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The Independent Crossword July 30 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 30 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 54 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#
Leaping insectFLEA4Across1 Hold up, crossworders, the first of these is toughROBUST6Across1 UnderstandSEE3Across3 Loaded footballers turned volubleAFFLUENT8Across4 Make use ofUTILISE7Across8 BroadcastingONAIR5Across9 Travel business to ancient city is minuteTOURISM7Across9 FashionTREND5Across10 Rubbish art mixed up with old TurnerROTATOR7Across11 Speak badly ofTRADUCE7Across11 Emergency services workerFIREFIGHTER11Across12 Weak understandingLIGHT5Across12 So keeps bloke from Genesis at front of record bookTHESAURUS9Across13 Scrutinise modern gal spreading gossipSCANDALMONGER13Across14 MoreoverBESIDES7Across16 SoakedSOGGY5Across18 Disney toon to inspire about half of crooner's rock albumSCROOGEMCDUCK13Across18 Case favoured Pennsylvania city beyond its statePAPETERIE9Across20 Particular talentKNACK5Across20 RaiseELEVATE7Across21 DecayROT3Across22 Material desire follows lust in the endTWILL5Across22 Light reflected through strip mall I operateOILLAMP7Across23 PrincipalMAIN4Across23 Fine to watch stripping with good healthFITNESS7Across24 Bear left at backwards New York boroughBROOKLYN8Across25 Casually try produce coated in bit of butterPLAYAT6Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Savage without one book?RUTHLESS8Down1 DefectiveFAULTY6Down1 Arranged rags in one music genre, and anotherBLUEGRASS9Down2 BanishEXILE5Down2 Key changeSHIFT5Down3 LawSTATUTE7Down3 WeirdEERIE5Down4 Puck perhaps tacked on to make characters behave improperlyFORGETONESELF13Down5 ViolinFIDDLE6Down5 Low on energy, pureed the garlicLETHARGIC9Down6 London boroughWESTMINSTER11Down6 Go in, letting person cut in frontENTER5Down7 CouchSOFA4Down7 Singer starts to truly hate prog bandTHRUSH6Down8 In which data plotter probes gathered material like steel?METALLOGRAPHY13Down10 ImmediateINSTANT7Down13 HurryHASTEN6Down14 Cleared up stretch with races on?DIRTTRACK9Down15 Heraldic beastWYVERN6Down15 Motorcycle riderBIKER5Down16 Regularly see defeat?ROUTINELY9Down16 NoblemanDUKE4Down17 Catching show's opening, pan range of talentSKILLSET8Down17 Cool doctor under retro dad lookAPLOMB6Down19 Tropical fruitGUAVA5Down19 Pasty and doughnut diet for Americans?PALEO5Down21 Absolute child verges on animalTOTAL5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, July 30, 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.