The Independent Crossword July 9 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 9 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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Golfer's cry41 AcrossReveal answer →
Rogue charged seen in a dock endlessly81 AcrossReveal answer →
Be in session33 AcrossReveal answer →
Weary Willies pee in streetcars66 AcrossReveal answer →
Authentic78 AcrossReveal answer →
Nimble59 AcrossReveal answer →
Toxic campaign in Africa where calm disrupted159 AcrossReveal answer →
Out of practice510 AcrossReveal answer →
Urban resident to admit severing link610 AcrossReveal answer →
English road taken through a bleak Welsh town811 AcrossReveal answer →
Behave wildly711 AcrossReveal answer →
Amateur player from insanely rich nation1012 AcrossReveal answer →
Work of art1112 AcrossReveal answer →
Ego in goods vehicle always looking in mirror415 AcrossReveal answer →
Yellow spice716 AcrossReveal answer →
Clever message concealing its opening416 AcrossReveal answer →
Readiness to eat shown by one in safety1017 AcrossReveal answer →
Bury518 AcrossReveal answer →
Bed left in smooth state once819 AcrossReveal answer →
Forestage520 AcrossReveal answer →
Support from AA where drinker heads without whiskey621 AcrossReveal answer →
Dried grape721 AcrossReveal answer →
Lyric poem322 AcrossReveal answer →
Surprise move for big wedding venue in European location1523 AcrossReveal answer →
Drama423 AcrossReveal answer →
Fish by river: one to glide across frozen surface624 AcrossReveal answer →
Object to view around yard in contemplation825 AcrossReveal answer →
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Digit61 DownReveal answer →
Whatever it takes from New York hobo and Cork boy152 DownReveal answer →
Ladder steps52 DownReveal answer →
Recipe the last word in noodles53 DownReveal answer →
Blemish53 DownReveal answer →
Old canine somehow beginning to talk74 DownReveal answer →
Teaching74 DownReveal answer →
Temperature lowered initially in America's city55 DownReveal answer →
Put in order65 DownReveal answer →
Drake's outside drawn into coach deal76 DownReveal answer →
Give testimony116 DownReveal answer →
Declaration FIFA put out: Stateside lawyer against it97 DownReveal answer →
English county47 DownReveal answer →
Mona Lisa in novel form?158 DownReveal answer →
Conflagration713 DownReveal answer →
Facial make-up used by the police?913 DownReveal answer →
Cold dessert614 DownReveal answer →
Bad practice where doctor dismissed314 DownReveal answer →
Dismal615 DownReveal answer →
Scoria416 DownReveal answer →
Scope517 DownReveal answer →
Employee in post about to be recalled717 DownReveal answer →
Animal doctor worked near warhorse718 DownReveal answer →
Lag behind519 DownReveal answer →
Reasonable belief in beatitude is misplaced520 DownReveal answer →
Social realist in healthy society522 DownReveal answer →
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