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The Independent Crossword January 23 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 23 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 57 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#
AnimalBEAST5Across1 Line of seatsROW3Across4 AccumulateAMASS5Across8 Dear former lover, lost in thoughtEXPENSIVE9Across8 HugEMBRACE7Across9 America supplied desert plantAGAVE5Across9 University Department involved in colourful college festivityGAUDY5Across10 HolidaymakerTOURIST7Across10 TerribleAWFUL5Across11 Version of end of scene not in pic, Nolan picINCEPTION9Across11 Low necklineDECOLLETAGE11Across12 Institute in Lausanne reorganised and put on a 12-month basisANNUALISE9Across12 No indication of disapproval for immoral behaviour in other than the clergyLAITY5Across14 Refill also reduced by 22 Across?TOPUP5Across15 IrateANGRY5Across16 What may be loud colourHUE3Across17 AncestryLINEAGE7Across18 Concerning start of machinations against property?INREM5Across19 FerventZEALOUS7Across19 TarnishTAINT5Across21 Country cottage, one with central heating, secured by US lawyerDACHA5Across21 Play on wordsPUN3Across22 One inexperienced guy with no rest at workYOUNGSTER9Across22 SensationalLURID5Across23 To relax is to overwhelm chart stuff with light classicsLOLLIPOPS9Across24 Lewd howl about women’s drawers at the outsetBAWDY5Across25 Tense, distress continually returning - you can hear it in the voiceTWANG5Across26 Attack originating in part of East Anglia? One’s behind thatOFFENSIVE9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PulchritudeBEAUTY6Down1 Officer in work unit in the main not losing heartSERGEANT8Down1 GenerallyASARULE7Down2 Revival to appear after switching componentsUPTURN6Down2 EvidenceTESTIMONY9Down3 Sin that sounds reducible to its core elements?ENVY4Down3 ChafeRUB3Down4 Make smaller vessel to carry small carDIMINISH8Down4 Save others after overlooking final indication to proceedRESCUE6Down5 Dock platformWHARF5Down5 Intimate female friend in Paris, duplicitous oneFAMILIAR8Down6 Tooth-cleaning threadDENTALFLOSS11Down6 That chap with a revolutionary desire is an Irish poetHEANEY6Down7 KingdomREALM5Down7 Taking off, having snatched cover from coffin? That’s dreadfulAPPALLING9Down9 Pre-birthANTENATAL9Down11 Taking off, having snatched a number of bells? That’s temptingAPPEALING9Down13 Window fitterGLAZIER7Down13 Cereal plantMAIZE5Down14 ImpassionedHEATED6Down15 Particular copper having bar turned over after place emptiedPECULIAR8Down16 UnderstandGRASP5Down17 Use film innovatively, with unknown factor, to create something with suspense?EMULSIFY8Down18 PossessOWN3Down20 I agree to pack additional line for this fishMORAYEEL8Down20 Thin top erected over Aussie truckDILUTE6Down21 Solver that is audible in greetingYOOHOO6Down22 No country lover? Drag one into Northumberland areaTOWNIE6Down23 Spy, note, probing a lot of evidence of murder?BOND4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, January 23, 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.