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The Independent Crossword January 29 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 29 2026 answers. The Thursday 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#
We didn't like this Tesla vehicle's storage spaceBOOT4Across1 SetLAY3Across1 Playground itemSWING5Across3 First in carvery, order unseasoned beefCOMPLAIN8Across4 Injured by repeated blowsBATTERED8Across7 Ship's companyCREW4Across8 Shoes without lacesSLIPONS7Across9 Explain Italian footballers opening British sandwich shopINTERPRET9Across10 Melody, not just any noteTHEME5Across11 Group of lionsPRIDE5Across11 WatchOBSERVE7Across12 Controversial drug and why one does it?EMOTIVE7Across12 Gentleman returning extravagant duck dishRISOTTO7Across13 Secure lad freely admitted to having acne scarsPADLOCKED9Across14 Write sloppily, erasing the initial strokeCRAWL5Across15 BeerLAGER5Across16 Smart, perhaps, consuming volume after volumeSAVVY5Across16 InstructionTUITION7Across17 Endlessly scour each match resultCOMEABOUT9Across18 SedimentLEES4Across19 A bitSLIGHTLY8Across20 Tracks fugitives leaving areaRUNWAYS7Across21 Main arteryAORTA5Across22 ConsumeEAT3Across23 Peacekeepers reflected obvious sort of powerNUCLEAR7Across23 Sample of burkha/kimono fabricKHAKI5Across24 Fat starts to appear newly ubiquitous between gym and workPEANUTOIL9Across25 Bit of wordplay means ignoring the leftmost edgePUNGENCY8Across26 Flipping insect bite!TANG4Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Auction itemLOT3Down1 Faces away from boor on carpet, unconsciousOUTCOLD7Down2 UnderpantsYFRONTS7Down2 50% of scary conservative districtTERRITORY9Down3 FlankSIDE4Down3 My knickers in a twist seeing this grid's offensive entries?CORNERKICKS11Down4 WrongINCORRECT9Down4 Satisfied with opera in AmericaMET3Down5 AvariciousGREEDY6Down5 One blooming bunch, crosswordersLOTUS5Down6 Serving spoonLADLE5Down6 In Byzantine rite, a reluctance to change?INERTIA7Down7 Soldier very quiet about EU surrenderGIVEUP6Down8 Quail ground to cook with head removedRECOIL6Down9 University teacherPROFESSOR9Down10 Regular course of actionROUTINE7Down13 Primitive Red Army unit out of positionRUDIMENTARY11Down13 Photographic deviceCAMERA6Down14 Inexpert company invested in rude, slow server option?CLAYCOURT9Down15 Fungal growthMOULD5Down15 Employees won’t work on this buffetSTRIKE6Down16 Country transport working on connecting universitiesVANUATU7Down17 ContinentASIA4Down18 Concerning journalist to acknowledge having gone behindONEDOWN7Down19 Send flower to support tense husbandTHRILL6Down20 Headwear itemHAT3Down21 First-class drink and gallons in the cask?AGING5Down22 Criticise camera techniquePAN3Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, January 29, 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.