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The Independent Crossword July 29 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 29 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 57 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#
Local punching setter in narrow alleywayGINNEL6Across1 WrongdoerSINNER6Across1 Ballet exercise railBARRE5Across4 Notes OAP is terrible stirrerTEASPOON8Across5 Equine mammalZEBRA5Across8 Heather is untruthful, taking year outLING4Across9 SuperviseOVERSEE7Across9 TyrantDESPOT6Across10 Seller with Visa unusual in palace locationVERSAILLES10Across10 EstablishSETUP5Across11 When housing benefit gets bit of money for youthADOLESCENT10Across11 Farewell messageVALEDICTION11Across12 Quietly happy to leave rip-off shelterTENT4Across12 Perhaps Robbie cut cakes as prepared in opulent mansionMARALAGO8Across13 Shy singer picked up in French cityRENNES6Across16 Jewelled headdressTIARA5Across16 Leave, then go back and chatGOSSIP6Across18 ObstacleHURDLE6Across18 New poem about repellent domesticated wormNEMATODE8Across20 First letterINITIAL7Across21 Steal ring from East Scotland townOBAN4Across22 PublishISSUE5Across22 ConjectureGUESS5Across23 Hear client somehow not under suspicionINTHECLEAR10Across24 Monarch's seatTHRONE6Across24 Maybe blonde female character ran to the audienceFAIRHAIRED10Across27 Great English scientist, losing heart, produces gasNEON4Across28 Desserts in school regularly loathed by sonCOMPOTES8Across29 Common UK mammal given baguettes possibly to eat, according to SpoonerREDFOX6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DimensionsSIZE4Down1 MagnanimousNOBLE5Down2 Epic tale of single boy going round IndiaILIAD5Down2 InstanceEXAMPLE7Down3 D'Artagnan finally brought up "All for one, and one..." — a bloomerNIGELLA7Down3 ConsecrateBLESS5Down4 Survives very boring falsehoodsLIVES5Down4 Oscar then interrupts wild driving manoeuvresTHREEPOINTTURNS15Down5 Italian rice dishRISOTTO7Down5 Save a piece for eccentric maleAPARTFROM9Down6 ExcusedEXEMPT6Down6 Exercises with group running in packPELOTON7Down7 Every two weeksFORTNIGHTLY11Down7 Old tin cans ultimately pollute large body of waterOCEAN5Down8 GreedAVARICE7Down13 DiscolourTARNISH7Down14 Past master's second attemptAGO3Down14 European ignored by pescetarian probing suitable candidateAPPLICANT9Down15 Thin cordSTRING6Down15 Stop loan, wasting poundEND3Down17 Assumed nameALIAS5Down17 Dictator getting a Parisian to replace American in hot spotSUNTRAP7Down19 LariatLASSO5Down19 SurrenderCEDE4Down20 Left alone dangerous bears with hooked clawsTALONED7Down21 British eggs on the up? Excellent!BRAVO5Down23 Church official's European articlesELDER5Down25 Fuss over nasty smell in Filipino dishADOBO5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 29, 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.