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The Independent Crossword July 31 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 31 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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Dandy41 AcrossReveal answer → Painful43 AcrossReveal answer → Railway worker127 AcrossReveal answer → Suppressing anger is far more dispassionate68 AcrossReveal answer → Mournful poem59 AcrossReveal answer → Source of drink and marijuana given to clubman?89 AcrossReveal answer → Immoderate710 AcrossReveal answer → Oxide reliably breaking down810 AcrossReveal answer → Exit611 AcrossReveal answer → Cracked it, entering most of interior611 AcrossReveal answer → About to leave road? Keep in place412 AcrossReveal answer → Remember613 AcrossReveal answer → Book not generating interest or criticism514 AcrossReveal answer → Hesitate to oust leader in state416 AcrossReveal answer → Outfit716 AcrossReveal answer → Suggestion engineers should be brought in by city618 AcrossReveal answer → Russian pancakes518 AcrossReveal answer → Occasionally1219 AcrossReveal answer → Evergreen shrub420 AcrossReveal answer → US state home to river touching the sea620 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian421 AcrossReveal answer → Sailor escaping bottom of ocean for a start422 AcrossReveal answer → Sauce a part of canapés today?523 AcrossReveal answer → Kick-off of game upset spectators425 AcrossReveal answer → Crowds, perhaps, having hour in river626 AcrossReveal answer → Meadowlands contributing to unalloyed contentment828 AcrossReveal answer → Impediment bringing in right horse at dressage?830 AcrossReveal answer → Charlie, slowly, finally absorbing section of convoluted story?631 AcrossReveal answer →

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Label meant to be edited? That’s very unfortunate101 DownReveal answer → Pet hate71 DownReveal answer → Irritate52 DownReveal answer → No opening for bubbly host42 DownReveal answer → Saliva73 DownReveal answer → Component of toolbox routine took effect83 DownReveal answer → A measure of power taken up under old Canadian government?64 DownReveal answer → Medieval manorial steward54 DownReveal answer → Strength of feeling95 DownReveal answer → Oyster? Simple to swallow half of it65 DownReveal answer → Area amidst Northern university accommodation provoking illness106 DownReveal answer → Viper56 DownReveal answer → Study supporting Australian port47 DownReveal answer → Opportune98 DownReveal answer → Compress712 DownReveal answer → One of a pair guided through river with hesitation1013 DownReveal answer → Enduring714 DownReveal answer → Small coin515 DownReveal answer → Silent disease - no additional comment315 DownReveal answer → Scorch517 DownReveal answer → Voters cheer when Minister, ignoring leader, gets in1017 DownReveal answer → Arbour518 DownReveal answer → Good to avoid excessive clamour319 DownReveal answer → Lovers at it frenetically, increasingly under covers821 DownReveal answer → Possibly Afghan remains? Read more about that623 DownReveal answer → Excellent US sports event not getting the bird?624 DownReveal answer → Expedition leaving South - what’s not to like?427 DownReveal answer → Mollusc spurning new trip at sea429 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, July 31, 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.