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The Independent Crossword March 19 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 19 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 51 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#
ShapeFORM4Across1 Friendly king leaves before I turn blueINDIGO6Across1 Hop-drying kilnOAST4Across4 Male adrift in a boat somewhere in CanadaMANITOBA8Across5 Mental capacityINTELLIGENCE12Across8 ProtectGUARD5Across9 Company, calm and dignified, wants money for medical assistanceFIRSTAID8Across9 Ultimate consumerENDUSER7Across10 Thus far Fox media's right to back terms of current ceasefireTODATE6Across10 Reagan nearly condemned British politicianANGELARAYNER12Across11 DisregardIGNORE6Across12 Jump from dog without leadOXER4Across13 Bloodsucking insectBEDBUG6Across14 Victor's engaged in old language when abroadOVERSEAS8Across14 Monkey business is done here including some that's criminalMARMOSET8Across17 Voted inELECTED7Across17 Military alliance using vehicles that won't startAXIS4Across18 LessMINUS5Across19 Ironmonger's speeds across a road initially worrying, having obstructed police from the startHARDWARESHOP12Across20 Self-ruleINDEPENDENCE12Across20 PresentGIFT4Across21 HairlessBALD4Across22 Potter with headless reptile?WIZARD6Across23 Tribute to Ruby (AI modified)OBITUARY8Across24 Person carrying weapon like a banditONEARMED8Across25 Secretary ultimately relied on essential part of phoneKEYPAD6Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Nick's one wearing nothingNAIL4Down2 LubricatedOILED5Down2 Fashionable males may be on itINSTAGRAM9Down3 Horse that hasn't won a raceMAIDEN6Down3 Fruit from Algerian port, say, sent backORANGE6Down4 LateOVERDUE7Down4 Unexciting and generally dangerous to walk hereMIDDLEOFTHEROAD15Down5 Hosiery itemsSOCKS5Down5 Officials whose birthdays for sure aren't in the last week of March or the first two of AprilNOTARIES8Down6 Alter in appearanceDISGUISE8Down6 President Roosevelt's undergarmentTEDDY5Down7 Draw tightSTRAIN6Down7 Film star's diabetes variant's limitations should be dealt withBETTEDAVIS10Down8 List of namesREGISTER8Down11 Dig old wine? Crazy on it!EXCAVATION10Down12 SanctuaryRETREAT7Down13 Yellow-skinned fruitBANANA6Down15 Time a backbencher, say, gets involved in study about taxationSTAMPDUTY9Down15 Part of speechADVERB6Down16 Faith maybe will protect swimmer in river structureASWANDAM8Down16 ListlessnessENNUI5Down18 The first person in film to make you crySHRIEK6Down19 ArchetypeMODEL5Down19 Drive the core of hostile Palestinians to cause tragedy?DRAMA5Down21 Excerpt from Ariadne auf NaxosARIA4Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, March 19, 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.