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The Independent Crossword March 15 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 15 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 57 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#
Who's in pub besetting teetotal European?BATTER6Across1 See noteWEEPINGFIG10Across1 Corks regularly seen around Fitzgerald's booze-filled rooms?CELLARS7Across4 AgainstVERSUS6Across8 ?BANYAN6Across9 Massive fan of sci-fi endorsing BanksFIEND5Across9 Malarial feverAGUE4Across10 Be attracted to eccentric with a willLIKECRAZY9Across10 Former world heavyweight boxing championJOELOUIS8Across11 John Cleese's latest two characters complete special BBC radio showLOOSEENDS9Across11 Sleeps around, initially eschewing drugSPIKE5Across12 ?SOBBING7Across12 Turn over waffleGOON4Across13 Pinch MiniLITTLE6Across14 Room accommodating squatters?GYM3Across16 BacteriumBACILLUS8Across17 Height of Boeing occasionally overlookedBEN3Across19 Welsh emblemLEEK4Across20 ?CRYING6Across21 Roasting chicken, having removed its headEARFUL6Across21 ?PEEPUL6Across22 Youth essentially brightening poet's eveningTEEN4Across22 UnintentionalACCIDENTAL10Across23 Son finishing off dull hour in school lessonMATHS5Across25 Get a shirt undone — one buttoned-upTIGHTARSE9Across26 Broadcast satisfactory, assume a haughty mannerPUTONAIRS9Across27 Partly flat, Hindu's wooden weaponLATHI5Across28 Party brought about noise next to golf coursePUDDING7Across29 Neither finishing much, each having twisted part of gutCAECUM6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Incoherent talk from a loud female on feeding baby cut shortBAFFLEGAB9Down1 Tool REM deployed for musical effectTREMOLO7Down2 Come outEMERGE6Down2 OwnPOSSESS7Down3 Dust devils? Large maybe, then smallEDDIES6Down3 Rhinoplasty (Informal)NOSEJOB7Down4 Patisserie items are wrapped in piece of cling filmCAKES5Down4 Rugby player huffs over tight formationLOCKSTEP8Down5 Short moral storyFABLE5Down5 Shocking, American's scorn undermining male in support groupAMAZING7Down6 Hooknosed MuppetGONZO5Down6 E.g. exhausted live stand-up comedian from Liverpool?SAYLE5Down7 Culinary herbBASIL5Down7 More close-fitting silken pants I must wear with RomeoSLINKIER8Down8 Wishy-washyINSIPID7Down13 Large sailing shipGALLEON7Down14 Mother-of-pearlNACRE5Down15 Like a rough gust, high on the rocksTHUGGISH8Down15 JellyfishMEDUSA6Down16 Habit of guy, beginning to moan when interrupted by flipping alarmMANNERISM9Down17 Balearic islandIBIZA5Down18 Beatles movie mostly set on island somewhere in FinlandHELSINKI8Down18 ReasoningLOGIC5Down19 Scored ten at Old Trafford in the end — fantastic!NOTATED7Down20 Unpredictable Clapton perhaps covering Supergrass?ERRATIC7Down23 McCartney possibly excellent right awaySTELLA6Down24 Tidy mess made by Englishman in Australia, as it wereMOPUP5Down25 Weak and ultimately disappointing cup of teaTHING5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, March 15, 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.