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The Independent Crossword January 6 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 6 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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Open pie41 AcrossReveal answer → Mongrel33 AcrossReveal answer → Regularly suss out band together, as is the custom75 AcrossReveal answer → Manicure tool87 AcrossReveal answer → Put down answer in red biro?77 AcrossReveal answer → Move slowly48 AcrossReveal answer → Insubstantial119 AcrossReveal answer → Newspaper page dealt with after rejecting first piece of copy49 AcrossReveal answer → District with everyone beginning to steal tyre parts910 AcrossReveal answer → Short of money610 AcrossReveal answer → Couple swapping, pale and innocent512 AcrossReveal answer → Confront613 AcrossReveal answer → One stylishly elegant: country's principal girl at welcoming clubs813 AcrossReveal answer → Underling1115 AcrossReveal answer → Yankee tough leaving hotel garden415 AcrossReveal answer → Continuum of taxonomic lineage to some extent516 AcrossReveal answer → Opposed to tips for Asian tandoori417 AcrossReveal answer → Surely curious about one's first female pronoun818 AcrossReveal answer → Strong wind419 AcrossReveal answer → Gunfight820 AcrossReveal answer → Mad London gangster loudly associating with two unknown characters520 AcrossReveal answer → Large deer321 AcrossReveal answer → World's richest man cycling by front of market, getting fruit921 AcrossReveal answer → Withdrawing, took home cheese422 AcrossReveal answer → Soft cheese422 AcrossReveal answer → Darts player is more tiddly724 AcrossReveal answer → Food cooked so eat it725 AcrossReveal answer →

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Grain-threshing implement51 DownReveal answer → Party manager's plea to manage expectations?41 DownReveal answer → Claimed72 DownReveal answer → Mawkish, conniving American husband's boring62 DownReveal answer → Hold tightly53 DownReveal answer → Harry owes cash for present83 DownReveal answer → Fish and wedges hospital binned44 DownReveal answer → Solo performance74 DownReveal answer → Food regimen45 DownReveal answer → Motor slick lad in drainpipes gave the once-over76 DownReveal answer → Choose66 DownReveal answer → After advance, laconic wit sent up book58 DownReveal answer → Relieve711 DownReveal answer → Devious new clue following edit911 DownReveal answer → Study612 DownReveal answer → Long ago in Greece, I thought mountain turning closed512 DownReveal answer → Hire714 DownReveal answer → Smart girl sent to Coventry, then central Merseyside514 DownReveal answer → Dismal516 DownReveal answer → Found cups minute with a cafe treat816 DownReveal answer → As a blaze gets out of control, save book and plants717 DownReveal answer → Golf club417 DownReveal answer → Avoid518 DownReveal answer → Model again on plonk ...519 DownReveal answer → ... is unable to bed captivating woman620 DownReveal answer → What might include Xmas card from flipping brother who hates Noel?421 DownReveal answer → Like park signs, except the odd ones423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, January 6, 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.