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The Independent Crossword July 17 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 17 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
Former US President - R Reagan - mistakenly ignoring a backwoodsmanBUSHRANGER10Across1 Was victoriousWON3Across1 Watery part of milkWHEY4Across3 Beer initially on verge of running out? CalamityBLOW4Across6 Lack of coverage from tin spikes on board shipSCANTINESS10Across9 SurroundENCLOSE7Across9 Cow without tail? NonsenseBULL4Across10 StandpointANGLE5Across10 Board gameCHESS5Across11 Description of job, with story about cocaine - a remarkable thingSPECTACLE9Across11 VieCONTEND7Across12 ClimberMOUNTAINEER11Across13 New take on music: bit of opera follows version, one in fashionVARIATION9Across16 Greatly surpriseASTOUND7Across17 Green is erratic, partly reflecting amber?RESIN5Across18 BoxCRATE5Across19 Attacker offing one horsemanRIDER5Across19 Failed battery starts to endanger substantial amounts of dataTERABYTES9Across20 Races including contest chasing American cars?RUNABOUTS9Across21 CommerceTRADE5Across21 Staying powerSTAMINA7Across22 Duty listROTA4Across23 TreeELM3Across24 Dam that is put back in Western RegionWEIR4Across26 Fix a drink, getting US lawyer a cocktailPINACOLADA10Across27 Elevated area cold? Skip the topHILL4Across28 Complain train’s getting rackety? Prepared to limit volume internallyANIMADVERT10Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Type of spannerWRENCH6Down1 Wild country? Public transport heading for homeBUSH4Down1 Mother-of-pearlNACRE5Down2 Playwright’s maxim about heartsSHAW4Down2 List eighteen letters in reverse orderROTA4Down3 Note Spanish girl’s standard of perfection?NINES5Down4 Clean practicesHYGIENE7Down4 English more authoritarian about a person from the OrientEASTERNER9Down5 SurrenderYIELD5Down5 RelativeCOUSIN6Down6 A name involved with this clue? Cape Canaveral, perhapsLAUNCHSITE10Down7 GoodsMERCHANDISE11Down7 Farm buildingBARN4Down8 Playwright with point about river and wastelandWILDERNESS10Down8 Beats first couple of thieves with sacksTHROBS6Down12 Government dispute blocking blatant hospital extension beyond limitsOVERGROWTH10Down13 SurviveOUTLAST7Down14 Puritan translation of Latin is circumspectPRUDENTIAL10Down14 South Africa’s composer turning up in Croatian cityZAGREB6Down15 Sweet plant fluidNECTAR6Down15 Make stillBECALM6Down16 Interruption popular in tours? WrongINTRUSION9Down17 ChangeALTER5Down17 Second-handUSED4Down18 Crop upARISE5Down20 Succeeded in blocking annoying emails in abrupt movementSPASM5Down22 Court decision offering only opening for clubWOOD4Down23 Prison reporting not concludedCAGE4Down24 Separate opportunity for actorPART4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, July 17, 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.