The Independent Crossword June 26 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 26 2026 answers. The Friday 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hat Liberal discarded in recessBOWER5Across1
Rotary fileBURR4Across1
Scottish riverDEE3Across3
Problems for wine-makers: six detectives probing linksVITICIDES9Across4
Stinging insectWASP4Across7
Opera textLIBRETTO8Across8
FundamentalUNDERLYING10Across9
Top celebrities enthralled by notes from some contemporary composers …MINIMALISTS11Across9
… and not enthralled by countertenorsNOR3Across10
It may dampen expectation about cooked piesHOSEPIPE8Across11
Photographic deviceCAMERA6Across12
Youngster pursuing work recalled making illegal boozePOTEEN6Across13
FalsenessDECEIT6Across13
DebateDISCUSSION10Across15
Bondage TV series not entirely scrapped, receiving backing of the FrenchSERVITUDE9Across15
Sources in Oxford and Cambridge chat endlessly regarding eightsOCTAL5Across16
Blokes in A&E returned for medical interventionENEMA5Across17
Aussie creatures surrounding excavations? Lots of spaceROOMINESS9Across18
Throw overboardJETTISON8Across18
Rancher wary, suppressing expression of pain in front of buckaroo, initiallyCOWBOY6Across19
Yard probing juicy gossip over Government scoundrelDIRTYDOG8Across20
Close violentlySLAM4Across20
ManageRUN3Across21
Sodium chlorideSALT4Across22
Independent politician, a source of funny business?IMP3Across23
Country swamping the river in neon lightsNETHERLANDS11Across24
Factory at first trimmed wages after year in part of Northern EnglandYORKSHIRE9Across26
Went quietly, finally exhibiting little strengthWEEDY5Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Dreadful pub documentationBUMPH5Down1
Male pigBOAR4Down1
Twist unsettling re: new prices for car accessoryWINDSCREENWIPER15Down2
EcstasyRAPTURE7Down2
Pat lightlyDAB3Down3
Border in order, though not at firstRIM3Down3
Hedonist elevated endless desire, elevated attempt to seize gold, on reflectionVOLUPTUARY10Down4
FoeENEMY5Down4
Cast will turn up in Cats, so there!TOSS4Down5
Best clothes (Informal)GLADRAGS8Down5
ImplementUTENSIL7Down6
One considering the Universe dispersing stoic’s gloomCOSMOLOGIST11Down6
Wait at a late point of the evening, being between turns on the floor?DANCEATTENDANCE15Down7
Small place initially without facilities for skating? Not quite - touches here and thereSPRINKLES9Down8
Type of starREDGIANT8Down10
Afternoon performanceMATINEE7Down11
Publicity group is taking care of pop singer and other divasPRIMADONNAS11Down12
Card gameCANASTA7Down14
With Charlie and I involved, excitedly develop European road transport?VELOCIPEDE10Down14
Deliver sermon: quick to dismiss God, capturing Church uncertaintySPEECHIFY9Down15
Provide foodCATER5Down16
FinalLAST4Down17
Male offspringSON3Down19
Chap clutching stone, feeling effects of galeGUSTY5Down21
Case ends in outcome against you and IETUI4Down22
Water movement lacking force, lacking strengthLOW3Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, June 26, 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.