The Independent Crossword July 25 2026 Answers

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Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 25 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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Attractive German without pantsMOUTHWATERING13Across1 RevealSHOW4Across1 GorseFURZE5Across4 AssertAVER4Across8 Rapper regularly performing somewhere on stageAPRON5Across9 Cruel actATROCITY8Across9 Low value coinsSMALLCHANGE11Across10 On the other hand, the horse is not taillessTHENAGAIN9Across10 French artist whose paintings include OlympiaEDOUARDMANET12Across10 Disease vector medical officers leave out at firstMOSQUITO8Across11 The parliament of the Republic of IrelandOIREACHTAS10Across12 DissoluteWANTON6Across12 Guns from American's murder case in Paris found near BelgiumBICEPS6Across12 HolySACRED6Across14 Musical in two parts?RENT4Across14 Four-time FIFA World Cup winners who have failed to qualify for the last three tournamentsITALY5Across14 Staggering, Herculean power fills legendary Irish figureLEPRECHAUN10Across15 Large university town and unitary authority area in BerkshireREADING7Across15 SportTABLETENNIS11Across16 Area of south Devon protected by National Park statusDARTMOOR8Across16 English singer-songwriter whose top ten hit singles include Single, These Words and UnwrittenNATASHABEDINGFIELD18Across17 Shady assassins essentially promising to eliminate leaderSUSPICIOUS10Across18 Salad vegetableCUCUMBER8Across19 I've got the same kitchenware on the counterSNAP4Across19 1923 play by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, based on the short story of the same name by W Somerset MaughamRAIN4Across19 Eurasian liliaceous plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eatenASPARAGUS9Across20 Prepare for publicationEDIT4Across21 Village in South Yorkshire whose colliery was the site of a major confrontation between miners and police officers in 1984ORGREAVE8Across22 Spin doctor who lost California court case, ultimatelyROTATE6Across22 Night clubDISCO5Across22 After thatTHEN4Across23 Ancient Greek coin worth one sixth of a drachmaOBOL4Across23 God can set about creating a heavenVALHALLA8Across24 Bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birdsCUCKOO6Across25 French defeat almost stopped by wingers in pro team sportWATERPOLO9Across26 Roadworthiness test for defaced carMOTOR5Across27 Hungarian-born actress whose 1950s films include Operation Amsterdam and Ten Thousand BedroomsEVABARTOK9Across27 The final honours examinations of the School of Literae Humaniores or of Modern Philosophy at Oxford UniversityGREATS6Across28 County newscast affords hi-res screensSTAFFORDSHIRE13Across28 The first premier of the Soviet UnionVLADIMIRILYICHLENIN19Across29 Swiss city that is home to the International Red Cross and the World Health OrganizationGENEVA6Across33 A small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, with an active volcanoSTROMBOLI9Across34 A small yellow finch noted for its singingCANARY6Across35 A cut of meat from a pig, created from the tissue along the top of the rib cagePORKLOIN8Across36 Leader of the thirteen demons who guard Bolgia Five of the eighth circle of Hell in Dante's InfernoMALACODA8Across37 One of two or more words pronounced differently but spelt the sameHETERONYM9Across38 See 36PORKLOIN8Across42 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of 15-year-old Harvey Cheyne JrCAPTAINSCOURAGEOUS18Across43 A card game in which two or more punters gamble against the bankerBACCARAT8Across45 Tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, especially Cornus sanguineaDOGWOOD7Across47 In heraldry, an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across a shield, wider than a barFESSE5Across49 Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner for her role in West Side StoryRITAMORENO10Across50 Tennis player beaten by Andy Murray in the 2012 Olympic gold medal matchROGERFEDERER12Across51

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Army man reformed countryMYANMAR7Down1 International yachting regatta that was for many years the unofficial world championship of offshore racingADMIRALSCUP11Down1 Using leverage to infiltrate American rebellionsUPRISINGS9Down2 The North American name for swedeRUTABAGA8Down2 UrticariaHIVES5Down2 Personal issue with dog breed? No, on reflectionHANGUP6Down3 River that rises in the Altai Mountains in China and flows to join the Ob River in Russia as its chief tributaryIRTYSH6Down3 JustifyWARRANT7Down3 Article on parishioner taxes is in oppositionANTITHESIS10Down4 Animal hairFUR3Down4 In fencing, a call to adopt a defensive stance in readiness for an attack or boutENGARDE7Down4 A small ornamented case for holding needles and other small articlesETUI4Down5 Toxic substanceRICIN5Down5 Fish caught and inspectedEYED4Down5 ImmoderateEXTREME7Down6 I snooze in church if circumstances require itINAPINCH8Down6 The 1969 solo studio album debut of Cream bassist and singer Jack BruceSONGSFORATAILOR15Down6 Pleased at cheque finally clearingGLADE5Down7 City in Tennessee established in 1942 as a production site for the Manhattan ProjectOAKRIDGE8Down7 IdiomPARLANCE8Down7 One of the sons of Noah, along with Ham and JaphethSHEM4Down8 Agreement about supporting educational establishmentsUNISON6Down8 Porcelain created in a manufactory established in Naples in 1743CAPODIMONTE11Down9 The large black-and-white African carrion-eating stork Leptoptilos crumeniferusMARABOU7Down11 InnHOSTELRY8Down11 Greatly surpriseASTOUND7Down13 Dreadful tour spoiled by this group's singerTROUBADOUR10Down13 See 19RHODESIANRIDGEBACK18Down13 NunneryCONVENT7Down15 Parcels in transit to Long Ashton getting redirectedAGNOLOTTI9Down16 Type of musicBLUES5Down17 Underground hub's very graphic strippingVICTORIA8Down17 British opera singer and actor best known for playing J R Hartley in a classic Yellow Pages commercialNORMANLUMSDEN13Down18 SuperciliousSNIDE5Down18 Illegible handwriting beginning from squiggly strokeSCRAWL6Down18 Southern African dog breed once known as Van Rooyen's lion dogRHODESIANRIDGEBACK18Down19 Plain couple that is broken up by RomeoPRAIRIE7Down20 Shout of disapprovalBOO3Down20 Superfamily within Hymenoptera that comprises bees and sphecoid waspsAPOIDEA7Down21 Has Met dealt with one dividing capital between banks?THAMES6Down21 Bears? Definitely!TOTES5Down23 Presenter of the Sunday morning sports programme Sportsweek on Radio 5 Live for 20 years until 2019GARRYRICHARDSON15Down24 Head to loungeLOAF4Down25 An obsolete unit of liquid capacity equal to 16 or 18 Imperial gallonsKILDERKIN9Down26 A tree of the genus UlmusELM3Down27 Scottish site of a massacre of Macdonalds by Campbells and English troops in 1692GLENCOE7Down28 A Maori social gatheringHUI3Down30 Region of SW Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates riversMESOPOTAMIA11Down31 2004 number one single by The StreetsDRYYOUREYES11Down32 Component of fertilisers and explosives, also known as potassium nitrateSALTPETRE9Down34 A sweet biscuit made of ground almonds, sugar and egg whitesMACAROON8Down37 South American country whose capital is QuitoECUADOR7Down39 Shrub of the genus Elaeagnus with an olive-like fruitOLEASTER8Down40 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring Albert Finney in the title roleSCROOGE7Down41 King of Wessex who defeated the attempted Viking conquestALFRED6Down44 Italian informal word for hello or goodbyeCIAO4Down46 Department of SW France whose capital is AuchGERS4Down48

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 25, 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.