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The Independent Crossword July 20 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 20 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 55 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#
Draw an area of land in hearingATTRACT7Across1 Look forSEEK4Across1 Current of airWIND4Across3 Fellow gets drink for each girl in 20sFLAPPER7Across5 Old shabby clothingRAGS4Across7 StatuetteFIGURINE8Across8 Carol touring Spain first, incidentallyINPASSING9Across9 GlueADHESIVE8Across9 Roman couple stopping close to a classical regionIONIA5Across10 Waxy fatSUET4Across11 Teen songs with incoherent, lovey-dovey wordsSWEETNOTHINGS13Across11 MawkishSENTIMENTAL11Across12 Schedules denial to be put before VIPsNOTABLES8Across13 Common sense (Informal)NOUS4Across14 Formal pronouncement by police, turning on corporationDICTUM6Across15 Referee's assistantLINESMAN8Across16 Shutter of Leica only opening to one diameter? Yes, as reported initiallyEYELID6Across17 IrresoluteHESITANT8Across18 Close-knit criminals, perhaps, Force can partRINGPULL8Across19 Operatic songARIA4Across20 AchievementFEAT4Across21 On meeting old Les: 'Fantastic - we haven't met in yonks'LONGTIMENOSEE13Across22 Smile broadlyBEAM4Across22 Pole dancing bare at clubsCABER5Across25 What lies in wait for those over 30, sometimes?SPEEDTRAP9Across26 Travelled down in snow in silver Dodge periodically used by PennySLEDDED7Across27 Dance with short guy in genteel establishmentTEASHOP7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Burn with hot liquidSCALD5Down1 Dye source in Manila envelope discardedANIL4Down1 Extremists in Tory pressure group get ready to printTYPESET7Down2 OrientalEASTERN7Down2 The author will read out loud a passageAISLE5Down3 Witty personWAG3Down3 Potentially injurious plants she tilts alarminglyTHISTLES8Down4 NostrilsNARES5Down4 Spooner's marshland enemy, that shines faintly in mistFOGBOW6Down5 AuthorisedOFFICIAL8Down5 Getting down after trimming gas street lamps, possiblyALIGHTING9Down6 Remove a cover fromUNVEIL6Down6 Re-order punnet containing single salad itemPINENUT7Down7 About to suppress rising chaos in island and put things back togetherREASSEMBLE10Down8 Infinite timeETERNITY8Down10 FloorSTOREY6Down12 Mixes up seasonal posts - openings go beggingINTERLACES10Down12 Having left a willTESTATE7Down13 Berated retired surgical pioneer?BLISTERED9Down14 PigsSWINE5Down15 Canned drinks in Perth? Tango's most cheapTINNIEST8Down16 MaximAXIOM5Down17 French maid turns up - the French turn to peer?ENNOBLE7Down18 Small insectANT3Down19 Discover caribou near the hidesUNEARTH7Down20 Victoria wasn't thought to follow Albert's leadAMUSED6Down21 Boosted range of remote orbiterSEDNA5Down23 Football stand filled with soft musicKPOP4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, July 20, 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.