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The Independent Crossword January 20 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 20 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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Plant processed into sugar41 AcrossReveal answer → Culinary herb53 AcrossReveal answer → Dry47 AcrossReveal answer → False hope develops around New Year67 AcrossReveal answer → Hail Mary (Latin)88 AcrossReveal answer → Brave call following positive response from Putin?68 AcrossReveal answer → Determination109 AcrossReveal answer → So blue after first love's gone off the boil49 AcrossReveal answer → Find fault with regularly sharing deeper arrangement910 AcrossReveal answer → Stroke gently611 AcrossReveal answer → Provides continuity in cat broadcast512 AcrossReveal answer → Channel613 AcrossReveal answer → River estuary flounders - a source of riches for the nation?813 AcrossReveal answer → Harshly critical1015 AcrossReveal answer → More alternative comedians ultimately follow the French415 AcrossReveal answer → Slovakia's imprisoning number two spy516 AcrossReveal answer → Mass rejection of mouthpiece for computers perhaps?417 AcrossReveal answer → Vagrant seen with warm clothing from Savile Row?818 AcrossReveal answer → Restful819 AcrossReveal answer → Small duck420 AcrossReveal answer → British team wears no ill-fitting trousers from the East520 AcrossReveal answer → Strainer521 AcrossReveal answer → Worked notice after returning to clear order921 AcrossReveal answer → Royal has given up lying - finally? It's true422 AcrossReveal answer → Bottle stopper422 AcrossReveal answer → Everybody's cribbing the day before examination624 AcrossReveal answer → Henry arises half-cut after stripping down Ford Mustangs?625 AcrossReveal answer →

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Belch41 DownReveal answer → Milky white oil’s transformed each year in place of independence41 DownReveal answer → Give sanction to72 DownReveal answer → Weak spirit left over weeks in ewers lacks body82 DownReveal answer → Plant support73 DownReveal answer → Two teachers picked up rubbish63 DownReveal answer → Cuckoo pecked at recorder?84 DownReveal answer → Leavening agent54 DownReveal answer → Cats touch hearts from time to time65 DownReveal answer → Sporadic85 DownReveal answer → Old impressionist releases second retrospective46 DownReveal answer → Raised platform46 DownReveal answer → Negligent810 DownReveal answer → Uproot and rip out air freshener911 DownReveal answer → Submissive712 DownReveal answer → Fake news about East German subject512 DownReveal answer → Italian rice dish714 DownReveal answer → Regulates decoys changing hands514 DownReveal answer → Clay rock516 DownReveal answer → Talks of speed chess finishing early816 DownReveal answer → Iron doesn't begin to support type of rock passage817 DownReveal answer → Wild party417 DownReveal answer → Bird of prey418 DownReveal answer → Special Branch's home? Far end of Petticoat Lane619 DownReveal answer → Diver guarding North Dakota’s capital620 DownReveal answer → Completely out of order421 DownReveal answer → Unlimited trips for section of church423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, January 20, 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.