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The Independent Crossword July 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 16 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 50 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#
Moderately coldCHILLY6Across1 OriginSOURCE6Across5 Aristocrat's sweet, giving drugs awayTOFF4Across7 He bargains about carpetingEARBASHING10Across8 Lightly touchKISS4Across8 In realityACTUALLY8Across9 Shockingly badOUTRAGEOUS10Across10 Tax dope and hash if lacking millionsASSESS6Across10 City folk retired detective deploredLAMENTED8Across11 Portable computerLAPTOP6Across12 Quiet period in which set gets a breakPLAYTIME8Across12 Home by latest eleven, primarily to snuggle upNESTLE6Across13 DiminishLESSEN6Across14 Needleworker cut up curtains for alterationACUPUNCTURIST13Across15 Immovable propertyREALESTATE10Across16 Beastly types love to interfere with dataSTOATS6Across18 Truly pretend to be posh to get partnerACTUALLY8Across20 Old coinFARTHING8Across20 EncounterMEET4Across21 Sheep's coat of woolFLEECE6Across22 Job in bank filled by academic playboy?HEDONIST8Across22 CrowdTHRONG6Across23 Medium-size, unopened concoction for evacuationMOTION6Across24 One who perjures or frees war criminalFORSWEARER10Across25 Go slowly ... jams in capital city abroadOSLO4Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Specialist can stun lot with new presentationCONSULTANT10Down1 Without leader, more silly people lead the wayAFTERYOU8Down2 Frozen rainHAIL4Down2 Faculty with tip for inexperienced Japanese teacherSENSEI6Down3 SurviveLASTOUT7Down3 Two dudes work on radio in foreign capitalKATMANDU8Down4 Leavening agentYEAST5Down4 Tracked vehicles carrying head of Hull's TATHANKS6Down5 Begin a voyageSETSAIL7Down5 Joint nurse rolled that Keef regularly inhalesKNEE4Down6 CustomUSAGE5Down6 RefinedCULTURED8Down7 One having frightful ups and downs?ROLLERCOASTER13Down9 American sportBASEBALL8Down11 HobbyPASTIME7Down13 We give a hoot if swell lot messes about with itLITTLEOWLS10Down14 Cooking vesselSTEAMER7Down15 Inappropriate as one going skinny-dipping?UNSUITED8Down16 Idleness at workINACTION8Down17 Liquid measureLITRE5Down17 AnxietyANGST5Down18 Turn on a banker that's embezzled RandAROUSE6Down19 Carved outHEWN4Down19 Quality wood needing to be deliveredTIMBRE6Down21 Men in extremes of strife flipping love GodEROS4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, July 16, 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.