The Independent Crossword July 9 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 9 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 53 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#

Golfer's cryFORE4Across1 Rogue charged seen in a dock endlesslyABERRANT8Across1 Be in sessionSIT3Across3 Weary Willies pee in streetcarsTRAMPS6Across6 AuthenticGENUINE7Across8 NimbleAGILE5Across9 Toxic campaign in Africa where calm disruptedCHEMICALWARFARE15Across9 Out of practiceRUSTY5Across10 Urban resident to admit severing linkTOWNIE6Across10 English road taken through a bleak Welsh townABERDARE8Across11 Behave wildlyRUNRIOT7Across11 Amateur player from insanely rich nationCORINTHIAN10Across12 Work of artOILPAINTING11Across12 Ego in goods vehicle always looking in mirrorVAIN4Across15 Yellow spiceSAFFRON7Across16 Clever message concealing its openingABLE4Across16 Readiness to eat shown by one in safetySALIVATION10Across17 BuryINTER5Across18 Bed left in smooth state onceSCOTLAND8Across19 ForestageAPRON5Across20 Support from AA where drinker heads without whiskeyTOWBAR6Across21 Dried grapeSULTANA7Across21 Lyric poemODE3Across22 Surprise move for big wedding venue in European locationROCKOFGIBRALTAR15Across23 DramaPLAY4Across23 Fish by river: one to glide across frozen surfaceSKATER6Across24 Object to view around yard in contemplationMINDSEYE8Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

DigitFIGURE6Down1 Whatever it takes from New York hobo and Cork boyBYHOOKORBYCROOK15Down2 Ladder stepsRUNGS5Down2 Recipe the last word in noodlesRAMEN5Down3 BlemishSTAIN5Down3 Old canine somehow beginning to talkANCIENT7Down4 TeachingTUITION7Down4 Temperature lowered initially in America's cityTULSA5Down5 Put in orderTIDYUP6Down5 Drake's outside drawn into coach dealTRADEIN7Down6 Give testimonyBEARWITNESS11Down6 Declaration FIFA put out: Stateside lawyer against itAFFIDAVIT9Down7 English countyKENT4Down7 Mona Lisa in novel form?PORTRAITOFALADY15Down8 ConflagrationINFERNO7Down13 Facial make-up used by the police?IDENTIKIT9Down13 Cold dessertTRIFLE6Down14 Bad practice where doctor dismissedILL3Down14 DismalDREARY6Down15 ScoriaSLAG4Down16 ScopeRANGE5Down17 Employee in post about to be recalledSTAFFER7Down17 Animal doctor worked near warhorseVETERAN7Down18 Lag behindTRAIL5Down19 Reasonable belief in beatitude is misplacedDEISM5Down20 Social realist in healthy societyWELLS5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, July 9, 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.