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The Independent Crossword June 16 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 59 clues from the The Independent Crossword for June 16 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Jumpy character from Disney (New York) about to pull film on Hendrix?131 AcrossReveal answer → Flightless bird41 AcrossReveal answer → Hungarian composer54 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone68 AcrossReveal answer → Flat racing here, short guy and small horse failing to finish58 AcrossReveal answer → Mental dullness69 AcrossReveal answer → Imagined monster lurking inside covered entrance39 AcrossReveal answer → Hind part410 AcrossReveal answer → Loudly unwrapped cheap sweet510 AcrossReveal answer → Coddled811 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure 1970s glam rock band with Wizzard and Roxy, both at the end512 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy about hotel's Scotch413 AcrossReveal answer → Batty individual in sitcom that's British and not American414 AcrossReveal answer → Attentive to detail1114 AcrossReveal answer → Ref nuts to wave card?715 AcrossReveal answer → Changes player on pitch to face Sweden717 AcrossReveal answer → Credulous817 AcrossReveal answer → Have a go at tango, mostly unoccupied719 AcrossReveal answer → Leave out420 AcrossReveal answer → Prohibited621 AcrossReveal answer → Dad possibly sent back lots of fruit?721 AcrossReveal answer → Narcotic622 AcrossReveal answer → Flag Iraqis ignoring a question422 AcrossReveal answer → Truck523 AcrossReveal answer → Copper, extremely suspicious and stubborn sort423 AcrossReveal answer → Bound424 AcrossReveal answer → Given drugs, idiot sped regularly by day524 AcrossReveal answer → Lead in Evita backing stagehand's complaint528 AcrossReveal answer → Help professional to cover piano329 AcrossReveal answer → Expression of surprise and cheers heard when introducing Seal530 AcrossReveal answer → Get to the point: new town's crime down after outlaw finally leaves1331 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Large bowl and jug once repaired using mucilage first of all51 DownReveal answer → Old rocker's rival holding drill for bike52 DownReveal answer → Impediment92 DownReveal answer → Hostility93 DownReveal answer → Set-up that's not working on Souness? Yes, it seems, periodically93 DownReveal answer → Abatement54 DownReveal answer → Soup, something to eat with wine coming up74 DownReveal answer → Elected Conservative is capping yellow tooth75 DownReveal answer → Excellent (Informal)55 DownReveal answer → Dutch boat's paperwork officer grabs46 DownReveal answer → Angry speech66 DownReveal answer → Fancy solitude, beginning to yawn as if boring97 DownReveal answer → Cosmetics67 DownReveal answer → Earl left church recess with special passes711 DownReveal answer → Clumsy912 DownReveal answer → Make savings913 DownReveal answer → Evasive615 DownReveal answer → Mad and brilliant715 DownReveal answer → Turn on a pivot616 DownReveal answer → Sustenance provided by fresh trout in inn, tail removed916 DownReveal answer → Discourage518 DownReveal answer → One shooting curvaceous feature on a model perhaps918 DownReveal answer → Each519 DownReveal answer → Large wave ruined suit upset man's wearing720 DownReveal answer → Academic researcher's job, as before, essentially sucks721 DownReveal answer → Make fun of our company overturning honey525 DownReveal answer → Condemns Wall's on the radio526 DownReveal answer → Withdrawing part of uptight aesthete in Bottom427 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.