The Independent Crossword June 17 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 17 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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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Son married English nationalist in European countrySWEDEN6Across1 Exaggerated publicityHYPE4Across1 Felt a strong desireITCHED6Across4 Beyond sick, ultimately crave medicated sweetPASTILLE8Across5 LoyalFAITHFUL8Across8 Calf meatVEAL4Across9 Sloe gin, a volatile, flammable liquidGASOLINE8Across9 In the morning, sex with a female knocked over Catholic shrineFATIMA6Across10 PeevedDISGRUNTLED11Across10 Toy weapon upset OAP, so there!PEASHOOTER10Across11 A practice exam delivered in a frenzyAMOK4Across12 MeltTHAW4Across12 Leather shoe with hole in losing mass, in timeOCCASION8Across13 Farm buildingBARN4Across13 Some artisan elderflower teaTISANE6Across16 ImprovementENHANCEMENT11Across17 Being stroppy, regularly avoided clowns hereBIGTOP6Across17 Young male horseCOLT4Across18 DisciplinarianMARTINET8Across19 Very drunk and impolite, lacking bit of refinement, in isolationSOLITUDE8Across19 Person of exceptional abilityGENIUS6Across21 I put on clothes to murderDOIN4Across21 With luck, revolution repelled ministerCHANCELLOR10Across22 Look forSEEK4Across22 Coach agreed to back political allianceCARTEL6Across25 Deduce northern Alabama is hellishINFERNAL8Across26 Ring American editor experiencing tough patchCALLUSED8Across27 Original characters in Robin Hood myth reformed in timeRHYTHM6Across28

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It's said you and I have to mingleWEAVE5Down2 StillYET3Down2 Declines operation in doctor'sDROPS5Down3 ExertionEFFORT6Down3 West African beginning to bid for victory over East African capitalNAIROBI7Down4 Ticking overIDLING6Down4 Pressure to relax before playing CityPRESTON7Down5 ProcessionCAVALCADE9Down5 Bit of sentimentality from left-winger for fungal diseaseSOFTROT7Down6 AntelopeELAND5Down6 Stubborn, loses information on the wayINTRANSIT9Down7 BrigandBANDIT6Down7 Made fun of escape from Alcatraz number two by Scottish hooliganLAMPOONED9Down8 PastaSPAGHETTI9Down11 SpiceNUTMEG6Down14 Piece of pork joint in cola originally tasted amazingCHIPOLATA9Down14 Article on number visiting a lake during pregnancyANTENATAL9Down15 HatredANIMUS6Down15 RubbleDEBRIS6Down16 Run away to marryELOPE5Down17 Choose the French World Cup hero?PICKLES7Down18 Drunk bride's welcoming a shag?SEABIRD7Down19 I'm a match for Satan?LUCIFER7Down20 Frozen waterICE3Down20 Large gold robbery cleared out truckLORRY5Down23 Old men are going hungry, initially, in Irish townOMAGH5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, June 17, 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.