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The Independent Crossword January 20 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 20 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 54 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Plant processed into sugarBEET4Across1 Culinary herbTHYME5Across3 DryARID4Across7 False hope develops around New YearPHONEY6Across7 Hail Mary (Latin)AVEMARIA8Across8 Brave call following positive response from Putin?DARING6Across8 DeterminationRESOLUTION10Across9 So blue after first love's gone off the boilSLOW4Across9 Find fault with regularly sharing deeper arrangementREPREHEND9Across10 Stroke gentlyCARESS6Across11 Provides continuity in cat broadcastLINKS5Across12 ChannelSTRAIT6Across13 River estuary flounders - a source of riches for the nation?TREASURY8Across13 Harshly criticalCENSORIOUS10Across15 More alternative comedians ultimately follow the FrenchLESS4Across15 Slovakia's imprisoning number two spySPOOK5Across16 Mass rejection of mouthpiece for computers perhaps?PILE4Across17 Vagrant seen with warm clothing from Savile Row?MENSWEAR8Across18 RestfulRELAXING8Across19 Small duckTEAL4Across20 British team wears no ill-fitting trousers from the EastLIONS5Across20 StrainerSIEVE5Across21 Worked notice after returning to clear orderDIRECTION9Across21 Royal has given up lying - finally? It's trueREAL4Across22 Bottle stopperCORK4Across22 Everybody's cribbing the day before examinationALEVEL6Across24 Henry arises half-cut after stripping down Ford Mustangs?HORSES6Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BelchBURP4Down1 Milky white oil’s transformed each year in place of independenceOPAL4Down1 Give sanction toENDORSE7Down2 Weak spirit left over weeks in ewers lacks bodyLOWWINES8Down2 Plant supportTRELLIS7Down3 Two teachers picked up rubbishDEBRIS6Down3 Cuckoo pecked at recorder?TAPEDECK8Down4 Leavening agentYEAST5Down4 Cats touch hearts from time to timeTIGERS6Down5 SporadicEPISODIC8Down5 Old impressionist releases second retrospectiveAGED4Down6 Raised platformDAIS4Down6 NegligentCARELESS8Down10 Uproot and rip out air freshenerPOTPOURRI9Down11 SubmissiveSERVILE7Down12 Fake news about East German subjectLIEGE5Down12 Italian rice dishRISOTTO7Down14 Regulates decoys changing handsRULES5Down14 Clay rockSHALE5Down16 Talks of speed chess finishing earlySPEECHES8Down16 Iron doesn't begin to support type of rock passagePROGRESS8Down17 Wild partyORGY4Down17 Bird of preyHAWK4Down18 Special Branch's home? Far end of Petticoat LaneSTREET6Down19 Diver guarding North Dakota’s capitalLONDON6Down20 Completely out of orderDEAD4Down21 Unlimited trips for section of churchAPSE4Down23

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