The Independent Crossword July 1 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 1 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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#

American Intelligence stingsSMARTS6Across1 Female sheepEWE3Across1 Wading birdCRANE5Across3 Intrude and hence, lacking boundaries, run over a childENCROACH8Across5 ExteriorOUTSIDE7Across8 Boy covering new groundLAND4Across9 Wash outRINSE5Across9 Highest pointAPEX4Across10 Device to protect a piercingIMPALEMENT10Across10 GaugeESTIMATE8Across11 Welcome tools to conserve bit of harmony for a married couple?HISANDHERS10Across11 Picked up pieces of wood in river with ferrySTYX4Across12 Cut glassCRYSTAL7Across13 Man left to invest independent capitalHELSINKI8Across13 Set up home next to salt supplyINSTAL6Across16 Win gold carriageLANDAU6Across18 SuppliedPROVIDED8Across18 InformationDATA4Across19 Programme broadcast from the empty abandoned castleTELECAST8Across20 FuriousIRATE5Across21 Knocks box overRAPS4Across22 Style of cookingCUISINE7Across22 Taxonomic groupGENUS5Across23 Journalist spotted popular German cutting things upHACKSAWING10Across24 Canine animalDOG3Across24 Accounts from inveterate liar especially suspicious, initiallyCHRONICLES10Across27 Oscar, with regret, rebuffed French breadEURO4Across28 Island linked by bridge to mainland transformed Senegal close to SalyANGLESEY8Across29 Shot Swiss folk hero returning after exercisePELLET6Across30

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High regardESTEEM6Down1 SinfulEVIL4Down2 Setter's repeatedly turned over ace in US cityMIAMI5Down2 Travelling fairCARNIVAL8Down3 Military police officers scraped aroundREDCAPS7Down3 Threw Eccles in outhouseSHIED5Down4 YearlyANNUAL6Down4 Suggestively, Brussels drug-dealer quietly replacing Conservative in charge with friendEUPHEMISTICALLY15Down5 Small holeEYELET6Down5 Surprisingly, Stella with ice is heavenlyCELESTIAL9Down6 ToothMOLAR5Down6 Method for passing through universe is not constantOSMOSIS7Down7 TenacityPERSISTENCE11Down7 City supporting John SharpCANNY5Down8 Casual footwearTRAINERS8Down12 SeasonSPRING6Down14 Old Queen Anne's first important dateERA3Down14 Sufficient late-starting matches for a decadeNOUGHTIES9Down15 RealmDOMAIN6Down15 Ordinary seamanRATING6Down16 Idiot in Kansas oddly ignoredASS3Down17 Chairman's hammerGAVEL5Down17 I sloped off to stripDESPOIL7Down19 FeralWILD4Down20 Company push source of gelatineCOWHEEL7Down21 Very pale, like bride-to-be?ASHEN5Down23 Extremely silly to soak network managerSYSOP5Down25 Treat back sores, running somewhatNURSE5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 1, 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.