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The Independent Crossword January 30 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 30 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Small nail41 AcrossReveal answer → Disgorge53 AcrossReveal answer → Comic role in Shakespeare: slip up dropping one pole87 AcrossReveal answer → Hard time recalling forename of WWI heroine58 AcrossReveal answer → Indian yoghurt dish58 AcrossReveal answer → Instance79 AcrossReveal answer → Leave with detective before finale - that’s a bit of good fortune710 AcrossReveal answer → Stretchy710 AcrossReveal answer → Problem involving husband, bar, drunk - it generates conversation711 AcrossReveal answer → Commotion511 AcrossReveal answer → Climber1112 AcrossReveal answer → Recommend fruity drink when going round a part of Ireland912 AcrossReveal answer → Everybody gathering around closed part of the Maldives514 AcrossReveal answer → Arctic region - leader stricken with illness calling me in1515 AcrossReveal answer → Lock of hair517 AcrossReveal answer → Business graduate seen following beginnings of song and dance518 AcrossReveal answer → One might catch you saying it doesn’t measure involuntary responses919 AcrossReveal answer → Assorted719 AcrossReveal answer → Preferring solitude in urinals when tipsy721 AcrossReveal answer → Bewildered721 AcrossReveal answer → Wages bringing in 14, say, in Scottish town722 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial waterway522 AcrossReveal answer → Sag523 AcrossReveal answer → 2 getting end away in German city524 AcrossReveal answer → Network424 AcrossReveal answer → The sound of thieves makes you cry in exasperation825 AcrossReveal answer →

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Eccentric upset, coming round with letter41 DownReveal answer → Small tower61 DownReveal answer → Zealot contributing to upturn in pureness evidently62 DownReveal answer → Porcelain52 DownReveal answer → Soldier and sailor of renown producing magical plant?83 DownReveal answer → Secret store53 DownReveal answer → Big fight, not initially crazy, about artist64 DownReveal answer → Beseech74 DownReveal answer → French cathedral good - go there85 DownReveal answer → Room for manoeuvre65 DownReveal answer → Cocktail? Fix a soft drink before lawyer appears106 DownReveal answer → Box66 DownReveal answer → Goods117 DownReveal answer → Adolescent limped: he’s gone over on uncovered toys119 DownReveal answer → Street resident finally turning up in street, possibly1110 DownReveal answer → Herb713 DownReveal answer → Rascals splitting least colourful historic document1013 DownReveal answer → Beginner614 DownReveal answer → Filament615 DownReveal answer → No place for tit’s wing in remarkable bird816 DownReveal answer → Wellbeing616 DownReveal answer → European piece of film on convulsive movement in part of the heavens817 DownReveal answer → Exclusive story518 DownReveal answer → Fetch up carrying old queen’s wig619 DownReveal answer → Scope520 DownReveal answer → Good connecting passage provided by a Russian composer620 DownReveal answer → See 1423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, January 30, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.