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The Independent Crossword June 13 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 13 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 111 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#
Small nailTACK4Across1 Song and dance number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical CarouselJUNEISBUSTINOUTALLOVER22Across1 In view of the fact thatSEEING6Across4 RemainSTAY4Across8 Cutting lead, White Lotus recast key figureSILHOUETTE10Across8 Cartoon creatorANIMATOR8Across9 Aussies missing flight found in Science MuseumEMUS4Across9 Number Ten backed old Lib Dem's links with PCETHERNETCABLES14Across10 Heaven-sentPROVIDENTIAL12Across10 Republican plugs rigged election claim in post onlineELECTRONICMAIL14Across11 Grimly seriousSTERN5Across11 Japanese foodSUSHI5Across12 An old form of pokerBRAG4Across13 Party celebrating a move to a new homeHOUSEWARMING12Across14 Mickey Mouse's pet dog, created in 1930PLUTO5Across14 Strategy that involves destroying terracotta?SCORCHEDEARTH13Across14 Porridge made from boiled cornmeal that originated with the Native American Muskogee tribeGRITS5Across15 I fret less with files organised into spreads individuallySELFFERTILISES14Across16 Brand name for the drug Sildenafil citrateVIAGRA6Across16 Legendary Persian queen who was the storyteller in the One Thousand and One NightsSCHEHERAZADE12Across17 Vitamin B1THIAMINE8Across18 1974 French erotic film starring Sylvia KristelEMMANUELLE10Across18 In rowing, the oarsman who sits nearest the stern of a shellSTROKE6Across19 Lion's cryROAR4Across19 It may help you with digital securityOPPOSABLETHUMB14Across19 Light windBREEZE6Across20 A modern Latin American dance derived from the ritual dance of voodooMAMBO5Across21 OvertakePASS4Across21 Sir Francis ___, Elizabeth I's "spymaster"WALSINGHAM10Across22 The man goes round a square in Rome where it's busyHIVE4Across22 Something in Tinder pictures is not quite right?ACUTEANGLE10Across23 German spa town on the Oos riverBADENBADEN10Across25 French port on the Bay of Biscay whose football team are nicknamed les MerlusLORIENT7Across28 The capital of NorwayOSLO4Across29 The rare American fritillary, Fritillaria plurifloraADOBELILY9Across30 Small family car that was the successor to the Renault 19MEGANE6Across31 Memory chips that can be erased only by exposure to strong ultraviolet lightEPROMS6Across32 1968 Otto Preminger film that gave Groucho Marx his last speaking movie roleSKIDOO6Across35 Cocktail based on rum, Curaçao liqueur and lime juiceMAITAI6Across36 1971 Sam Peckinpah film starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan GeorgeSTRAWDOGS9Across37 The burrowed lair of an otterHOLT4Across39 A man who practises black magicWARLOCK7Across41 1963 number one single by The ShadowsFOOTTAPPER10Across42 Teddy, England forward who returned to Spurs in 2001 after four years at Manchester UnitedSHERINGHAM10Across43 If I ___ The World, well-known song from the musical PickwickRULED5Across44 Streak of light in the sky also called a shooting or falling starMETEOR6Across45 English preacher who founded MethodismJOHNWESLEY10Across47 English writer who created the detective Father BrownGKCHESTERTON12Across51 Central American country formerly called British HondurasBELIZE6Across54 A white ground of plaster and size used to prepare panels or canvas for paintingGESSO5Across55 Central of the three small bones in the middle ear, also called the anvilINCUS5Across56 Chocolate bar that originated in Sweden and Norway in 1953DAIM4Across57 Sauce made with mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, tabasco and chopped gherkinsTHOUSANDISLANDDRESSING22Across58

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Bridget Jones occasionally shows part of her bottomBIGTOE6Down1 The fourth largest city in the NetherlandsUTRECHT7Down2 I am having my picture taken before party gets very loud and madCHEESEDOFF10Down2 MisbehaveACTUP5Down2 A score of two under par for a hole in golfEAGLE5Down3 With which you might catch joke that bears fruit?PUNNET6Down3 Door featureKEYHOLE7Down3 A rich velouté sauce made with a base of veal or chicken stock and cream or egg yolksSUPREME7Down4 A fool in CongressATIT4Down4 SuperciliousSNIDE5Down4 Setter, say, backed up toilet after wiping away runsGELATINE8Down5 PreciseEXACT5Down5 Flap of tissue that hangs in the back of the throatUVULA5Down5 Right-wing extremistNEONAZI7Down6 Perhaps Clare Balding broadcast could be authenticREAL4Down6 German novelist whose works include the novella Death in VeniceTHOMASMANN10Down6 CountryNATION6Down7 Winchester for one night? I'm snuggling over blanketsGUNSMITH8Down7 Alvaro ___, Spanish forward whose clubs have included Real Madrid, Sevilla, Manchester City and MiddlesbroughNEGREDO7Down7 Italian city that became the base of Italian High Command during WWIUDINE5Down8 State of NE India with the heaviest rainfall in the worldASSAM5Down9 1969 top ten hit single for Jethro TullLIVINGINTHEPAST15Down10 SuffocateSMOTHER7Down11 Tuscan coastal resort that is the second-largest city in the Province of LuccaVIAREGGIO9Down11 Open requires balls on teeOVERT5Down12 William Cobbett's best-known work, originally published in serial form in the Political Register from 1822 to 1826RURALRIDES10Down12 ThoroughfareSTREET6Down12 Rider's foot supportSTIRRUP7Down13 Taking off clothes, Richard Osman stirred drinkMARASCHINO10Down13 Can old companions set up and go quickly?STEPONIT8Down14 Board member taps staff after mess ousting leaderCHESSMAN8Down15 Clay rockSHALE5Down15 ForgoWAIVE5Down16 Allege friend oddly looked like a creepLEERED6Down17 Informer (Slang)GRASS5Down17 One cracking grin, perhaps as happy as LarrySIMILE6Down18 Quince takes job on retirement, stressful workPOEM4Down20 In bridge, to attempt to win too many tricksOVERBID7Down20 Maybe onion on the counter makes you cryBLUB4Down21 George Eliot novel subtitled A Study of Provincial LifeMIDDLEMARCH11Down21 The capital of PolandWARSAW6Down22 British golfer who won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit and the 2009 and 2020 Race to DubaiLEEWESTWOOD11Down23 The French name for GermanyALLEMAGNE9Down24 Republic of Ireland international striker whose clubs included Wolverhampton Wanderers, Millwall and Perth GloryANDYKEOGH9Down26 Football team nicknamed "The Trotters"BOLTONWANDERERS15Down27 English actor, comedian and presenter whose TV series include Not Going Out and Would I Lie to You?LEEMACK7Down28 The Great ___ ___ is a persistent anticyclonic vortex south of Jupiter's equatorREDSPOT7Down33 A strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North AfricaSIMOOM6Down34 1998 film for which James Coburn won a Best Supporting Actor OscarAFFLICTION10Down38 Quentin ___, director of the films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp FictionTARANTINO9Down40 Single by the Four Seasons that topped the US chart in 1964RAGDOLL7Down44 Henri ___, French artist who was a founder of FauvismMATISSE7Down45 A member or former member of the oldest university in the UKOXONIAN7Down46 Steve ___, men's 800m champion at the 1980 OlympicsOVETT5Down48 River in Northern Ireland that forms much of the border between County Antrim and County DownLAGAN5Down49 Dinosaur-like character who made his debut in the video game Super Mario World in 1990YOSHI5Down50 Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Castilian nobleman who became a Spanish national hero in the wars against the MoorsELCID5Down52 See 12RURALRIDES10Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, June 13, 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.