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The Independent Crossword January 3 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 3 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 109 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#
Alien beginning to eat toxic nutsEXOTIC6Across1 UntruthLIE3Across1 FollowTAIL4Across3 I do parts playing in the style of othersPARODIST8Across5 CommotionBROUHAHA8Across7 Underwater ridgeREEF4Across8 Violet-grey network of lines next to ebbing African riverGRIDELIN8Across9 EntrancedSPELLBOUND10Across9 South African-born actress who won an Oscar for MonsterCHARLIZETHERON14Across10 Needle chap meeting familyBODKIN6Across10 Boy will like GreeceHELLAS6Across11 The evergreen Mediterranean tree Quercus ilexHOLMOAK7Across12 MonthAUGUST6Across12 Main wrappers removed from rare item: bread in Saudi ArabiaARTERIAL8Across12 Crockery itemSAUCER6Across13 UndecidedUPINTHEAIR10Across14 I'm travelling quickly in a small buggy to get microscopic creaturesWHEELANIMALS12Across14 Winners of the first five European Cups in footballREALMADRID10Across15 German golfer who won the 2010 PGA Championship and the 2014 US OpenMARTINKAYMER12Across16 Possibly rent rocks for crustaceanSPINYLOBSTER12Across17 American actress and comedienne whose films include Nashville, 9 to 5 and I Heart HuckabeesLILYTOMLIN10Across17 ConcealHIDE4Across17 RejectTURNDOWN8Across18 1966 hit single by Stevie Wonder subtitled Everything's AlrightUPTIGHT7Across18 Door fastenerBOLT4Across20 Address a gentleman restricting competitionDRESSAGE8Across20 Pen name of Charles LambELIA4Across20 Stadium that was originally the home of Everton FC, from 1884 to 1891ANFIELD7Across21 AlcoveBAY3Across21 False statement by great German chemistLIEBIG6Across22 A 1972 Number 1 single for T RexTELEGRAMSAM11Across23 Accompany group of women visiting barbarianGOWITH6Across23 Spike welcomes surprisingly nice pacifistPEACENIK8Across25 Criminal from American wingOFFENDER8Across26 English largely behind festivalEASTER6Across27 Brightest star in the constellation TaurusALDEBARAN9Across27 Member of a race of brutish creatures resembling men in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's TravelsYAHOO5Across29 The sixth largest city in OhioDAYTON6Across30 Film for which Alfonso Cuarón received a Best Director Oscar at the 2014 awardsGRAVITY7Across31 Nick ___, singer who found fame in a commercial for Levi'sKAMEN5Across32 Town in Uganda, on Lake Victoria, at whose airport an elite unit of the Israeli army freed over 100 hostages following a hijacking in 1976ENTEBBE7Across33 The capital of RwandaKIGALI6Across35 River in the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece that rises on the western slope of the Aroania mountain, near the village of KastriaLADON5Across37 The world's sixth-largest country by total areaAUSTRALIA9Across38 1976 John Schlesinger film starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier, adapted by William Goldman from his novelMARATHONMAN11Across39 Liqueur or cordial flavoured with peach or cherry kernels, bitter almonds, or other fruitsRATAFIA7Across41 A military cap with a circular top and a horizontal peakKEPI4Across46 German-born actress and singer whose films included The Blue Angel, Blonde Venus and Destry Rides AgainMARLENEDIETRICH15Across47 Widespread flowering plant also known as a margueriteOXEYEDAISY10Across48 Love interest of Jude Fawley in Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the ObscureSUEBRIDEHEAD12Across50 Croatian tennis player who won the men's singles at the 2014 US OpenMARINCILIC10Across52 The only group to have had a UK hit single sung entirely in Irish GaelicCLANNAD7Across53 Eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the EuphratesTIGRIS6Across54 See 47MARLENEDIETRICH15Across55

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DelphiniumLARKSPUR8Down1 Jean ___, prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003CHRETIEN8Down1 1894 novel by George du Maurier that gave its name to a hatTRILBY6Down2 Flightless birdEMU3Down2 The other king from the south is Persian rulerXERXES6Down2 In game, small victory ends in frank exchangesTIDDLYWINKS11Down3 Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptor whose films include Beat the Devil, Trapeze and The Hunchback of Notre DameGINALOLLOBRIGIDA16Down3 Large hairy spiderTARANTULA9Down3 Tammi ___, Motown star whose duets with Marvin Gaye included You're All I Need to Get ByTERRELL7Down4 Caught Old Nick, reportedly, displaying bladed weaponsCOLDSTEEL9Down4 NotionIDEA4Down4 The ___ Prince, 1924 operetta by Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy DonnellySTUDENT7Down5 Friend left without recycling bin, creating flipping diversionPINBALL7Down5 Small villageHAMLET6Down5 Ring of lightHALO4Down6 Large polychaete worm of the genus AphroditeSEAMOUSE8Down6 Quash underground resistance on returnREBUT5Down6 Pop art movement snubbedDAD3Down7 Coconut fibre used in making rope and mattingCOIR4Down7 Appropriate fur coats nudist regularly ignoredSUITABLE8Down8 The Mediterranean cruciferous plant Eruca sativa, also called arugulaROCKET6Down8 Handsworth-born singer whose top ten hits include Superstar, Thank You and See It In A Boy's EyesJAMELIA7Down9 GearEQUIPMENT9Down10 Reckless youthTEARAWAY8Down11 2000 film starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson, written and directed by Ben Elton, based on his novel InconceivableMAYBEBABY9Down13 Field of activitySPHERE6Down13 Uncompromising and concerning, like Lewis on eponymous TV seriesREMORSELESS11Down13 Dancer and actress who partnered Fred Astaire in ten filmsGINGERROGERS12Down14 Healthy and mature farming systemNOTILLAGE9Down15 Louse eggsNITS4Down15 Initiate fight very loudly, stopped by knockoutSPARKOFF8Down16 Italian greetingCIAO4Down16 Device to contact doctor, say: buzzer on a clothes lineBLEEPER7Down18 FlatfishDAB3Down19 Minister to eat around sixDIVINE6Down19 1934 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett that became the basis for a successful six-part film series starring William Powell and Myrna LoyTHETHINMAN10Down19 American priest secreted small insectAPHID5Down21 The letter I in the NATO phonetic alphabetINDIA5Down22 Body of water linked with the Atlantic by the Strait of GibraltarMEDITERRANEANSEA16Down24 Anger in 75% of country (or perhaps 43%?)IRE3Down24 In the United States, a parade before or during a high school or college homecoming eventSNAKEDANCE10Down25 In the Roman Catholic Church, a devotion consisting of prayers or services on nine consecutive daysNOVENA6Down26 ITV franchise holder for the East of EnglandANGLIA6Down27 Steam clipper wrecked in an 1859 storm which led to the first gale warning service being introduced by the Meteorological OfficeROYALCHARTER12Down28 Country whose capital is Sana'aYEMEN5Down29 Very light wood of the tree Ochroma lagopusBALSA5Down34 Actor who played Loggo in the TV series Boys from the BlackstuffALANIGBON9Down36 Industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dar and CynonABERDARE8Down40 1999 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding JrINSTINCT8Down42 Mexican spirit distilled from an agave plantTEQUILA7Down43 Former name for TaiwanFORMOSA7Down44 Jacques ___, French philosopher and literary critic regarded as the founder of deconstructionDERRIDA7Down45 A cocktail of rum, Curaçao and lime juiceMAITAI6Down47 A place where bees are keptAPIARY6Down49 1958 book by Frederic W Farrar subtitled Little by LittleERIC4Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, January 3, 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.