The Independent Crossword January 7 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 7 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 59 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Archery target ringINNER5Across1
Notes played togetherCHORD5Across4
Autocratic rulerDICTATOR8Across7
Take care ofTEND4Across8
Hustlers in resort showing no compassionRUTHLESS8Across8
Card gameOLDMAID7Across9
Model missing at Underground stationTEMPLE6Across9
Tight members of hunting party being sent backSNUG4Across10
DissidentREBEL5Across11
Travellers seen going after a perfumeAROMA5Across11
Film audience's avoidedMIST4Across12
To embellish gold, call conservationistsORNAMENT8Across13
Not resolvedUNDECIDED9Across13
UmbilicusNAVEL5Across16
One fired from shop is to litigatePISTOL6Across16
ProgressHEADWAY7Across17
Stand for stiff drink in Berlin bar?BIER4Across18
Bill of fareMENU4Across19
From abandoned shed pig feastedDINED5Across20
Salad vegetableBEETROOT8Across20
Former US serviceman getting round ProhibitionVETO4Across21
Given spades, cutting ditchesSCRAPS6Across22
ScorchSINGE5Across22
Not drunkSOBER5Across23
Hanging judge on past performance terminally disposedTAPESTRY8Across23
Second wicket interrupted by English catcall?MEOW4Across26
Disregarding system, turn around in French streetROGUE5Across28
Head away from seashore, it's like an ovenOAST4Across30
Settled beside quarry, experts surveying birdOSPREY6Across31
Keep back intelligence two hours out of dateWITHHOLD8Across32
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spear of frozen waterICICLE6Down1
Service inspired by conversion of true apostate?TURNER6Down1
Louse eggNIT3Down2
Time to stay close to gorilla?THUG4Down2
Dental applianceRETAINER8Down3
Discuss revolutionary plot over high teaDEBATE6Down3
Stiff paperCARD4Down4
City spectacles entertaining school on vacationOSLO4Down4
Son caught in thongs maybeSTRAPPED8Down5
RecoveringONTHEMEND9Down5
One's a leader in Mecca?IMAM4Down6
MealDINNER6Down6
Make more substantial shelf for compiler?FLESHOUT8Down7
Life-size dummyMANNEQUIN9Down10
SimilarityLIKENESS8Down12
Stroke gentlyCARESS6Down14
Ordinary accident holds up advanced vesselAORTA5Down14
PreferFAVOUR6Down15
Trustee completely disheartened after tax convictionTENET5Down15
Husbands welcome aboard steamshipSAVES5Down17
SkilledABLE4Down18
Where bats are seen to riseINCREASE8Down19
Oddly suspend trips around ancient city ruinsDESTROYS8Down20
TeaseRIB3Down21
Fairly minor heckler finally shut upPRETTY6Down24
Take lower road in principleRUSTLE6Down25
Needing turnover, attract patientsWARD4Down27
Go west to join new outfitGOWN4Down29
Having switched sides, slavishly follow lineOCHE4Down30
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, January 7, 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.