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The Independent Crossword January 30 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 30 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
Small nailTACK4Across1 DisgorgeSPILL5Across3 Comic role in Shakespeare: slip up dropping one poleFALSTAFF8Across7 Hard time recalling forename of WWI heroineEDITH5Across8 Indian yoghurt dishRAITA5Across8 InstanceEXAMPLE7Across9 Leave with detective before finale - that’s a bit of good fortuneGODSEND7Across10 StretchyELASTIC7Across10 Problem involving husband, bar, drunk - it generates conversationRHUBARB7Across11 CommotionHOOHA5Across11 ClimberMOUNTAINEER11Across12 Recommend fruity drink when going round a part of IrelandTIPPERARY9Across12 Everybody gathering around closed part of the MaldivesATOLL5Across14 Arctic region - leader stricken with illness calling me inELLESMEREISLAND15Across15 Lock of hairTRESS5Across17 Business graduate seen following beginnings of song and danceSAMBA5Across18 One might catch you saying it doesn’t measure involuntary responsesPOLYGRAPH9Across19 AssortedDIVERSE7Across19 Preferring solitude in urinals when tipsyINSULAR7Across21 BewilderedATALOSS7Across21 Wages bringing in 14, say, in Scottish townPAISLEY7Across22 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Across22 SagDROOP5Across23 2 getting end away in German cityESSEN5Across24 NetworkMESH4Across24 The sound of thieves makes you cry in exasperationKNICKERS8Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Eccentric upset, coming round with letterLAND4Down1 Small towerTURRET6Down1 Zealot contributing to upturn in pureness evidentlyESSENE6Down2 PorcelainCHINA5Down2 Soldier and sailor of renown producing magical plant?MANDRAKE8Down3 Secret storeSTASH5Down3 Big fight, not initially crazy, about artistAFFRAY6Down4 BeseechIMPLORE7Down4 French cathedral good - go thereBEAUVAIS8Down5 Room for manoeuvreLEEWAY6Down5 Cocktail? Fix a soft drink before lawyer appearsPINACOLADA10Down6 BoxCARTON6Down6 GoodsMERCHANDISE11Down7 Adolescent limped: he’s gone over on uncovered toysHOBBLEDEHOY11Down9 Street resident finally turning up in street, possiblyGUTTERSNIPE11Down10 HerbOREGANO7Down13 Rascals splitting least colourful historic documentPALIMPSEST10Down13 BeginnerNOVICE6Down14 FilamentSTRAND6Down15 No place for tit’s wing in remarkable birdSTARLING8Down16 WellbeingHEALTH6Down16 European piece of film on convulsive movement in part of the heavensECLIPTIC8Down17 Exclusive storySCOOP5Down18 Fetch up carrying old queen’s wigPERUKE6Down19 ScopeRANGE5Down20 Good connecting passage provided by a Russian composerGLINKA6Down20 See 1LAND4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, January 30, 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.