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The Independent Crossword July 22 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 22 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Separate from icy mass, save large bears sleeping in here?CAVE4Across1 AnnoyGRATE5Across1 Strand building that might have been shelled?SANDCASTLE10Across3 AircraftPLANES6Across4 RearBACK4Across7 Highland broadswordCLAYMORE8Across8 Set freeLIBERATE8Across9 Variety published conclusion to damning exposé on the frontRANGE5Across10 Informer (Slang)NARK4Across10 Queen stops reprobate assuming commandIMPERIOUS9Across11 Automatically approveRUBBERSTAMP11Across11 Gets to dump women's footballer making you cross?INSWINGER9Across12 Cinema shortened Christmas party after reflectionODEON5Across13 Brave people hiding perhaps? I'm gonna do it!HEREGOES8Across14 ContinentASIA4Across15 Mend circumstances broken by tensionSTITCH6Across16 MockeryDERISION8Across17 Nothing keeps American away from cake pieceNICKEL6Across18 DrinkBEVERAGE8Across19 Fall over ending in you getting large bandageTUBIGRIP8Across19 RegrettablyALAS4Across20 BreakwaterGROYNE6Across21 In that placeTHERE5Across22 Broadcast decorated band releasesFREES5Across22 Being sixteen, suspect taking coke not OKEXISTENCE9Across23 Animated film a small hotel group briefly backedMACHINIMA9Across25 Fragrant root repellent when peeled slowly at firstORRIS5Across26 Designer's clothing succeeded in 8 countries, ultimately eastern styleDRESSSENSE10Across27 Bank very heartlessRELY4Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mass of iceGLACIER7Down1 Pickle from the south-west reportedly concerningCORNICHON9Down1 Goddess given usual offersVENUS5Down2 Leg jointANKLE5Down2 Part of a country within anotherENCLAVE7Down3 Beer drinking can lead to group feeling excitedATINGLE7Down4 Crockery itemPLATE5Down4 Make tracks from record inspired by RushDEPART6Down5 Pungent gasAMMONIA7Down5 Trip to Cairo in February's beginning wild holiday romance?AIRPORTFICTION14Down6 MistakeERROR5Down6 Transport for pair (sea otter and wife) swimming togetherTWOSEATER9Down7 Scottish beast I released turns up in German cityESSEN5Down8 Unrecognisable figures try Guinness I brewed with meMENINGREYSUITS14Down9 CourageBRAVERY7Down12 Excessive amountSURFEIT7Down13 Bottled fuelPROPANE7Down14 Child protagonist hurt twice without a choiceRECHERCHE9Down15 Slanderous attackSMEAR5Down16 Male duckDRAKE5Down17 Unfortunately hard copy admits large and small secretHAPLESSLY9Down17 ApportionSHARE5Down18 Drawing naked friends, topless men can be seen going hereURINALS7Down20 Go over hill lapping Tesla?REVISE6Down21 50% of ACME parts cartoon hunter cut were about to explode?FUMED5Down22 Cherish new wallet when penniless?NURSE5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 22, 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.