The Independent Crossword July 15 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 15 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 58 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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Heats up, after slip welcomes end of Phil SaltSULPHATE8Across1 Exhaled audiblySIGHED6Across1 TreatiseTRACT5Across4 One wearing confused tramp's sweater?ARMPIT6Across5 Exact copyREPLICA7Across8 Marine mammalWHALE5Across9 Plenty of waste exposed in American churchAFFLUENCE9Across10 PerhapsMAYBE5Across10 Russian leader in square originally leading revolutionaryLENIN5Across11 Newspaper piecesCOLUMNS7Across11 Perhaps Ant ignoring Conservative figure in the corner?INSET5Across12 OblongRECTANGULAR11Across12 Produce social security cheque sent back in haste regularly by EarlORIGINATE9Across13 Swimmer in Moselle on mobile!LEMONSOLE9Across14 Officially assignAPPOINT7Across16 Quietly hiding, Silvanus perhaps turned to leaveDOGGO5Across17 FuriousIRATE5Across18 Actor's school subjects, in briefPESCI5Across18 FreightCARGO5Across20 Outgoing person is greener?EXTRAVERT9Across20 Strips of pastaNOODLES7Across21 Wheel surroundsTYRES5Across22 EntertainedAMUSED6Across23 Cook rises with traditional dishIRISHSTEW9Across23 Good public transport system is the ultimate aimGRAIL5Across25 Former leader, second-class, getting money from Iran returnedBLAIR5Across27 Right to enter exam? It's toughRESILIENT9Across28 Happenings in flat extremely tediousEVENTS6Across29 Campaigner is more vulgar about essay on the radioCRUSADER8Across30

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Time that is left for King Charles?SPANIEL7Down1 Small crustaceanSHRIMP6Down1 Aquarium fishGUPPY5Down2 Steals fifty-one paper planes, ultimatelyLIFTS5Down2 ApparentEVIDENT7Down3 Passionate about entertaining American cityHOUSTON7Down3 Drying clothTOWEL5Down4 Try following beat musicTANGO5Down4 Blood deficiencyANAEMIA7Down5 At first, Rotherham United got betterRALLIED7Down6 Lock of hairTRESS5Down6 Star writer supported by RavelPENTANGLE9Down7 IntriguingFASCINATING11Down7 The Spanish probing 4 fruitTANGELO7Down8 Broadcast about foreign cash settled matterSEDIMENT8Down9 RulerEMPEROR7Down13 LiveryUNIFORM7Down14 PerceivedSENSED6Down15 Friend drinking sparkling wine beginning to crave champMASTICATE9Down15 RacecourseASCOT5Down16 Cancel patent on receptacleOVERTURN8Down16 Golf clubsIRONS5Down17 Priest likely to be flexiblePLIABLE7Down18 Be left at home with husband with tax going upINHERIT7Down19 Book of mapsATLAS5Down19 Prayer from setter in holeANGELUS7Down21 Satellite rattles aroundTELSTAR7Down22 More sage in group of women's English recipeWISER5Down24 Ace boss is winningAHEAD5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 15, 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.