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The Independent Crossword July 31 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 31 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
DandyBEAU4Across1 PainfulSORE4Across3 Railway workerENGINEDRIVER12Across7 Suppressing anger is far more dispassionateFAIRER6Across8 Mournful poemELEGY5Across9 Source of drink and marijuana given to clubman?TEACADDY8Across9 ImmoderateEXTREME7Across10 Oxide reliably breaking downBERYLLIA8Across10 ExitEGRESS6Across11 Cracked it, entering most of interiorINSANE6Across11 About to leave road? Keep in placeSTET4Across12 RememberRECALL6Across13 Book not generating interest or criticismBLAME5Across14 Hesitate to oust leader in stateAVER4Across16 OutfitCOSTUME7Across16 Suggestion engineers should be brought in by cityBREATH6Across18 Russian pancakesBLINI5Across18 OccasionallyONCEINAWHILE12Across19 Evergreen shrubHEBE4Across20 US state home to river touching the seaMARINE6Across20 AmphibianFROG4Across21 Sailor escaping bottom of ocean for a startSEED4Across22 Sauce a part of canapés today?PESTO5Across23 Kick-off of game upset spectatorsGATE4Across25 Crowds, perhaps, having hour in riverTHREES6Across26 Meadowlands contributing to unalloyed contentmentPLEASURE8Across28 Impediment bringing in right horse at dressage?STRUTTER8Across30 Charlie, slowly, finally absorbing section of convoluted story?TWISTY6Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Label meant to be edited? That’s very unfortunateLAMENTABLE10Down1 Pet hateBUGBEAR7Down1 IrritateANNOY5Down2 No opening for bubbly hostARMY4Down2 SalivaSPITTLE7Down3 Component of toolbox routine took effectDRILLBIT8Down3 A measure of power taken up under old Canadian government?OTTAWA6Down4 Medieval manorial stewardREEVE5Down4 Strength of feelingVEHEMENCE9Down5 Oyster? Simple to swallow half of itNATIVE6Down5 Area amidst Northern university accommodation provoking illnessNAUSEATING10Down6 ViperADDER5Down6 Study supporting Australian portADEN4Down7 OpportuneWELLTIMED9Down8 CompressSQUEEZE7Down12 One of a pair guided through river with hesitationTWEEDLEDUM10Down13 EnduringABIDING7Down14 Small coinPENNY5Down15 Silent disease - no additional commentMUM3Down15 ScorchSINGE5Down17 Voters cheer when Minister, ignoring leader, gets inELECTORATE10Down17 ArbourBOWER5Down18 Good to avoid excessive clamourHUE3Down19 Lovers at it frenetically, increasingly under coversAMORETTI8Down21 Possibly Afghan remains? Read more about thatPASHTO6Down23 Excellent US sports event not getting the bird?SUPERB6Down24 Expedition leaving South - what’s not to like?HATE4Down27 Mollusc spurning new trip at seaSAIL4Down29

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