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The Independent Crossword July 18 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 18 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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#
VolitionWILL4Across1 Go to meet German girl somewhere for a little drink?SHOTGLASS9Across1 RepleteFULL4Across3 On retirement, provided with very limited amount of moneyFIVER5Across6 Pharmaceutical productDRUG4Across7 Not compulsoryOPTIONAL8Across8 Very loudly exercise in wood when it’s supposed to be quietOFFPEAK7Across9 Electrical componentTRANSISTOR10Across9 London-born TV presenter who hosted an eponymous tabloid talk show on US television between 1991 and 2018JERRYSPRINGER13Across10 Recall failure of clumsy seaman to gather sails in the middleAMNESIA7Across10 Eccentric cheered men and met for drinkCREMEDEMENTHE13Across11 English actress whose TV series have included Coronation Street, Dinnerladies and Last Tango in HalifaxANNEREID8Across12 Souped-up carHOTROD6Across12 Name by which Benfica's stadium is knownESTADIODALUZ12Across13 Northern Ireland border rejected Japanese wineMIRIN5Across13 Small restaurantBISTRO6Across13 Camille ___, French composer whose works include The Carnival of the Animals and Danse macabreSAINTSAENS10Across14 A system of exercise named after its German inventor whose father was a gymnast from GreecePILATES7Across15 Propositions concerning trade union resolutionOVERTURES9Across15 ThwartedFRUSTRATED10Across15 See 51TREASUREISLAND14Across16 Instructions to a candidate at the head of an examination paperRUBRIC6Across17 Gardener employing Pole holding current degree – one earning a lot for the businessRAINMAKER9Across17 Connecting deviceCOUPLING8Across18 Caffeinated drink livens setterPEPSI5Across19 ConverseCHAT4Across20 Country whose capital is RigaLATVIA6Across20 Church in the morning: on top of that cathedral city views showing famous avenueCHAMPSELYSEES13Across21 Stinging insectWASP4Across21 William ___, English journalist and social reformer who founded The Political Register and wrote Rural RidesCOBBETT7Across21 WeaponsARMS4Across22 Communications code word for the letter NNOVEMBER8Across22 Period from about the late 5th century to about 1000 ADDARKAGES8Across23 Unit of heat equal to 100,000 btuTHERM5Across24 Asian republic established in 1948 in the former British mandate of PalestineISRAEL6Across25 It fertilises egg at speedNITRATE7Across25 Leaving hotel, warm welcome for jealous husbandOTHELLO7Across26 Kind steps taken in hearingSTYLE5Across27 Genus of flowering plants known as catnip or catmintNEPETA6Across28 Sick pups cured and made betterSPRUCEDUP9Across28 Former prime minister whose middle names are Charles LyntonTONYBLAIR9Across31 A medical condition in which patches of skin become rough and inflamed with blistersECZEMA6Across32 Irish princess married to Mark, king of Cornwall, but in love with his knight TristanISEULT6Across33 The vertical part of a stair or stepRISER5Across34 An Asian pheasant with a brilliant plumage and brightly coloured fleshy processes on the headTRAGOPAN8Across35 The largest city in the Texas PanhandleAMARILLO8Across39 The Importance of Being ___, Oscar Wilde play subtitled A Trivial Comedy for Serious PeopleEARNEST7Across41 Market town at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in DevonTOTNES6Across43 The largest listed company in Japan by market capitalisationTOYOTA6Across44 A counting device consisting of a frame holding rods on which beads can be movedABACUS6Across45 A southern African beverage prepared from the dried leaves of certain leguminous shrubs, also called rooibosBUSHTEA7Across46 A microcrystalline form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibresCHALCEDONY10Across48 The first song by The Who on which Pete Townshend sang lead vocalsALEGALMATTER12Across50 Robert Louis Stevenson story originally called The Sea CookTREASUREISLAND14Across51 President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999NELSONMANDELA13Across52

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Measured from top of seam downSLOW4Down1 1959 number one single in the UK for Bobby Darin that features Neil Sedaka on pianoDREAMLOVER10Down1 Hospital roomWARD4Down1 Chip installed in present PC?OFFICER7Down2 Comedy by Aristophanes about a woman's mission to end the Peloponnesian WarLYSISTRATA10Down2 Smoker's accessoryLIGHTER7Down2 Ogre beginning to eat diverGREBE5Down3 The highest ranking of the four suits in bridgeSPADES6Down3 FleshyFAT3Down3 BeautyLOOKS5Down4 Losing runs is irritating with stone in footwearANKLESOCK9Down4 American actor who played Dr David Banner in the TV series The Incredible HulkBILLBIXBY9Down4 Play by George Bernard Shaw whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's AeneidARMSANDTHEMAN13Down5 StrainerCOLANDER8Down5 Ride on board Ford Model T, splitting southeastSKATE5Down5 Left-handed batsman who played 117 Test matches and had two spells as England captainDAVIDGOWER10Down6 Semi-finals leading to German upset – a nail-biting finish?FINGERTIP9Down6 Not sweetSAVOURY7Down6 Boy band created on the ITV TV series Popstars: The Rivals who lost out to girl group Girls Aloud in the battle for the 2002 Christmas number one singleONETRUEVOICE12Down7 Head guard smuggles note back for outsiderVISITOR7Down7 Name given to the Earth in a period of prehistory in J R R Tolkien's worksARDA4Down8 Gibberish I rephrased for audienceREADERSHIP10Down8 A housing for a ship's compassBINNACLE8Down9 The first published full-length novel by Henry FieldingJOSEPHANDREWS13Down10 Deliberately destroySABOTAGE8Down10 Small graceful antelope of which there is a Thomson's varietyGAZELLE7Down11 Kentucky whiskeyBOURBON7Down11 Diluted espressos since aroma is horribleAMERICANOS10Down12 Motorcycle attachmentSIDECAR7Down14 Badge identifying North American politician in Europe (deceased)NAMEPLATE9Down14 Reddish-brown pigmentSEPIA5Down16 Yard party joined by other ranks after earl makes special entranceEARLYDOOR9Down16 Church serviceMASS4Down17 Home at apartment, put on lady’s clothing, in a way not fittingINAPTLY7Down18 First surname of Carlos the JackalRAMIREZ7Down18 Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer whose films include Viva Las Vegas, The Cincinnati Kid and TommyANNMARGRET10Down19 Little devilIMP3Down19 Ground water covering street beside lake beginning to drainPESTLED7Down20 G K ___, English writer who created the priest-detective Father BrownCHESTERTON10Down21 Paying equally, tucked into elevensesEVENS5Down22 Release A and press middle of stick in complicated cheat codeETHIC5Down23 Form of tinned spaghetti that is rings covered in sauceHOOP4Down24 River on which Rome standsTIBER5Down24 President of the Irish Republic from 1959 to 1973EAMONDEVALERA13Down26 Tune by Jamaican ska singer Prince Buster that gave its name to the 1979 debut album by MadnessONESTEPBEYOND13Down27 An officer attendant upon the British sovereignEQUERRY7Down29 Historical figure known as 'the scourge of God'ATTILATHEHUN12Down30 The garden in Jerusalem in which Christ was betrayed on the night before his CrucifixionGETHSEMANE10Down36 Common name for Solanum erianthum, a species of nightshadePOTATOTREE10Down37 Large genus of flowering plants known as beardtonguesPENSTEMON9Down38 Stage name of the Dutch exotic dancer Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle MacLeodMATAHARI8Down40 Uninhabited British island in the North Atlantic, 220 miles west of the Outer HebridesROCKALL7Down42 A Hindu god who with Vishnu and Shiva constitutes the triad known as the TrimurtiBRAHMA6Down46 See 6DAVIDGOWER10Down47 In the Old Testament, the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wifeLEAH4Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 18, 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.