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The Independent Crossword July 5 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 5 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 52 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#
CorridorPASSAGEWAY10Across1 Wedge hammered in restricts small moving partPISTON6Across1 Worried RAF leaders for instance make fighters stand byAFFIRM6Across4 ?PARTERRE8Across8 FussTODO4Across9 Quite good number by singerALTOGETHER10Across9 F1's brand representative?FACE4Across10 Golf clubIRON4Across10 ?ADAMSALE8Across11 Floppy alien creature adapted to Klingon, you hear?LIMPET6Across11 Managing debts at university, might one signal bitterness?TASTEBUD8Across12 E.g. Georgian opposed to what Spaniard saysANTIQUE7Across13 See noteWATERGARDEN11Across13 Unlikely name for new baby aunt oddly picked at randomANDREW6Across15 ArtistSCULPTOR8Across16 Article on green bananas named botanical types, sayGENERA6Across17 Explosive deviceBOMB4Across19 Cover fastens in case of effervescenceECLIPSE7Across19 PlatformDAIS4Across20 Like meal to be successful?FLOURISH8Across21 ?ROSARIUM8Across22 Son asks earnestly for paints straight out of the canSPRAYS6Across23 Woman who sewsSEAMSTRESS10Across23 A little kid awoke, coming round in bed that's dried outWADI4Across24 Dodgy file naming intelligence operative published in 1950sIANFLEMING10Across25 Shot, taking aim with itTRENDY6Across26 Seat on jumbo had to be turned on using what?HOWDAH6Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Receiving contrary tip, friend had flutterPALPITATE9Down1 Group given lift in Transit up to HS2's trackside eventSHOTPUT7Down2 Pre-birthANTENATAL9Down2 Exercise too much without shower in publicOVERT5Down3 Middle Eastern countrySYRIA5Down3 Caribbean island stateGRENADA7Down4 Anticipate logging area completelyFORESTALL9Down5 ?WET3Down5 Heathen has daughter dropped in marked area around basesINFIELD7Down6 Alpine singing effectYODEL5Down6 Lay off child who was Home Alone in busy cityMACAU5Down7 Not wideNARROW6Down7 Arranging new pet health insurance, primarily big waste of moneyWHITEELEPHANT13Down8 Facial hairSIDEBURNS9Down12 RevenueRETURNS7Down14 Sentence of many years cut by one in court, subject to conditionsQUALIFIED9Down14 Type of cloudNIMBUS6Down15 9 in complete list of Scottish islandsEVERYINCH9Down16 PandemoniumCHAOS5Down17 Part of a stepRISER5Down18 Doctor reunited with Newton leaving full of knowledgeERUDITE7Down18 Wood for cremation almost in centre of mausoleumPYRAMID7Down20 Mineral springSPA3Down21 Smallest portion left for banquet's starterLEAST5Down22 Five in comfortable bar save on round of shotsSALVO5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, July 5, 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.