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The Independent Crossword January 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 5 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Nonsense (Informal)51 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual34 AcrossReveal answer → Apparent78 AcrossReveal answer → Taut59 AcrossReveal answer → Raised vessel and emptied sanctified oil over inverted Cross99 AcrossReveal answer → Unstable510 AcrossReveal answer → Mean women bagging old clothes510 AcrossReveal answer → Closed middle of Milan opera house for opera511 AcrossReveal answer → Blood deficiency711 AcrossReveal answer → Pregnant? Thin lube must be smeared around internally912 AcrossReveal answer → Powerful person (Informal)1112 AcrossReveal answer → Some steel can a metalworker turned into a shackle713 AcrossReveal answer → Couple will overcome resistance, that's plain714 AcrossReveal answer → Herculean715 AcrossReveal answer → Drift along in Acapulco as tourist516 AcrossReveal answer → Assumed name517 AcrossReveal answer → Step aside? Step inside!318 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish snacks519 AcrossReveal answer → Grounds here for major actor discarding Romeo519 AcrossReveal answer → Infer720 AcrossReveal answer → Lair321 AcrossReveal answer → Herb loves embracing wicked daughter721 AcrossReveal answer → Restaurant customer522 AcrossReveal answer → One honoured singer, a bass just starting to make comeback722 AcrossReveal answer → Note about getting on, ringing in and making up924 AcrossReveal answer → Travelling actors right off course526 AcrossReveal answer → Drunkard flips about a hundred pancakes527 AcrossReveal answer → It might have protected Norman Hill, slashed struggling with maniac928 AcrossReveal answer →

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Lock of hair51 DownReveal answer → Shaking off sloth, hairy Mitch dances with beat81 DownReveal answer → Mimic72 DownReveal answer → Includes a policeman in racket62 DownReveal answer → Mournful poem53 DownReveal answer → Victor in any of six today failing to take over a 18d103 DownReveal answer → Pariah74 DownReveal answer → One's hung up phone64 DownReveal answer → Egg producer's shambolic supply a trader's beginning to block85 DownReveal answer → Jeans fabric55 DownReveal answer → Look at from whichever way46 DownReveal answer → Document carrier116 DownReveal answer → Spoken traditional teaching praises these exalted judges87 DownReveal answer → Greek cheese47 DownReveal answer → Uniform with fur is of practical value68 DownReveal answer → Deer meat713 DownReveal answer → Version714 DownReveal answer → Like some particular sex - no former partner finds out1015 DownReveal answer → Ballet skirt415 DownReveal answer → Lukewarm516 DownReveal answer → Pungent517 DownReveal answer → Half of American church supports old President's suspension817 DownReveal answer → Guide518 DownReveal answer → Ramble around in countryside, initially after parking in field818 DownReveal answer → Shrewdly, Anglican leader voices disapproval over diocese820 DownReveal answer → Tip off policewoman: "Brunel took drug"621 DownReveal answer → Writer penning cycling journal's meaty fare622 DownReveal answer → Reportedly downed a sugary product Violet could provide?623 DownReveal answer → Maybe Amsterdam girl the setter will visit never-endingly425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, January 5, 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.