Jospeh Wamburgh novel about the exploits of a group of LA police officers920 DownReveal answer → Intend to wear torn clothing721 DownReveal answer → Political party set up in 2004, its most famous member being George Galloway721 DownReveal answer → Society writer's petition short and straightforward622 DownReveal answer → Maiden of Greek mythology, turned into a spider by Athena725 DownReveal answer → Lead beginning of sales pitch425 DownReveal answer → Surname of the main character in D H Lawrence's Sons And Lovers527 DownReveal answer → Greek writer of tragedies which include Antigone and Oedipus The King928 DownReveal answer → In ancient Greece and Rome, porticos or arcades with benches where people conversed729 DownReveal answer → Small river in Ayrshire immortalised in Robert Burns's poem Sweet ___531 DownReveal answer → Charles ___, Monégasque Formula One racing driver who won the 2019 Belgian and Italian Grands Prix733 DownReveal answer → Delicate thin-walled blood vessels that form an interconnecting network between the arterioles and the venules1135 DownReveal answer → South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae that has the same name as its edible seed938 DownReveal answer → English goalkeeper whose clubs have included Crystal Palace, Manchester City and Preston North End939 DownReveal answer → Unit of luminance named after an 18th century German physicist741 DownReveal answer → A flower-shaped arrangement of ribbons worn as a badge or presented as a prize742 DownReveal answer → Genus of North American onagraceous plants named after the US explorer who discovered it743 DownReveal answer → Blaise ___, French international midfielder who joined Inter Miami from Juventus in 2020745 DownReveal answer → 1984 song by The Cars famously used as part of the Live Aid concert in 1985548 DownReveal answer → Salmon in a 1935 story by Henry Williamson550 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, January 17, 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.