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The Independent Crossword January 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 5 2026 answers. The Monday 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#
Nonsense (Informal)TRIPE5Across1 UnusualODD3Across4 ApparentEVIDENT7Across8 TautTENSE5Across9 Raised vessel and emptied sanctified oil over inverted CrossHYDROFOIL9Across9 UnstableSHAKY5Across10 Mean women bagging old clothesCOATS5Across10 Closed middle of Milan opera house for operaTOSCA5Across11 Blood deficiencyANAEMIA7Across11 Pregnant? Thin lube must be smeared around internallyINTHECLUB9Across12 Powerful person (Informal)HEAVYHITTER11Across12 Some steel can a metalworker turned into a shackleMANACLE7Across13 Couple will overcome resistance, that's plainPRAIRIE7Across14 HerculeanTITANIC7Across15 Drift along in Acapulco as touristCOAST5Across16 Assumed nameALIAS5Across17 Step aside? Step inside!PAS3Across18 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Across19 Grounds here for major actor discarding RomeoCOSTA5Across19 InferSURMISE7Across20 LairDEN3Across21 Herb loves embracing wicked daughterOREGANO7Across21 Restaurant customerDINER5Across22 One honoured singer, a bass just starting to make comebackBARONET7Across22 Note about getting on, ringing in and making upIMAGINING9Across24 Travelling actors right off courseASCOT5Across26 Drunkard flips about a hundred pancakesTACOS5Across27 It might have protected Norman Hill, slashed struggling with maniacCHAINMAIL9Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Lock of hairTRESS5Down1 Shaking off sloth, hairy Mitch dances with beatRHYTHMIC8Down1 MimicIMITATE7Down2 Includes a policeman in racketADDSIN6Down2 Mournful poemELEGY5Down3 Victor in any of six today failing to take over a 18dNOVASCOTIA10Down3 PariahOUTCAST7Down4 One's hung up phoneMOBILE6Down4 Egg producer's shambolic supply a trader's beginning to blockPLATYPUS8Down5 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down5 Look at from whichever wayECCE4Down6 Document carrierATTACHECASE11Down6 Spoken traditional teaching praises these exalted judgesLAWLORDS8Down7 Greek cheeseFETA4Down7 Uniform with fur is of practical valueUSABLE6Down8 Deer meatVENISON7Down13 VersionEDITION7Down14 Like some particular sex - no former partner finds outASCERTAINS10Down15 Ballet skirtTUTU4Down15 LukewarmTEPID5Down16 PungentACRID5Down17 Half of American church supports old President's suspensionABEYANCE8Down17 GuideSTEER5Down18 Ramble around in countryside, initially after parking in fieldPROVINCE8Down18 Shrewdly, Anglican leader voices disapproval over dioceseASTUTELY8Down20 Tip off policewoman: "Brunel took drug"OPIATE6Down21 Writer penning cycling journal's meaty fareBIGMAC6Down22 Reportedly downed a sugary product Violet could provide?NECTAR6Down23 Maybe Amsterdam girl the setter will visit never-endinglyILSE4Down25

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