The Independent Crossword July 4 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 4 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 114 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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Not manyFEW3Across1 Play in twisted tree sporting something on your headHAMLET6Across1 Roofing slabTILE4Across3 Warm, new filling cooked with the last bits of special pastryFRIENDLY8Across4 MercifulLENIENT7Across8 IgnominySHAME5Across9 Countdown supporter's vigorous handclap taking in the final vowelLAUNCHPAD9Across9 Emphasise by contrastCOUNTERPOINT12Across10 English actress and former singer whose real first name is LeianBILLIEPIPER11Across11 Grass snake's tail movedSNEAK5Across11 Self-driving car that is made to leave, leavesHERB4Across12 HappeningsEVENTS6Across12 The ___ of the Long Distance Runner, 1959 short story by Alan Sillitoe, adapted for a 1962 film of the same name starring Tom CourtenayLONELINESS10Across13 RuleGOVERN6Across13 Stupidly rich, devoted man joins mother and sons for feast-dayCHRISTMAS9Across13 A highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of redCYAN4Across14 Duran Duran's second UK number one singleTHEREFLEX9Across15 Application shown by a police constable in tin hatSNAPCHAT8Across15 Name given to several creatures, including Bassariscus astutus, which inhabits arid northern Mexico and the American SouthwestRINGTAIL8Across16 Located under the skinSUBCUTANEOUS12Across16 Schedule the closure of paint factoryPLANT5Across17 Cricketer who in 2015 broke the record for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian off-spin bowlerNATHANLYON10Across17 English painter and author who was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in artWYNDHAMLEWIS12Across18 Archaic English term for a species of sour cherry derived from the French word for sourEGRIOT6Across19 WatchfulALERT5Across19 Models' footwayCATWALK7Across20 The capital of the Falkland IslandsSTANLEY7Across20 Jig, shake and carouse without stoppingDANCE5Across20 Melon that's hard held up by weedy criminalHONEYDEW8Across21 MetalIRON4Across21 Last sectionEND3Across22 My parse's wrong, assuming 2's first letter is M?SPYMASTER9Across22 Graham ___, comic actor whose films with Will Hay include Where There's a Will, Oh, Mr Porter! and Ask a PolicemanMOFFATT7Across23 Last course of Italian meal is left unfinishedPAST4Across25 Snow leopard's attack quietly carried outOUNCE5Across28 1987 film starring Warren Beatty and Dustin HoffmanISHTAR6Across28 A British rugby union player's opening try is most unexpectedABRUPTEST9Across29 Admitting defeat, yankee fellow's excused from playing cricket?YIELDING8Across30 In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover AegisthusORESTES7Across30 Columnist, say, who sets things straight on the radioWRITER6Across31 B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb to be used in warENOLAGAY8Across31 Wide grassy plain with few or no trees, especially in South AfricaVELD4Across32 South African fast bowler who played his only Test in 2016 against EnglandHARDUSVILJOEN13Across34 African country whose capital is LoméTOGO4Across35 Italian city on the River Arno in Tuscany that is home to the football team FiorentinaFLORENCE8Across37 Front man of punk band The Adverts who married bassist Gaye AdvertTVSMITH7Across39 Ronald ___, 40th president of the USREAGAN6Across40 The second largest city in IranISFAHAN7Across42 Anton ___, Russian composer whose works include Variations on a Theme of TchaikovskyARENSKY7Across43 2007 album by folk singer June Tabor featuring melodeon player Andy CuttingAPPLES6Across44 Pakistan's first One Day International cricket captainINTIKHABALAM12Across47 Infectious disease caused by the varicella zoster virusCHICKENPOX10Across51 Alain ___, Swiss-born, British-based philosopher who co-founded The School of Life in 2008DEBOTTON8Across53 Former England fast bowler who added his third name, Dylan, by deed poll in 1965BOBWILLIS9Across54 A North American Indian people of NE ArizonaHOPI4Across55 1974 David Bowie single that was his first hit since 1969 not to feature lead guitarist Mick RonsonREBELREBEL10Across56 Norwegian town that hosted the 1994 Winter OlympicsLILLEHAMMER11Across57

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Virtuous, with passion, but no heartHOLY4Down1 Johnny Cash's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chartABOYNAMEDSUE12Down1 MovieFILM4Down1 Japanese video game corporation founded as a card company in 1889NINTENDO8Down2 Something clicked with inspirational person, inspiring loveMOUSE5Down2 Sweetly charmingWINSOME7Down2 Taxi covered in melted cheese and spicy marinadeESCABECHE9Down3 Nickname of Roy William Harper Jr as the teen sidekick of the superheroes Green Arrow and Black CanarySPEEDY6Down3 SniggerTITTER6Down3 Spongy vascular organ situated near the stomachSPLEEN6Down4 Items left behindLOSTPROPERTY12Down4 Mix the tips of asparagus, radish, radicchio and dried pulsesRADAR5Down5 Sweet spreadPEANUTBUTTER12Down5 Historic town located in County Wicklow whose name means "the great estuary"ARKLOW6Down5 CabTAXI4Down6 Each sufferer originally put on drugs gets betterEASES5Down6 Scottish sailor who inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson CrusoeALEXANDERSELKIRK16Down6 ___ in the UK, debut single by the Sex PistolsANARCHY7Down7 Dozer's head with fantastic realm inside? That's it!DREAMLAND9Down7 EncounterMEETING7Down7 A space completely filled with matter, thus the opposite of a vacuumPLENUM6Down8 Key is faulty I'm afraidYIKES5Down8 See 21THEBUTTERFLYBALLANDTHEGRASSHOPPERSFEAST39Down9 Mature boy holding up a boring PC gamePACMAN6Down10 Evergreen perennial often grown indoors, having long, tough leaves and brownish-purple flowersASPIDISTRA10Down10 Camera accessoryLENSCAP7Down11 Hampshire village aknown as the capital of the New ForestLYNDHURST9Down12 TeachEDUCATE7Down14 The Independent editor is exhaustedUSED4Down14 Bird of preyFALCON6Down15 Having dropped diamonds, Danny Ocean's in a state of confusion and angerANNOYANCE9Down16 Dutch cake decorator carrying baked product is a draw for kidsPIEDPIPER9Down17 MeatBEEF4Down17 Slide out of controlSKID4Down18 Cowdenbeath perhaps to emerge victorious after losing oneTOWN4Down18 The beginning or the end of Highlander? Or The Shining?HORROR6Down19 1970s concept album and subsequent live rock opera by former Deep Purple bassist Roger GloverTHEBUTTERFLYBALLANDTHEGRASSHOPPERSFEAST39Down21 Jesus repeatedly exposed political figure's lieSTORY5Down22 1940 novel by American author Richard Wright whose central character is Bigger ThomasNATIVESON9Down22 I see star chopping out line in frontAHEAD5Down23 Creative works put up in sequenceTRAIN5Down24 Donald ___, American dancer, singer and actor who played Cosmo Brown in the 1952 film Singin' in the RainOCONNOR7Down24 The woman regularly went to get bed linenSHEET5Down26 Town in France in which Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858LOURDES7Down26 Kingdom in southern Africa whose capital is MaseruLESOTHO7Down27 Move location of screwSTIR4Down27 Barbadian singer and songwriter whose surname is FentyRIHANNA7Down29 Another name for corium, the deep inner layer of skinDERMA5Down33 The second largest city in the United StatesLOSANGELES10Down38 Margery ___, English crime writer who created gentleman sleuth Albert CampionALLINGHAM9Down41 Country whose capital is IslamabadPAKISTAN8Down45 Israel's winning song in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Izhar Cohen and AlphabetaABANIBI7Down46 Daughter to Cymbeline in Shakespeare's playIMOGEN6Down48 2002 top ten hit for So Solid CrewHATERS6Down49 Alabama's only portMOBILE6Down50 Substance obtained from the sapodilla that is the main ingredient of chewing gumCHICLE6Down51 In geology, an outcrop of older rock surrounded by youngerINLIER6Down52

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