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The Independent Crossword January 27 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 27 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 53 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#
Greek's equine haunch photoHIPPIC6Across1 Be in debtOWE3Across1 Inlet of the seaBAY3Across3 Injure heel on driver's sideOFFEND6Across5 Drying clothTEATOWEL8Across7 Smallest of a litterRUNT4Across8 CrustaceanHERMITCRAB10Across9 Steady hands split bananas in fridgeGIRLFRIEND10Across10 A couple of stitches in your ear, tolerableSOSO4Across11 SpiceNUTMEG6Across11 A kid with feet up, perhapsATEASE6Across12 Half of drawing revealed secret bonesSKELETON8Across13 High-kicking danceCANCAN6Across13 Member on visit to zoo saving unknown parrotCOCKATOO8Across14 IntimidatedBROWBEATEN10Across14 London suburb close to Ruislip, nearer the heartPINNER6Across16 Pothead skinned knee in brief rageSTONER6Across17 Spanish sparkling wineCAVA4Across18 EnvelopSURROUND8Across19 Costa recalled seedy nuts, as seen belowBIRDSEYE8Across19 BoyLAD3Across20 Traveller's stomach flipped during arrivalCOMMUTER8Across21 Oxygen, for exampleGAS3Across21 Cosmo doctored front of Heidi's neckSMOOCH6Across23 Every so often my ankles turnMAKE4Across25 Red footballer repelled attack, getting the bit between his teeth?CHEWINGGUM10Across26 Hare isn't missing any toes, perhapsHASTEN6Across27 Strap around thigh compressing artery wallsGARTER6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RefurbishOVERHAUL8Down1 Go intoENTER5Down2 Revolutionary addressing African dictator of little brainIDIOT5Down2 Fish like cod don't have tails cut upPOLLACK7Down3 HaggleBARGAIN7Down3 Worker putting nail through tongue, perhaps nurse keeps confinedCARPENTER9Down4 TugYANK4Down4 CanopyAWNING6Down5 Sweet Glaswegian's bottom ogled regularlyFUDGE5Down6 Group of countriesBLOC4Down6 European back from China, sayEASTERN7Down7 Find nothing really under layer of cartilageDISCOVERY9Down8 E.g. ass working Bude seafront, carrying BritishBEASTOFBURDEN13Down9 RevenueEARNINGS8Down10 Mythical sea creatureMERMAID7Down12 FruitCHERRY6Down13 13 expert thought a poet's oesophagus somewhat twistedOSTEOPATH9Down15 Compass pointWEST4Down15 Skimpy underwear articleTHONG5Down16 Wearing PE kit, lower leg's very coldPERISHING9Down16 PostMAIL4Down17 Unable to feel American casualty's digits?NUMBERS7Down18 Parasite in nose GP treated rightSPONGER7Down20 Growth on lip hurt after timeTACHE5Down22 Vulgar Conservative showing too much cheek?CRUDE5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, January 27, 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.