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The Independent Crossword March 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 61 clues from the The Independent Crossword for March 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Drank heavily back in warehouse51 AcrossReveal answer → Female swan31 AcrossReveal answer → Ram33 AcrossReveal answer → Skins from litchi desserts54 AcrossReveal answer → Basic training area87 AcrossReveal answer → Gatsby maybe has love for American happiness37 AcrossReveal answer → Impel48 AcrossReveal answer → Turn into69 AcrossReveal answer → Prospect first seen in Virginia59 AcrossReveal answer → Talk about Indian vegetable310 AcrossReveal answer → Reddish metal610 AcrossReveal answer → Greek attorney's originally in court511 AcrossReveal answer → Set up911 AcrossReveal answer → Lady's way about debate that's most urbane912 AcrossReveal answer → English allow Conservative to enter vote513 AcrossReveal answer → Oscar's on edge but not very tiresome714 AcrossReveal answer → Boy eats last of butter fat416 AcrossReveal answer → Financial officer616 AcrossReveal answer → Helix618 AcrossReveal answer → Skin disorder419 AcrossReveal answer → Leaders of British Empire attending debutante ball419 AcrossReveal answer → Every year820 AcrossReveal answer → Plaything321 AcrossReveal answer → Presents in Limbo721 AcrossReveal answer → Dried grass322 AcrossReveal answer → Award by group in Nebraskan city524 AcrossReveal answer → Noel Coward play about Glen arresting villain925 AcrossReveal answer → Cognoscenti regularly avoided attack527 AcrossReveal answer → Artist - one lacking pulse328 AcrossReveal answer → Load carried by French snail?529 AcrossReveal answer → The old Welsh conifer330 AcrossReveal answer → Bluey's friend is out of condition531 AcrossReveal answer → See posh car shunting into railway truck532 AcrossReveal answer →

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Appropriate61 DownReveal answer → Detective's dream department81 DownReveal answer → Countries72 DownReveal answer → Change part of play in religious festival82 DownReveal answer → Characteristic73 DownReveal answer → Reportedly followed theological issue?53 DownReveal answer → War criminal cuddles East German hospitality worker74 DownReveal answer → Chubby54 DownReveal answer → Garden tool45 DownReveal answer → Like Italian gangster’s choice of camera?75 DownReveal answer → Concur56 DownReveal answer → Outstanding figure in their field96 DownReveal answer → West Side gang returning note for high fliers67 DownReveal answer → Rope raised holding chain for boats68 DownReveal answer → By now712 DownReveal answer → Iron-rich vegetable713 DownReveal answer → Midday meal514 DownReveal answer → Cereal plant615 DownReveal answer → Arrest OAP dancing with Bryn Terfel?915 DownReveal answer → Perspiration517 DownReveal answer → One going to mechanic?817 DownReveal answer → Of sound mind418 DownReveal answer → Church and state introducing more organised ritual818 DownReveal answer → Immoral books hidden by society for years and years720 DownReveal answer → Creativity of work on limits of theology721 DownReveal answer → Waste processing facility's supported by Yankee group622 DownReveal answer → "Keep Calm and Carry On", say, in capital city!623 DownReveal answer → Presumably healthy place to drink526 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, March 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.