The Independent Crossword July 7 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 7 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 58 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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Barrister, for exampleLAWYER6Across1 ItemiseLIST4Across4 Hard rockGRANITE7Across7 PermitALLOW5Across8 I put the end of Endymion in the middle of poemONE3Across8 Constantly breaking Nancy's tilesINCESSANTLY11Across9 NearNIGH4Across10 HairstylePONYTAIL8Across11 Do you briefly join a western den of insurance workers?ACTUARIAL9Across11 Law set by head of administration in province of 1DJUDEA5Across12 Protected documents a felon guardsSAFE4Across13 LikenessRESEMBLANCE11Across13 Endlessly varied loons in AmericaDIVERS6Across14 Right to leave archer for divine Greek ladyEOS3Across15 Wings quit fancy show with covers from Vanity and FishANCHOVY7Across17 CommendationAPPROVAL8Across17 They print letters on electoral systemPRESSES7Across18 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across19 Essentially happy community cabin?PUB3Across20 BrawlMELEE5Across21 PantherLEOPARD7Across22 How Eastender says "fingers crossed he consumed drug"OPIATE6Across22 Catch sight ofESPY4Across23 CureREMEDY6Across24 Promise the return of some imprisoned rowdiesWORD4Across24 Asian god's atrocious nadirINDRA5Across26 Quiet clergyman was sick, came throughPREVAILED9Across27 Go live under crooked gorgeOVERINDULGE11Across29 Very large source of light for 1DSOL3Across30

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Country depicted in jacket of Rabelais bookROMANS6Down1 Traditional storyLEGEND6Down1 ArgueWRANGLE7Down2 Writer gulps high tea if blissfulBEATIFIC8Down2 Way outEXIT4Down3 Now and then, pair stay in city of 1PISA4Down3 Period of 366 daysLEAPYEAR8Down4 Pastime of six, thoroughly discontented after start of playACTIVITY8Down4 Tragic heroine's flogged in Irish domainISOLDE6Down5 Spicy sauceSALSA5Down5 Say Dorothy's served up heavy foodSTODGE6Down6 FormidableREDOUBTABLE11Down6 Passes NY's bustling electrified junctionsSYNAPSES8Down7 Become limpWILT4Down9 Dead wrong about thin gravy - temperature is changedADJUSTED8Down10 RecuperationRECOVERY8Down12 BraveryCOURAGE7Down14 MutilateMAIM4Down15 MiscellaneousSUNDRY6Down16 Volcano's sulphur removed from bubbling toxic soapCOTOPAXI8Down16 Australian politician greeting school's crustaceanAMPHIPOD8Down17 Corporation's year under pressure from drug ringPOTBELLY8Down18 HaemorrhoidsPILES5Down18 Notice habitual junkie Holmes is finally cleanSPOTLESS8Down19 ArriveCOME4Down20 Corpses' nasty smell fades awayBODIES6Down21 Block Mev's editor interrupting exercisesIMPEDE6Down23 European article following old comedian's simple taskDODDLE6Down25 Small number of sports administrators raised two pointsAFEW4Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, July 7, 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.