The Independent Crossword July 4 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 114 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 4 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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Not many31 AcrossReveal answer → Play in twisted tree sporting something on your head61 AcrossReveal answer → Roofing slab43 AcrossReveal answer → Warm, new filling cooked with the last bits of special pastry84 AcrossReveal answer → Merciful78 AcrossReveal answer → Ignominy59 AcrossReveal answer → Countdown supporter's vigorous handclap taking in the final vowel99 AcrossReveal answer → Emphasise by contrast1210 AcrossReveal answer → English actress and former singer whose real first name is Leian1111 AcrossReveal answer → Grass snake's tail moved511 AcrossReveal answer → Self-driving car that is made to leave, leaves412 AcrossReveal answer → Happenings612 AcrossReveal answer → The ___ of the Long Distance Runner, 1959 short story by Alan Sillitoe, adapted for a 1962 film of the same name starring Tom Courtenay1013 AcrossReveal answer → Rule613 AcrossReveal answer → Stupidly rich, devoted man joins mother and sons for feast-day913 AcrossReveal answer → A highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of red414 AcrossReveal answer → Duran Duran's second UK number one single915 AcrossReveal answer → Application shown by a police constable in tin hat815 AcrossReveal answer → Name given to several creatures, including Bassariscus astutus, which inhabits arid northern Mexico and the American Southwest816 AcrossReveal answer → Located under the skin1216 AcrossReveal answer → Schedule the closure of paint factory517 AcrossReveal answer → Cricketer who in 2015 broke the record for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian off-spin bowler1017 AcrossReveal answer → English painter and author who was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art1218 AcrossReveal answer → Archaic English term for a species of sour cherry derived from the French word for sour619 AcrossReveal answer → Watchful519 AcrossReveal answer → Models' footway720 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of the Falkland Islands720 AcrossReveal answer → Jig, shake and carouse without stopping520 AcrossReveal answer → Melon that's hard held up by weedy criminal821 AcrossReveal answer → Metal421 AcrossReveal answer → Last section322 AcrossReveal answer → My parse's wrong, assuming 2's first letter is M?922 AcrossReveal answer → Graham ___, comic actor whose films with Will Hay include Where There's a Will, Oh, Mr Porter! and Ask a Policeman723 AcrossReveal answer → Last course of Italian meal is left unfinished425 AcrossReveal answer → Snow leopard's attack quietly carried out528 AcrossReveal answer → 1987 film starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman628 AcrossReveal answer → A British rugby union player's opening try is most unexpected929 AcrossReveal answer → Admitting defeat, yankee fellow's excused from playing cricket?830 AcrossReveal answer → In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus730 AcrossReveal answer → Columnist, say, who sets things straight on the radio631 AcrossReveal answer → B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb to be used in war831 AcrossReveal answer → Wide grassy plain with few or no trees, especially in South Africa432 AcrossReveal answer → South African fast bowler who played his only Test in 2016 against England1334 AcrossReveal answer → African country whose capital is Lomé435 AcrossReveal answer → Italian city on the River Arno in Tuscany that is home to the football team Fiorentina837 AcrossReveal answer → Front man of punk band The Adverts who married bassist Gaye Advert739 AcrossReveal answer → Ronald ___, 40th president of the US640 AcrossReveal answer → The second largest city in Iran742 AcrossReveal answer → Anton ___, Russian composer whose works include Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky743 AcrossReveal answer → 2007 album by folk singer June Tabor featuring melodeon player Andy Cutting644 AcrossReveal answer → Pakistan's first One Day International cricket captain1247 AcrossReveal answer → Infectious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus1051 AcrossReveal answer → Alain ___, Swiss-born, British-based philosopher who co-founded The School of Life in 2008853 AcrossReveal answer → Former England fast bowler who added his third name, Dylan, by deed poll in 1965954 AcrossReveal answer → A North American Indian people of NE Arizona455 AcrossReveal answer → 1974 David Bowie single that was his first hit since 1969 not to feature lead guitarist Mick Ronson1056 AcrossReveal answer → Norwegian town that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics1157 AcrossReveal answer →

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Virtuous, with passion, but no heart41 DownReveal answer → Johnny Cash's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart121 DownReveal answer → Movie41 DownReveal answer → Japanese video game corporation founded as a card company in 188982 DownReveal answer → Something clicked with inspirational person, inspiring love52 DownReveal answer → Sweetly charming72 DownReveal answer → Taxi covered in melted cheese and spicy marinade93 DownReveal answer → Nickname of Roy William Harper Jr as the teen sidekick of the superheroes Green Arrow and Black Canary63 DownReveal answer → Snigger63 DownReveal answer → Spongy vascular organ situated near the stomach64 DownReveal answer → Items left behind124 DownReveal answer → Mix the tips of asparagus, radish, radicchio and dried pulses55 DownReveal answer → Sweet spread125 DownReveal answer → Historic town located in County Wicklow whose name means "the great estuary"65 DownReveal answer → Cab46 DownReveal answer → Each sufferer originally put on drugs gets better56 DownReveal answer → Scottish sailor who inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe166 DownReveal answer → ___ in the UK, debut single by the Sex Pistols77 DownReveal answer → Dozer's head with fantastic realm inside? That's it!97 DownReveal answer → Encounter77 DownReveal answer → A space completely filled with matter, thus the opposite of a vacuum68 DownReveal answer → Key is faulty I'm afraid58 DownReveal answer → See 21399 DownReveal answer → Mature boy holding up a boring PC game610 DownReveal answer → Evergreen perennial often grown indoors, having long, tough leaves and brownish-purple flowers1010 DownReveal answer → Camera accessory711 DownReveal answer → Hampshire village aknown as the capital of the New Forest912 DownReveal answer → Teach714 DownReveal answer → The Independent editor is exhausted414 DownReveal answer → Bird of prey615 DownReveal answer → Having dropped diamonds, Danny Ocean's in a state of confusion and anger916 DownReveal answer → Dutch cake decorator carrying baked product is a draw for kids917 DownReveal answer → Meat417 DownReveal answer → Slide out of control418 DownReveal answer → Cowdenbeath perhaps to emerge victorious after losing one418 DownReveal answer → The beginning or the end of Highlander? Or The Shining?619 DownReveal answer → 1970s concept album and subsequent live rock opera by former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover3921 DownReveal answer → Jesus repeatedly exposed political figure's lie522 DownReveal answer → 1940 novel by American author Richard Wright whose central character is Bigger Thomas922 DownReveal answer → I see star chopping out line in front523 DownReveal answer → Creative works put up in sequence524 DownReveal answer → Donald ___, American dancer, singer and actor who played Cosmo Brown in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain724 DownReveal answer → The woman regularly went to get bed linen526 DownReveal answer → Town in France in which Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858726 DownReveal answer → Kingdom in southern Africa whose capital is Maseru727 DownReveal answer → Move location of screw427 DownReveal answer → Barbadian singer and songwriter whose surname is Fenty729 DownReveal answer → Another name for corium, the deep inner layer of skin533 DownReveal answer → The second largest city in the United States1038 DownReveal answer → Margery ___, English crime writer who created gentleman sleuth Albert Campion941 DownReveal answer → Country whose capital is Islamabad845 DownReveal answer → Israel's winning song in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta746 DownReveal answer → Daughter to Cymbeline in Shakespeare's play648 DownReveal answer → 2002 top ten hit for So Solid Crew649 DownReveal answer → Alabama's only port650 DownReveal answer → Substance obtained from the sapodilla that is the main ingredient of chewing gum651 DownReveal answer → In geology, an outcrop of older rock surrounded by younger652 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 4, 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.