The Independent Crossword July 24 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 24 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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Rent41 AcrossReveal answer → Call latest from Zoffany a fake61 AcrossReveal answer → Electronic instrument, in short53 AcrossReveal answer → Severe cut allowing incursion by a second badger64 AcrossReveal answer → Egyptian ruler78 AcrossReveal answer → Computer suitable for use in large operation68 AcrossReveal answer → Caterpillars stayed away from historic German city89 AcrossReveal answer → Happen59 AcrossReveal answer → Go into510 AcrossReveal answer → Visit taking in first couple of ringing bells810 AcrossReveal answer → Be present at711 AcrossReveal answer → Stays in power, to abdicate after son moves611 AcrossReveal answer → Aloof1112 AcrossReveal answer → Third child fixed to get husband412 AcrossReveal answer → King with a bomb brought about end of battle? Observe again914 AcrossReveal answer → Pair of couples look embarrassed? It’s the basis of a bluff915 AcrossReveal answer → Row of seats: new design gutted after reflection417 AcrossReveal answer → Low wall717 AcrossReveal answer → Certain to involve Parisian and Calais police once618 AcrossReveal answer → Courageous Republican probing international documents819 AcrossReveal answer → Unspoken519 AcrossReveal answer → Lifting apparatus521 AcrossReveal answer → Middle of night - female entering busy area - enthusiastic welcome822 AcrossReveal answer → Impartial722 AcrossReveal answer → Innocent daughter linked to a character in Homer623 AcrossReveal answer → Linked product523 AcrossReveal answer → Complained article suppressed by second editor624 AcrossReveal answer → Song of praise424 AcrossReveal answer → Group of composers with nine missing?625 AcrossReveal answer →

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Acting students under pressure from fashion house51 DownReveal answer → Tapering container61 DownReveal answer → Someone avoiding the truth making surprised comment about precise cut72 DownReveal answer → Cook52 DownReveal answer → Better to have change of heart and drive off53 DownReveal answer → Teapot part53 DownReveal answer → Core74 DownReveal answer → Period in a substantial hospital – and what follows?95 DownReveal answer → Pester65 DownReveal answer → Shade of gold seen in a small group of cupids?76 DownReveal answer → Nursing officer66 DownReveal answer → Source of idea almost appeared to enthral male soldier97 DownReveal answer → Behaving in a flamboyant way117 DownReveal answer → Tory having a lot of sex with a lot of babes including five in a row119 DownReveal answer → White ant713 DownReveal answer → Swear, dear? I will have show of hesitation: it pollutes the air913 DownReveal answer → Sporadic614 DownReveal answer → Official, as it happens, embracing former lover by instinct914 DownReveal answer → Outcome615 DownReveal answer → Purloined616 DownReveal answer → You are getting over treatment for heart and internal duct716 DownReveal answer → Going around Channel Island, drunk overturned source of drink717 DownReveal answer → Affected518 DownReveal answer → Spicy dish520 DownReveal answer → Mark on letter - Scrabble letter - covering two-pointer?520 DownReveal answer → Finger one subsequently cut handling tip of dagger521 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, July 24, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.