The Independent Crossword January 24 2026 Answers

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Travel permit American lost ahead of Italian excursionVISIT5Across1 HaystackRICK4Across1 Choice of roads takenROUTE5Across3 Exploding spout went as fast as possibleUPTOSPEED9Across4 Stiff, silky fabricORGANZA7Across8 The first Elvis Costello single that credited the Attractions as his backing bandWATCHINGTHEDETECTIVES21Across9 Civic dignitaryMAYOR5Across9 Defensive structure hawk circles at a distance endlesslySEAWALL7Across9 PartialityONESIDEDNESS12Across10 Tilt one square, checking finishing touches of cyclic quadrilateralINCLINE7Across10 EndureSUFFER6Across11 Swans crowding over English island mostly common knowledge?OPENSECRET10Across11 Design involving small pieces of coloured glass, stone etc fitted togetherMOSAIC6Across12 Fish tooth incompleteMOLA4Across12 BeginningOUTSET6Across13 Fluid, containing chiefly white blood cells, that is collected from the tissues of the bodyLYMPH5Across13 Blinded strongman succeeded in wrestling masonSAMSON6Across14 The capital of CuraçaoWILLEMSTAD10Across14 UnpleasantDISAGREEABLE12Across15 British poet who was poet laureate from 1968 to 1972CECILDAYLEWIS13Across15 A large destructive sea wave produced by a submarine earthquake, subsidence or volcanic eruptionTSUNAMI7Across16 Made stable lad heading away head in immediately to stop horseSTEADIED8Across16 Opel model sold as the Vauxhall Astra in the UKKADETT6Across17 Blue's Clues cut episode's beginning and ran wildCERULEAN8Across18 The first Temptations single to feature David Ruffin on lead vocalsMYGIRL6Across18 Barrel through rolling volcanic area togetherENBLOC6Across19 J K ___, economist and diplomat who wrote The Affluent Society and The New Industrial StateGALBRAITH9Across19 Defence of being elsewhereALIBI5Across19 PoisonCYANIDE7Across20 HeathenPAGAN5Across21 I don't like this starter of toasted Asian breadBAHT4Across22 Second-handUSED4Across22 Fighting with target lacking weaknessWATERTIGHT10Across23 Malaysian oil and gas company founded in 1974PETRONAS8Across23 Site of a penal colony here in French Guiana featured in Henri Charrière's memoir PapillonDEVILSISLAND12Across25 Instrument on wheels I put in auditorium at the frontOCARINA7Across26 Mush a chef originally left in box?TREACLE7Across27 Martin ___, scorer of one of England's four goals in the 1966 World Cup FinalPETERS6Across28 Rap battle's conclusion after fine dance includes spot of filthFREESTYLE9Across28 Maiden wanting a baby leaves bedroom feeling sullenMOODY5Across29 Author who created Harry PotterJKROWLING9Across30 The former Hindu custom whereby a widow burnt herself to death on her husband's funeral pyreSUTTEE6Across31 Inflammation of the brainENCEPHALITIS12Across32 A shrub or small tree with tiny scale-like leaves on slender branchesTAMARISK8Across33 A short-barrelled pocket pistol of large calibreDERRINGER9Across36 In mountaineering, a short portable ladder or set of webbing loops that can be attached to a karabiner or fifi hookETRIER6Across38 The second largest city in PolandKRAKOW6Across40 Italian dumplings made with semolina pasta or potatoesGNOCCHI7Across43 English author whose works include The Heaven Tree TrilogyEDITHPARGETER13Across46 Body of water in New York state used by the US Navy to test equipment such as transducers and sonar arrays and systemsSENECALAKE10Across48 Italian ball game closely related to French pétanqueBOCCE5Across49 Pseudonymous street artist who directed and starred in the documentary film Exit Through the Gift ShopBANKSY6Across50 Song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King that made The Shirelles the first all-girl group to have a US number one singleWILLYOULOVEMETOMORROW21Across52

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Is half of North African dish underneath very sticky?VISCOUS7Down1 ScoundrelROGUE5Down1 Ernest ___, British explorer who commanded three expeditions to the Antarctic, during the first of which the south magnetic pole was locatedSHACKLETON10Down1 Bet someone was burned hereSTAKE5Down2 ThoughtfulnessCONSIDERATION13Down2 Ford model replaced by the EscortANGLIA6Down2 Notices Dorothy's dog eats regular bites of foulest fungiTOADSTOOLS10Down3 V, X, L, C, etcROMANNUMERALS13Down3 The study of the sources and development of wordsETYMOLOGY9Down3 Capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in PakistanPESHAWAR8Down4 OdysseusULYSSES7Down4 Free amusing sheep fellows no longer neededUNLOCK6Down4 Island in the Straits of Florida associated with Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee WilliamsKEYWEST7Down5 MeritEARN4Down5 Bet on three racers in TT race and F1 broadcastTRIFECTA8Down5 Black grape used in winemaking whose name literally means "young blackbird"MERLOT6Down6 Full of happinessJOYOUS6Down6 Wine bagSACK4Down6 LabyrinthMAZE4Down7 The primary collection of sacred texts of ZoroastrianismAVESTA6Down7 Perhaps set books and papers up to support English articleEDITORIAL9Down7 Reactionary detective caught dropping heroinDIEHARD7Down8 The surname of the Judas who betrayed Jesus, according to the New TestamentISCARIOT8Down8 First baseman in the Abbott and Costello routine featured in the film Rain ManWHO3Down9 A portion or instalment, especially of a loan or share issue, from the French for 'slice'TRANCHE7Down10 "They went to sea in a Sieve, they did", according to Edward LearTHEJUMBLIES11Down11 DefectFAILING7Down12 Mother drinks dodgy retsina - typicalMAINSTREAM10Down13 WobbleTEETER6Down14 Shrewd lot of wives put money first being considered madMARCHHARE9Down15 A small slow-moving lizard with the ability to change colourCHAMELEON9Down15 WealthyRICH4Down16 May prisoner like to be confined as islander?MALAGASY8Down17 ConstructBUILD5Down17 Pass fool eating black breadCOBLOAF7Down18 Stinging insectWASP4Down18 1888 play by August Strindberg set on Midsummer's Eve on the estate of a Swedish countMISSJULIE9Down18 Trimmed piece of meat at the edges really silverCUTLERY7Down20 Large crocodilian of the southern US with powerful jaws and sharp teethALLIGATOR9Down20 Heart expert necromancer boxes upCENTRE6Down21 Playable game mode in the Super Smash Bros. franchise in which players must defeat every characterALLSTAR7Down21 Real first name of Kim Campbell, Canada's first female Prime MinisterAVRIL5Down22 Government think to scrap border walls? No problem for me!GECKO5Down24 The small graceful animal Capreolus capreolusROEDEER7Down24 George ___, the man with the scores played by Matt Lucas on the TV game show Shooting StarsDAWES5Down25 Challenges pictures lacking flashVIES4Down25 Danish physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in PhysicsNIELSBOHR9Down26 The largest island of GreeceCRETE5Down27 City in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson RiversSCHENECTADY11Down29 Belfast-born rugby player who won 69 caps for Ireland and 12 for the British and Irish LionsMIKEGIBSON10Down34 Central character in the sitcoms Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister played by Paul EddingtonJIMHACKER9Down35 The bird Bubo buboEAGLEOWL8Down37 Small furry animals in the Star Trek universe that react to the presence of KlingonsTRIBBLES8Down39 Captured Trojan commander exchanged for Cressida in William Shakespeare's play Troilus and CressidaANTENOR7Down41 1977 Don Siegel spy film starring Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and Lee RemickTELEFON7Down42 Surname shared by the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland football managers at Euro 2016ONEILL6Down44 In Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus who flew too near the sun when trying to escape from "27 Down"ICARUS6Down45 In Greek mythology, a Phoenician king of Tyre who was the father of EuropaAGENOR6Down47 2004 horror film directed by James Wan that spawned many sequelsSAW3Down51

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