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The Independent Crossword January 7 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 59 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 7 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
Archery target ring51 AcrossReveal answer → Notes played together54 AcrossReveal answer → Autocratic ruler87 AcrossReveal answer → Take care of48 AcrossReveal answer → Hustlers in resort showing no compassion88 AcrossReveal answer → Card game79 AcrossReveal answer → Model missing at Underground station69 AcrossReveal answer → Tight members of hunting party being sent back410 AcrossReveal answer → Dissident511 AcrossReveal answer → Travellers seen going after a perfume511 AcrossReveal answer → Film audience's avoided412 AcrossReveal answer → To embellish gold, call conservationists813 AcrossReveal answer → Not resolved913 AcrossReveal answer → Umbilicus516 AcrossReveal answer → One fired from shop is to litigate616 AcrossReveal answer → Progress717 AcrossReveal answer → Stand for stiff drink in Berlin bar?418 AcrossReveal answer → Bill of fare419 AcrossReveal answer → From abandoned shed pig feasted520 AcrossReveal answer → Salad vegetable820 AcrossReveal answer → Former US serviceman getting round Prohibition421 AcrossReveal answer → Given spades, cutting ditches622 AcrossReveal answer → Scorch522 AcrossReveal answer → Not drunk523 AcrossReveal answer → Hanging judge on past performance terminally disposed823 AcrossReveal answer → Second wicket interrupted by English catcall?426 AcrossReveal answer → Disregarding system, turn around in French street528 AcrossReveal answer → Head away from seashore, it's like an oven430 AcrossReveal answer → Settled beside quarry, experts surveying bird631 AcrossReveal answer → Keep back intelligence two hours out of date832 AcrossReveal answer →

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Spear of frozen water61 DownReveal answer → Service inspired by conversion of true apostate?61 DownReveal answer → Louse egg32 DownReveal answer → Time to stay close to gorilla?42 DownReveal answer → Dental appliance83 DownReveal answer → Discuss revolutionary plot over high tea63 DownReveal answer → Stiff paper44 DownReveal answer → City spectacles entertaining school on vacation44 DownReveal answer → Son caught in thongs maybe85 DownReveal answer → Recovering95 DownReveal answer → One's a leader in Mecca?46 DownReveal answer → Meal66 DownReveal answer → Make more substantial shelf for compiler?87 DownReveal answer → Life-size dummy910 DownReveal answer → Similarity812 DownReveal answer → Stroke gently614 DownReveal answer → Ordinary accident holds up advanced vessel514 DownReveal answer → Prefer615 DownReveal answer → Trustee completely disheartened after tax conviction515 DownReveal answer → Husbands welcome aboard steamship517 DownReveal answer → Skilled418 DownReveal answer → Where bats are seen to rise819 DownReveal answer → Oddly suspend trips around ancient city ruins820 DownReveal answer → Tease321 DownReveal answer → Fairly minor heckler finally shut up624 DownReveal answer → Take lower road in principle625 DownReveal answer → Needing turnover, attract patients427 DownReveal answer → Go west to join new outfit429 DownReveal answer → Having switched sides, slavishly follow line430 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, January 7, 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.