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The Independent Crossword March 18 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 18 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 58 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#
Biblical ark builderNOAH4Across1 Rough man carries bladesHOARSE6Across1 BarrierFENCE5Across4 Want footwear imprinted with right labelSHORTAGE8Across5 Sports officialREFEREE7Across8 Aristo abroad has set no clear limits on returningCONTESSA8Across9 GlobalWORLD5Across9 Family member housed in back street digsTAUNTS6Across10 CompelFORCE5Across10 Cut of beefSIRLOIN7Across11 Sir Patrick, one hears? Rather, Sir ThomasMORE4Across11 Make outDISTINGUISH11Across12 Suspicious phone call about drug packaging, that's clearCELLOPHANE10Across12 Sickly Martha's lacking resistance to conditionASTHMA6Across13 Blazing with the oxygen injected at extreme temperatureWHITEHOT8Across15 Naval commanderADMIRAL7Across17 Rejection of novel by unknown ultimately unfair, journalist complainedYAMMERED8Across18 First appearanceDEBUT5Across19 Sand hillsDUNES5Across21 TreatmentTHERAPY7Across22 Toboggan, impeded by damp, losing rear end, spun awkwardlySLEWED6Across22 FoeENEMY5Across23 Before longSOON4Across24 Yes, sir, Cath's misbehaving with tongue, sticking it outSTAYINGTHECOURSE16Across24 Drove ball, umpire's call abruptly being reversedCUED4Across26 See 24STAYINGTHECOURSE16Across27 Friendly hintINTIMATE8Across28 Henry and Brunel will stop Carol and Bob onceSHILLING8Across29 Comeback by Red Queen, a cutting remarkRETORT6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ProposalOFFER5Down2 Humming birds long ago heading off across border into Peru, finallyODOROUS7Down2 ReapHARVEST7Down3 Again join three notes togetherRETIE5Down3 Not as manyFEWER5Down4 Taps into uncomplicated atmosphere that offers comfortEASYCHAIR9Down4 Highly-strungNERVOUS7Down5 Neck down covering for offspring of this?SWALLOW7Down5 Bars to close, maybe, in unfashionable, half-demolished thoroughfareOUTRO5Down6 ConclusionENDING6Down6 Yuck! That is excessively short up top, generating something hardTOUGHIE7Down7 CharacterPERSONALITY11Down7 Come to like DonGETINTO7Down8 Break in friendly relationsRIFT4Down8 MassiveIMMENSE7Down13 Cat's backside cleared of parasiteTOM3Down14 DisrobeUNDRESS7Down14 Golfer's assistantCADDIE6Down15 RemainSTAY4Down16 One investigating report of local ghost?INSPECTOR9Down16 Grant possibly rumoured to be cutHEW3Down17 Out of practiceRUSTY5Down18 Fantastic, but dated, hotel encapsulates old classical cityANTIOCH7Down19 Demo slashed by 40%, overlooked by county, concerning local bigwigMAYORAL7Down20 Well done!BRAVO5Down20 Absorbing times doing what results in ...?DOTTING7Down21 Horsewoman always accepts direction given by conservationistsEVENTER7Down23 Dave blowing top in tight spotsNAEVI5Down25 Cost nearly something astronomicalCOMET5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, March 18, 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.