The Independent Crossword July 16 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all 50 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 16 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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Across
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Moderately cold61 AcrossReveal answer →
Origin65 AcrossReveal answer →
Aristocrat's sweet, giving drugs away47 AcrossReveal answer →
He bargains about carpeting108 AcrossReveal answer →
Lightly touch48 AcrossReveal answer →
In reality89 AcrossReveal answer →
Shockingly bad1010 AcrossReveal answer →
Tax dope and hash if lacking millions610 AcrossReveal answer →
City folk retired detective deplored811 AcrossReveal answer →
Portable computer612 AcrossReveal answer →
Quiet period in which set gets a break812 AcrossReveal answer →
Home by latest eleven, primarily to snuggle up613 AcrossReveal answer →
Diminish614 AcrossReveal answer →
Needleworker cut up curtains for alteration1315 AcrossReveal answer →
Immovable property1016 AcrossReveal answer →
Beastly types love to interfere with data618 AcrossReveal answer →
Truly pretend to be posh to get partner820 AcrossReveal answer →
Old coin820 AcrossReveal answer →
Encounter421 AcrossReveal answer →
Sheep's coat of wool622 AcrossReveal answer →
Job in bank filled by academic playboy?822 AcrossReveal answer →
Crowd623 AcrossReveal answer →
Medium-size, unopened concoction for evacuation624 AcrossReveal answer →
One who perjures or frees war criminal1025 AcrossReveal answer →
Go slowly ... jams in capital city abroad426 AcrossReveal answer →
Down
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Specialist can stun lot with new presentation101 DownReveal answer →
Without leader, more silly people lead the way82 DownReveal answer →
Frozen rain42 DownReveal answer →
Faculty with tip for inexperienced Japanese teacher63 DownReveal answer →
Survive73 DownReveal answer →
Two dudes work on radio in foreign capital84 DownReveal answer →
Leavening agent54 DownReveal answer →
Tracked vehicles carrying head of Hull's TA65 DownReveal answer →
Begin a voyage75 DownReveal answer →
Joint nurse rolled that Keef regularly inhales46 DownReveal answer →
Custom56 DownReveal answer →
Refined87 DownReveal answer →
One having frightful ups and downs?139 DownReveal answer →
American sport811 DownReveal answer →
Hobby713 DownReveal answer →
We give a hoot if swell lot messes about with it1014 DownReveal answer →
Cooking vessel715 DownReveal answer →
Inappropriate as one going skinny-dipping?816 DownReveal answer →
Idleness at work817 DownReveal answer →
Liquid measure517 DownReveal answer →
Anxiety518 DownReveal answer →
Turn on a banker that's embezzled Rand619 DownReveal answer →
Carved out419 DownReveal answer →
Quality wood needing to be delivered621 DownReveal answer →
Men in extremes of strife flipping love God423 DownReveal answer →
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