The Independent Crossword July 11 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 109 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 11 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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Masticate41 AcrossReveal answer → US name for zed34 AcrossReveal answer → Can love tailless bird75 AcrossReveal answer → Count time mother's without67 AcrossReveal answer → Obstruct68 AcrossReveal answer → Gather agent's hiding 10% from accountant49 AcrossReveal answer → Enclosure for birds69 AcrossReveal answer → 1986 fantasy film starring Christopher Lambert in the title role that spawned further films and several series1010 AcrossReveal answer → Target practice area1010 AcrossReveal answer → Clue (1ac) solved - people involved promoting co-operation1010 AcrossReveal answer → Dolly Parton's behind first benefit611 AcrossReveal answer → Finding by a coroner's jury of death without stating the cause1112 AcrossReveal answer → Rock chick shortly gets back in club612 AcrossReveal answer → Small tower613 AcrossReveal answer → Underpants614 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy cotton cloth waterproofed with linseed oil715 AcrossReveal answer → Unintentional1015 AcrossReveal answer → Garment manufacturers designed kit with tennis legend1515 AcrossReveal answer → City in British Columbia that is Canada's chief Pacific port916 AcrossReveal answer → An ancient alphabetical writing system used by the Celts in Britain and Ireland517 AcrossReveal answer → Chuck Berry song originally released as the B-side of Sweet Little Sixteen and covered by The Dave Clark Five , Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Rolling Stones and others1518 AcrossReveal answer → Gloomy618 AcrossReveal answer → Aromatic Eurasian plant whose pungent leaves are used as seasoning719 AcrossReveal answer → Red wine619 AcrossReveal answer → Cope with success that's netted Bill a thousand619 AcrossReveal answer → Arcade video game released in 1981 in which the object was to protect astronauts on the landscape from alien abduction820 AcrossReveal answer → Midriff muscles (Informal)321 AcrossReveal answer → Strip of wood422 AcrossReveal answer → Bitter fruit of the tree Citrus aurantium which is used to make marmalade1322 AcrossReveal answer → Turkey meal comes round with dinners originally for four622 AcrossReveal answer → Wearing headphones, I stick around for late-starting Sky feature1024 AcrossReveal answer → Pick up from the armourer's426 AcrossReveal answer → 2008 Baz Luhrmann film starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman926 AcrossReveal answer → To demand money with threats no longer wrong627 AcrossReveal answer → May very stupid person attempt to influence voters?728 AcrossReveal answer → See 391428 AcrossReveal answer → Earl of Mercia who was the husband of Lady Godiva729 AcrossReveal answer → Tropical Asian starling that can mimic human speech532 AcrossReveal answer → In Britain, another name for hawthorn, cowslip or marsh marigold933 AcrossReveal answer → 1938 satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh set in the world of foreign correspondence534 AcrossReveal answer → A musical performance by a soloist or soloists737 AcrossReveal answer → Family of Italian violin makers active in Cremona in the 16th and 17th centuries538 AcrossReveal answer → 1937 Marx Brothers film that gave its name to a 1976 album by Queen1439 AcrossReveal answer → 1980 Ken Russell film adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's only novel1340 AcrossReveal answer → In the line-crossing ceremony initiation rite, name for a sailor who has not crossed the Equator842 AcrossReveal answer → A cap used to protect the end of the finger when sewing744 AcrossReveal answer → Song by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman that gave Dion and the Belmonts a Top Ten hit in 19591546 AcrossReveal answer → In cricket, a run scored other than by hitting the ball with the bat550 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish soft rock band fronted by Marti Pellow951 AcrossReveal answer → Children's TV series whose characters included Bungle, Zippy and George752 AcrossReveal answer → A 1910 adventure novel by John Buchan1153 AcrossReveal answer → 1967 Top Ten hit for The Hollies1054 AcrossReveal answer →

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Lover in government leaving note - feeling the pressure91 DownReveal answer → Horse that won the Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 197181 DownReveal answer → Terminus open in Telford deserted surprisingly82 DownReveal answer → Comical82 DownReveal answer → The concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power in Hinduism62 DownReveal answer → Teacher's wig sent up by third of students43 DownReveal answer → Misery33 DownReveal answer → American actor whose films include The Purple Rose of Cairo, Do the Right Thing and Ruby113 DownReveal answer → Charismatic female working with computers?64 DownReveal answer → Spirit of the time94 DownReveal answer → French New Wave film director whose works include Jules et Jim and Le Dernier Metro164 DownReveal answer → Pat ___, Welsh spin bowler who played 25 Test matches for the England cricket team between 1968 and 198565 DownReveal answer → Merit45 DownReveal answer → 1995 Mike Figgis film for which Nicolas Cage won a Best Actor Oscar156 DownReveal answer → Flaw66 DownReveal answer → Working times are reduced for distinguished practitioners76 DownReveal answer → Comes across English baseball team outside57 DownReveal answer → Welsh composer, singer and actor who wrote Keep the Home Fires Burning117 DownReveal answer → Tibetan priest or monk47 DownReveal answer → Horny African shaking rear in style48 DownReveal answer → See 11118 DownReveal answer → Karl Adolf ___, Austrian Nazi official who escaped to Argentina after World War II but was captured and executed in 196289 DownReveal answer → Welsh show jumper who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 19601111 DownReveal answer → Savagely fierce911 DownReveal answer → Liquid waste812 DownReveal answer → One narrow-minded old priest, ultimately under grown-up512 DownReveal answer → Mention about upsetting kind of acid313 DownReveal answer → American singer-songwriter whose albums included Through Rose Colored Glasses and The Musician713 DownReveal answer → Whitener614 DownReveal answer → Bones in state - one arm shattered914 DownReveal answer → Bayern Munich footballer selected as Austrian Footballer of the Year in 20251214 DownReveal answer → Wild goat416 DownReveal answer → See 13316 DownReveal answer → State of unconsciousness417 DownReveal answer → Rene not swimming in canal717 DownReveal answer → Wife and husband European818 DownReveal answer → Piercing tool320 DownReveal answer → Aftershave at first was effective round female? Not much620 DownReveal answer → Tory leader drops one point - neat521 DownReveal answer → Another name for Polaris921 DownReveal answer → Sponge cake containing raspberry jam and cream1623 DownReveal answer → Nothing you said that's wrong or not genuine423 DownReveal answer → Home ground of Southend United924 DownReveal answer → Lift up ball on green425 DownReveal answer → 1987 Adrian Lyne film starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer1525 DownReveal answer → Blue hedgehog in a Sega video game franchise527 DownReveal answer → Home to ___, ITV sitcom that starred John Thaw as Henry Willows530 DownReveal answer → The bird Bubo capensis of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula1231 DownReveal answer → Aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia whose leaves trap minute aquatic animals1135 DownReveal answer → Pattern of condensation made by the exhaust of an aircraft engine1136 DownReveal answer → Belgian port on the River Scheldt740 DownReveal answer → The traditional number of members of a coven841 DownReveal answer → The honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum843 DownReveal answer → In Hinduism, religious and loving devotion to one form of God645 DownReveal answer → Stage direction from the Latin for "they go out"647 DownReveal answer → 1976 action movie starring Burt Reynolds that was also his directorial debut548 DownReveal answer → The westernmost and seventh largest inhabited island in Hawaii649 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 11, 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.