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The Independent Crossword June 9 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 9 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 56 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#
Real gold in addition to this unfinished checkAUTHENTIC9Across1 Ursine animalBEAR4Across1 AchievementFEAT4Across3 Oddly crumby energy blockCUBE4Across6 American recklessly getting business degree in jargonSLAMBANG8Across8 Take over fromRELIEVE7Across8 Smithy's blockANVIL5Across9 A prayer with wings? Bro, it's poeticMANTIS6Across9 HoodCOWL4Across10 Diminished seventh note opens a bass promotionABATED6Across10 Woodwind instrumentCLARINET8Across11 Public transport controlled after prince is run overTRAMPLED8Across11 Drunk has wine and jointSHARED6Across12 Family money-earnerBREADWINNER11Across13 Drifting on a shark boat with passengers from every other across answerNOAHSARK8Across15 Birth defect in hand captured by short videoCLEFTLIP8Across16 Oily food fishMACKEREL8Across16 Ring of lightHALO4Across17 Contracts for cameramen?TAPERS6Across19 BackboneSPINE5Across20 InstanceEXAMPLE7Across21 Rudeness is therapy, surprisingly, after losing husbandASPERITY8Across21 Some absinthe we bought in place for surfers?THEWEB6Across22 Supreme Greek godZEUS4Across22 FervourZEAL4Across23 Notorious gangster's international debut?CAPONE6Across24 American record holders initially behaved like aquatic animalsBLOTTERS8Across25 Vegetable batter deliveredBEET4Across26 Move around a restyled weighing machineSTEELYARD9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
UnderBELOW5Down1 Improvise most of alibi about diamondsADLIB5Down1 OldAGED4Down2 Satan's team shedding a quiet tear, missing answerTEMPTER7Down2 Sweet-smellingFRAGRANT8Down3 Internet regards collie's last wagECARD5Down3 Tense Truss in conversation on XTIGHTEN7Down4 ProgressADVANCE7Down4 Fighting company with maiden flyer and soldierCOMBATANT9Down5 PairBRACE5Down5 After flipping immense pan, a chef's holding appetisersCANAPES7Down6 Tropical diseaseYELLOWFEVER11Down6 Ink stainBLOT4Down7 Make a mistake in Rob Reiner remakeBEINERROR9Down7 NegligentCARELESS8Down12 Man will corrupt space into something horribleHELLSCAPE9Down13 Lie backRECLINE7Down14 'Rims' clued badly as 'instruments'DULCIMERS9Down14 PugilistBOXER5Down15 Sail supportMAST4Down16 Gently interrogate clue for 'Flee'FEELOUT7Down17 DismayAPPAL5Down18 Reddish-white colour turning up in pasty? Outstanding!PAYABLE7Down18 Strong windGALE4Down19 Picks active particle with no currentPLECTRA7Down20 Time to go around something under the bridge?TROLL5Down22 Finally achieve a colour like cornEARED5Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, June 9, 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.