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The Independent Crossword July 11 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 11 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 109 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#
MasticateCHEW4Across1 US name for zedZEE3Across4 Can love tailless birdTINAMOU7Across5 Count time mother's withoutMATTER6Across7 ObstructIMPEDE6Across8 Gather agent's hiding 10% from accountantREAP4Across9 Enclosure for birdsAVIARY6Across9 1986 fantasy film starring Christopher Lambert in the title role that spawned further films and several seriesHIGHLANDER10Across10 Target practice areaRIFLERANGE10Across10 Clue (1ac) solved - people involved promoting co-operationECUMENICAL10Across10 Dolly Parton's behind first benefitASSIST6Across11 Finding by a coroner's jury of death without stating the causeOPENVERDICT11Across12 Rock chick shortly gets back in clubBASALT6Across12 Small towerTURRET6Across13 UnderpantsBRIEFS6Across14 Heavy cotton cloth waterproofed with linseed oilOILSKIN7Across15 UnintentionalACCIDENTAL10Across15 Garment manufacturers designed kit with tennis legendKNITTINGNEEDLES15Across15 City in British Columbia that is Canada's chief Pacific portVANCOUVER9Across16 An ancient alphabetical writing system used by the Celts in Britain and IrelandOGHAM5Across17 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 othersREELINANDROCKIN15Across18 GloomyMOROSE6Across18 Aromatic Eurasian plant whose pungent leaves are used as seasoningOREGANO7Across19 Red wineCLARET6Across19 Cope with success that's netted Bill a thousandHACKIT6Across19 Arcade video game released in 1981 in which the object was to protect astronauts on the landscape from alien abductionDEFENDER8Across20 Midriff muscles (Informal)ABS3Across21 Strip of woodLATH4Across22 Bitter fruit of the tree Citrus aurantium which is used to make marmaladeSEVILLEORANGE13Across22 Turkey meal comes round with dinners originally for fourTETRAD6Across22 Wearing headphones, I stick around for late-starting Sky featureCANISMAJOR10Across24 Pick up from the armourer'sHEAR4Across26 2008 Baz Luhrmann film starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh JackmanAUSTRALIA9Across26 To demand money with threats no longer wrongEXTORT6Across27 May very stupid person attempt to influence voters?CANVASS7Across28 See 39ADAYATTHERACES14Across28 Earl of Mercia who was the husband of Lady GodivaLEOFRIC7Across29 Tropical Asian starling that can mimic human speechMYNAH5Across32 In Britain, another name for hawthorn, cowslip or marsh marigoldMAYFLOWER9Across33 1938 satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh set in the world of foreign correspondenceSCOOP5Across34 A musical performance by a soloist or soloistsRECITAL7Across37 Family of Italian violin makers active in Cremona in the 16th and 17th centuriesAMATI5Across38 1937 Marx Brothers film that gave its name to a 1976 album by QueenADAYATTHERACES14Across39 1980 Ken Russell film adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's only novelALTEREDSTATES13Across40 In the line-crossing ceremony initiation rite, name for a sailor who has not crossed the EquatorPOLLYWOG8Across42 A cap used to protect the end of the finger when sewingTHIMBLE7Across44 Song by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman that gave Dion and the Belmonts a Top Ten hit in 1959ATEENAGERINLOVE15Across46 In cricket, a run scored other than by hitting the ball with the batEXTRA5Across50 Scottish soft rock band fronted by Marti PellowWETWETWET9Across51 Children's TV series whose characters included Bungle, Zippy and GeorgeRAINBOW7Across52 A 1910 adventure novel by John BuchanPRESTERJOHN11Across53 1967 Top Ten hit for The HolliesCARRIEANNE10Across54

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Lover in government leaving note - feeling the pressureSTRESSING9Down1 Horse that won the Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1971MILLREEF8Down1 Terminus open in Telford deserted surprisinglyENDPOINT8Down2 ComicalHUMOROUS8Down2 The concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power in HinduismSHAKTI6Down2 Teacher's wig sent up by third of studentsGURU4Down3 MiseryWOE3Down3 American actor whose films include The Purple Rose of Cairo, Do the Right Thing and RubyDANNYAIELLO11Down3 Charismatic female working with computers?ITGIRL6Down4 Spirit of the timeZEITGEIST9Down4 French New Wave film director whose works include Jules et Jim and Le Dernier MetroFRANCOISTRUFFAUT16Down4 Pat ___, Welsh spin bowler who played 25 Test matches for the England cricket team between 1968 and 1985POCOCK6Down5 MeritEARN4Down5 1995 Mike Figgis film for which Nicolas Cage won a Best Actor OscarLEAVINGLASVEGAS15Down6 FlawDEFECT6Down6 Working times are reduced for distinguished practitionersMAESTRI7Down6 Comes across English baseball team outsideMEETS5Down7 Welsh composer, singer and actor who wrote Keep the Home Fires BurningIVORNOVELLO11Down7 Tibetan priest or monkLAMA4Down7 Horny African shaking rear in styleELAN4Down8 See 11DAVIDBROOME11Down8 Karl Adolf ___, Austrian Nazi official who escaped to Argentina after World War II but was captured and executed in 1962EICHMANN8Down9 Welsh show jumper who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1960DAVIDBROOME11Down11 Savagely fierceFEROCIOUS9Down11 Liquid wasteEFFLUENT8Down12 One narrow-minded old priest, ultimately under grown-upBIGOT5Down12 Mention about upsetting kind of acidACE3Down13 American singer-songwriter whose albums included Through Rose Colored Glasses and The MusicianTIMROSE7Down13 WhitenerBLEACH6Down14 Bones in state - one arm shatteredMETATARSI9Down14 Bayern Munich footballer selected as Austrian Footballer of the Year in 2025KONRADLAIMER12Down14 Wild goatIBEX4Down16 See 13ACE3Down16 State of unconsciousnessCOMA4Down17 Rene not swimming in canalENTERON7Down17 Wife and husband EuropeanDUTCHMAN8Down18 Piercing toolAWL3Down20 Aftershave at first was effective round female? Not muchABITOF6Down20 Tory leader drops one point - neatKEMPT5Down21 Another name for PolarisNORTHSTAR9Down21 Sponge cake containing raspberry jam and creamVICTORIASANDWICH16Down23 Nothing you said that's wrong or not genuineFAUX4Down23 Home ground of Southend UnitedROOTSHALL9Down24 Lift up ball on greenJACK4Down25 1987 Adrian Lyne film starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne ArcherFATALATTRACTION15Down25 Blue hedgehog in a Sega video game franchiseSONIC5Down27 Home to ___, ITV sitcom that starred John Thaw as Henry WillowsROOST5Down30 The bird Bubo capensis of Africa and the Arabian PeninsulaCAPEEAGLEOWL12Down31 Aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia whose leaves trap minute aquatic animalsBLADDERWORT11Down35 Pattern of condensation made by the exhaust of an aircraft engineVAPOURTRAIL11Down36 Belgian port on the River ScheldtANTWERP7Down40 The traditional number of members of a covenTHIRTEEN8Down41 The honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenumWOODBINE8Down43 In Hinduism, religious and loving devotion to one form of GodBHAKTI6Down45 Stage direction from the Latin for "they go out"EXEUNT6Down47 1976 action movie starring Burt Reynolds that was also his directorial debutGATOR5Down48 The westernmost and seventh largest inhabited island in HawaiiNIIHAU6Down49

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