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The Independent Crossword March 14 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 109 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 14 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 109 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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School subjectHISTORY7Across1 Banded gemstoneONYX4Across5 More than enoughAMPLE5Across7 Controversial Lady Mone - risk it spirals out of controlKRISTINOEM10Across7 Order of businessAGENDA6Across8 Barnsley lad visiting County KerryTYKE4Across8 Dracula's regionTRANSYLVANIA12Across9 Outline paper cut, trimmed at the edgesAPERCU6Across10 English countyESSEX5Across10 Top lawyer Starmer touring area where 6 happened in DecemberPAMBONDI8Across11 Song written by Bob Merrill that gave Rosemary Clooney a UK number one hit in 1955MAMBOITALIANO13Across11 Trump's commerce secretary distributed cult handiworkHOWARDLUTNICK13Across12 Offensively assertivePUSHY5Across12 A vector-based arcade video game released by Atari in 1979ASTEROIDS9Across13 Instruction that a piece of music be played quickly, in a brisk lively mannerALLEGRO7Across15 The second compartment of the stomach of ruminantsRETICULUM9Across16 Hairstyle retro Dior fashion showcasesAFRO4Across16 Sale in which the price goes downDUTCHAUCTION12Across16 Dance whose styles include Casino and Cali-styleSALSA5Across17 2002 film, based on a true story, featuring Moore River Native Settlement in Western AustraliaRABBITPROOFFENCE16Across18 Second chapter provided introduction to interesting literary genreSCIFI5Across18 NarcoticHEROIN6Across19 The first single by The Cranberries, released in 1992DREAMS6Across19 Bars leaders of ICE, nauseating Nazi scumbagsINNS4Across19 Unleash TV on the house?SETFREE7Across20 Rub outERASE5Across20 Another name for graphitePLUMBAGO8Across21 FrailWEAK4Across21 "Leg over" is "end away"ONSIDE6Across21 Whaling spearHARPOON7Across22 Radio astronomy observatory on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, officially renamed after Karl G Jansky in 2012VERYLARGEARRAY14Across23 Feel nostalgia for old, old city island stateMISSOURI8Across23 Symbol placed after a note or rest to increase its time value by halfDOT3Across25 US political strategist, male, even more sickMILLER6Across25 Chesspiece also called a castleROOK4Across26 Fed Dieter without hesitation?GMAN4Across27 1962 number one hit instrumental by The Tornados, produced by Joe MeekTELSTAR7Across27 Buck that stops in London or Paris?EURODOLLAR10Across28 The capital of BulgariaSOFIA5Across28 Hanna-Barbera animated TV series created as a parody of The Phil Silvers ShowTOPCAT6Across31 Organisms that do not require free oxygen or air for respirationANAEROBES9Across33 ___ Records, American record label founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, whose biggest selling recording artist was Whitney HoustonARISTA6Across34 1961 British comedy horror film starring Sid James and Kenneth Connor, released in the US as No Place Like HomicideWHATACARVEUP12Across38 A large aquatic bird of the genus Cygnus or CoscorobaSWAN4Across41 River that flows into the Great Ouse to the south of Ely at Pope's CornerCAM3Across42 Channel 4 TV programme first broadcast in January 2005, narrated by comedian Dave LambCOMEDINEWITHME14Across43 Former flag carrier and largest airline of Italy from 1947 to 2021ALITALIA8Across44 German city and spa for which the French name is Aix-la-ChapelleAACHEN6Across46 1964 musical based on stories by Sholem AleichemFIDDLERONTHEROOF16Across47 Shrub or small tree of the genus SyringaLILAC5Across52 Geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula considered to include parts of six countries, including Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and parts of the former YugoslaviaMACEDONIA9Across53 The state capital of New JerseyTRENTON7Across54 In Norse mythology, the ash tree that was thought to overshadow the worldYGGDRASIL9Across55 1941 novel by James M Cain made into an Oscar-winning 1945 film of the same name starring Joan CrawfordMILDREDPIERCE13Across56

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Comfy racists busily assuming power? Some would say that's the MAGA wayCRYPTOFASCISM13Down1 Word for an odd number in rouletteIMPAIR6Down1 Fireplace floorHEARTH6Down1 Starts to take seriously appalling Russian despotTSAR4Down2 English actress whose films include The Girl on the Train, Mary Poppins Returns and OppenheimerEMILYBLUNT10Down2 Reddish-brown pigmentSEPIA5Down2 £51 million wasted by skinflint drinks manufacturerLIQUIDISER10Down3 Protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book storiesMOWGLI6Down3 SuperviseOVERSEE7Down3 1982 Top 10 hit for Kid Creole and the CoconutsSTOOLPIGEON11Down4 AnnualYEARLY6Down4 Marvellous pics I developed showing 7 and 11 perhaps?COMPULSIVELIARS15Down4 Louis ___, French aviator and aeronautical engineer who made the first flight across the English ChannelBLERIOT7Down5 Last Greek letterOMEGA5Down5 Religious teacher Knut's giving mum a cuddleIMAM4Down5 Army detachment uncovered large towns' wicked deedsATROCITIES10Down6 An acknowledgment that a scoring hit has been made in a fencing competitionTOUCHE6Down6 Jewish vernacular languageYIDDISH7Down6 Subject of the 2025 documentary film Man on the RunPAULMCCARTNEY13Down7 An epidermal pore that controls the passage of gases into and out of a plantSTOMA5Down8 British soap opera set in a fictional motel in the MidlandsCROSSROADS10Down9 Material supplied by children's families?KIDSKIN7Down9 King of England killed by an arrow while hunting in the New ForestWILLIAMRUFUS12Down10 CompressSQUEEZE7Down11 Piece of legislation from 1701 prompted by the failure of King William III, Queen Mary II and Queen Anne to produce any surviving childrenACTOFSETTLEMENT15Down12 Writing off forced migrationsAMORTISING10Down13 AmbiguousUNCLEAR7Down13 Large motorboatLAUNCH6Down14 Boris ___, Russian chess player who was world champion from 1969 to 1972SPASSKY7Down14 TraineeINTERN6Down15 Swift-sounding, crazy European that fits perfectlyTAILORMADE10Down15 See 1CRYPTOFASCISM13Down17 TimepieceCLOCK5Down17 Adult insectIMAGO5Down18 The marketplace in Athens, used for popular meetingsAGORA5Down20 Cornish town and resort, home to several businesses owned by chef Rick SteinPADSTOW7Down21 Vance said to be cycling? He's known for spinning recordsDEEJAY6Down22 Former name for MyanmarBURMA5Down22 The flowering plant Lysimachia nemorum of the family PrimulaceaeYELLOWPIMPERNEL15Down24 Quarter regularly spent on a wee derivativeUREA4Down24 Endless cash, laze around!LOLL4Down26 A deficiency in the number of red blood cells or in their haemoglobin contentANAEMIA7Down29 English actor whose TV roles include Egg in This Life and Simon in TeachersANDREWLINCOLN13Down30 The science of drugs, including their characteristics and usesPHARMACOLOGY12Down32 Jochen ___, the only driver to posthumously win the Formula 1 World Drivers' ChampionshipRINDT5Down35 Celtic tribe whom Boudica led in an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman EmpireICENI5Down36 The season of EpiphanyTWELFTHTIDE11Down37 Irish singer, from a well-known musical family, who played Sharon Rabbitte in the 1991 film The CommitmentsANDREACORR10Down39 Order of insects which includes beetles and weevilsCOLEOPTERA10Down42 Town in West Sussex designated a new town in 1956CRAWLEY7Down43 Gout of the foot or big toePODAGRA7Down45 The capital of TanzaniaDODOMA6Down48 A drug that causes vomitingEMETIC6Down49 A very small big-eared nocturnal fox inhabiting deserts of N Africa and ArabiaFENNEC6Down50 North American Mennonite sect featured in the 1985 Peter Weir film WitnessAMISH5Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, March 14, 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.