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The Independent Crossword March 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 16 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 61 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#
Drank heavily back in warehouseDEPOT5Across1 Female swanPEN3Across1 RamTUP3Across3 Skins from litchi dessertsHIDES5Across4 Basic training areaBOOTCAMP8Across7 Gatsby maybe has love for American happinessJOY3Across7 ImpelURGE4Across8 Turn intoBECOME6Across9 Prospect first seen in VirginiaVISTA5Across9 Talk about Indian vegetableSAG3Across10 Reddish metalCOPPER6Across10 Greek attorney's originally in courtATTIC5Across11 Set upESTABLISH9Across11 Lady's way about debate that's most urbaneSMOOTHEST9Across12 English allow Conservative to enter voteELECT5Across13 Oscar's on edge but not very tiresomeONEROUS7Across14 Boy eats last of butter fatLARD4Across16 Financial officerBURSAR6Across16 HelixSPIRAL6Across18 Skin disorderACNE4Across19 Leaders of British Empire attending debutante ballBEAD4Across19 Every yearANNUALLY8Across20 PlaythingTOY3Across21 Presents in LimboNOWHERE7Across21 Dried grassHAY3Across22 Award by group in Nebraskan cityOMAHA5Across24 Noel Coward play about Glen arresting villainCAVALCADE9Across25 Cognoscenti regularly avoided attackONSET5Across27 Artist - one lacking pulseDAL3Across28 Load carried by French snail?CARGO5Across29 The old Welsh coniferYEW3Across30 Bluey's friend is out of conditionRUSTY5Across31 See posh car shunting into railway truckLORRY5Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AppropriatePROPER6Down1 Detective's dream departmentDIVISION8Down1 CountriesNATIONS7Down2 Change part of play in religious festivalPASSOVER8Down2 CharacteristicTYPICAL7Down3 Reportedly followed theological issue?TRACT5Down3 War criminal cuddles East German hospitality workerHOSTESS7Down4 ChubbyPLUMP5Down4 Garden toolRAKE4Down5 Like Italian gangster’s choice of camera?DIGITAL7Down5 ConcurAGREE5Down6 Outstanding figure in their fieldSCARECROW9Down6 West Side gang returning note for high fliersJETSET6Down7 Rope raised holding chain for boatsYACHTS6Down8 By nowALREADY7Down12 Iron-rich vegetableSPINACH7Down13 Midday mealLUNCH5Down14 Cereal plantBARLEY6Down15 Arrest OAP dancing with Bryn Terfel?OPERASTAR9Down15 PerspirationSWEAT5Down17 One going to mechanic?REPAIRER8Down17 Of sound mindSANE4Down18 Church and state introducing more organised ritualCEREMONY8Down18 Immoral books hidden by society for years and yearsDECADES7Down20 Creativity of work on limits of theologyNOVELTY7Down21 Waste processing facility's supported by Yankee groupCOLONY6Down22 "Keep Calm and Carry On", say, in capital city!WARSAW6Down23 Presumably healthy place to drinkLOCAL5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, March 16, 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.