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The Independent Crossword July 24 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 24 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
RentHIRE4Across1 Call latest from Zoffany a fakePHONEY6Across1 Electronic instrument, in shortSYNTH5Across3 Severe cut allowing incursion by a second badgerHARASS6Across4 Egyptian rulerPHARAOH7Across8 Computer suitable for use in large operationLAPTOP6Across8 Caterpillars stayed away from historic German cityCUTWORMS8Across9 HappenOCCUR5Across9 Go intoENTER5Across10 Visit taking in first couple of ringing bellsCARILLON8Across10 Be present atWITNESS7Across11 Stays in power, to abdicate after son movesREIGNS6Across11 AloofSTANDOFFISH11Across12 Third child fixed to get husbandSETH4Across12 King with a bomb brought about end of battle? Observe againREEXAMINE9Across14 Pair of couples look embarrassed? It’s the basis of a bluffFOURFLUSH9Across15 Row of seats: new design gutted after reflectionTIER4Across17 Low wallPARAPET7Across17 Certain to involve Parisian and Calais police onceSURETE6Across18 Courageous Republican probing international documentsINTREPID8Across19 UnspokenTACIT5Across19 Lifting apparatusHOIST5Across21 Middle of night - female entering busy area - enthusiastic welcomeHIGHFIVE8Across22 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Across22 Innocent daughter linked to a character in HomerLAMBDA6Across23 Linked productTIEIN5Across23 Complained article suppressed by second editorMOANED6Across24 Song of praiseHYMN4Across24 Group of composers with nine missing?LESSIX6Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Acting students under pressure from fashion housePRADA5Down1 Tapering containerHOPPER6Down1 Someone avoiding the truth making surprised comment about precise cutOSTRICH7Down2 CookROAST5Down2 Better to have change of heart and drive offEXPEL5Down3 Teapot partSPOUT5Down3 CoreNUCLEUS7Down4 Period in a substantial hospital – and what follows?AFTERMATH9Down5 PesterHARASS6Down5 Shade of gold seen in a small group of cupids?AMORINI7Down6 Nursing officerMATRON6Down6 Source of idea almost appeared to enthral male soldierSEMANTEME9Down7 Behaving in a flamboyant waySHOWBOATING11Down7 Tory having a lot of sex with a lot of babes including five in a rowCONSECUTIVE11Down9 White antTERMITE7Down13 Swear, dear? I will have show of hesitation: it pollutes the airEFFLUVIUM9Down13 SporadicFITFUL6Down14 Official, as it happens, embracing former lover by instinctREFLEXIVE9Down14 OutcomeUPSHOT6Down15 PurloinedSTOLEN6Down16 You are getting over treatment for heart and internal ductURETHRA7Down16 Going around Channel Island, drunk overturned source of drinkTHERMOS7Down17 AffectedPUTON5Down18 Spicy dishCURRY5Down20 Mark on letter - Scrabble letter - covering two-pointer?TILDE5Down20 Finger one subsequently cut handling tip of daggerINDEX5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, July 24, 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.