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The Independent Crossword June 26 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for June 26 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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Hat Liberal discarded in recess51 AcrossReveal answer → Rotary file41 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish river33 AcrossReveal answer → Problems for wine-makers: six detectives probing links94 AcrossReveal answer → Stinging insect47 AcrossReveal answer → Opera text88 AcrossReveal answer → Fundamental109 AcrossReveal answer → Top celebrities enthralled by notes from some contemporary composers …119 AcrossReveal answer → … and not enthralled by countertenors310 AcrossReveal answer → It may dampen expectation about cooked pies811 AcrossReveal answer → Photographic device612 AcrossReveal answer → Youngster pursuing work recalled making illegal booze613 AcrossReveal answer → Falseness613 AcrossReveal answer → Debate1015 AcrossReveal answer → Bondage TV series not entirely scrapped, receiving backing of the French915 AcrossReveal answer → Sources in Oxford and Cambridge chat endlessly regarding eights516 AcrossReveal answer → Blokes in A&E returned for medical intervention517 AcrossReveal answer → Aussie creatures surrounding excavations? Lots of space918 AcrossReveal answer → Throw overboard818 AcrossReveal answer → Rancher wary, suppressing expression of pain in front of buckaroo, initially619 AcrossReveal answer → Yard probing juicy gossip over Government scoundrel820 AcrossReveal answer → Close violently420 AcrossReveal answer → Manage321 AcrossReveal answer → Sodium chloride422 AcrossReveal answer → Independent politician, a source of funny business?323 AcrossReveal answer → Country swamping the river in neon lights1124 AcrossReveal answer → Factory at first trimmed wages after year in part of Northern England926 AcrossReveal answer → Went quietly, finally exhibiting little strength527 AcrossReveal answer →

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Dreadful pub documentation51 DownReveal answer → Male pig41 DownReveal answer → Twist unsettling re: new prices for car accessory152 DownReveal answer → Ecstasy72 DownReveal answer → Pat lightly33 DownReveal answer → Border in order, though not at first33 DownReveal answer → Hedonist elevated endless desire, elevated attempt to seize gold, on reflection104 DownReveal answer → Foe54 DownReveal answer → Cast will turn up in Cats, so there!45 DownReveal answer → Best clothes (Informal)85 DownReveal answer → Implement76 DownReveal answer → One considering the Universe dispersing stoic’s gloom116 DownReveal answer → Wait at a late point of the evening, being between turns on the floor?157 DownReveal answer → Small place initially without facilities for skating? Not quite - touches here and there98 DownReveal answer → Type of star810 DownReveal answer → Afternoon performance711 DownReveal answer → Publicity group is taking care of pop singer and other divas1112 DownReveal answer → Card game714 DownReveal answer → With Charlie and I involved, excitedly develop European road transport?1014 DownReveal answer → Deliver sermon: quick to dismiss God, capturing Church uncertainty915 DownReveal answer → Provide food516 DownReveal answer → Final417 DownReveal answer → Male offspring319 DownReveal answer → Chap clutching stone, feeling effects of gale521 DownReveal answer → Case ends in outcome against you and I422 DownReveal answer → Water movement lacking force, lacking strength325 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, June 26, 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.