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The Independent Crossword March 13 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 13 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cat very much recalled when hosting piece of animationOCELOT6Across1 ArgumentROW3Across1 VitalityZING4Across3 Location of historic US economic crisis? Remains bad, initially horribly lowDUSTBOWL8Across5 MolluscNAUTILUS8Across7 Italian wineASTI4Across8 Stuff in bin appears wet, filthyWASTEPAPER10Across9 Word-guessing gameHANGMAN7Across9 Least likely to persistLAST4Across10 OarSCULL5Across11 Poulenc’s variation - ultimate in exquisite richnessOPULENCE8Across11 Near that placeTHEREABOUTS11Across12 Fine times pursuing dog, in need of exercise?FLABBY6Across12 Possible limitation of first castleFORT4Across13 WooCOURT5Across14 Insouciance from song in E by couple of sopranosAIRINESS8Across15 Group of soldiersPLATOON7Across15 Skin on fruitPEEL4Across18 Praise everybody getting university involved in Charles LambALLELUIA8Across18 Relative’s place regularly visited, in part of LondonAUNT4Across19 Small aquatic organismsPLANKTON8Across19 One cheers, enthralled by a virtual reality film franchiseAVATAR6Across21 NoblewomanLADY4Across21 Young childTOT3Across22 Metal treatment involving time, just a bitTINCTURE8Across23 After a job?POST4Across25 Disqualified one active in e.g. libelINELIGIBLE10Across26 Parisian delicacy? Parisian is importing a loadESCARGOT8Across27 Delicate, hanging around for one bequestLEGACY6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RodentRAT3Down1 Secure line during partyCLAMP5Down2 Well-beingWELFARE7Down2 Piggy, drunk, top off bottle, rolling around on floor of lounge?LITTLETOE9Down3 PiquancyZEST4Down3 Office work - binding, including third of reportsTYPING6Down4 WorthlessNOACCOUNT9Down4 US flat tax? Need Trump plan curtailed, amendedDUPLEXAPARTMENT15Down5 InformationDATA4Down5 Go to court about source of rotten discharge, guaranteed successSUREFIRE8Down6 Theatre seating areaSTALLS6Down6 Beginning to sink into Welsh lake? Probably not this woodBALSA5Down7 Was wrong to embrace hot graduate in part of rest-roomWASHBASIN9Down8 Irregular fighterGUERRILLA9Down10 Plasterer's toolTROWEL6Down12 Stabilising weightsBALLAST7Down13 Not seeing even bits of plain when within plainOBLIVIOUS9Down14 Close call, note, making electrical equipment safeNEARTHING9Down16 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Down16 Cheer in Government after America withdraws, moving quicklyHURRYING8Down17 NimbleSPRY4Down17 A bad American playwrightONEILL6Down20 Specialised clothingKIT3Down20 Fish served in ornate trattoriaTETRA5Down22 Memorial regarding defeat getting cut downRELIC5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, March 13, 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.