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The Independent Crossword March 20 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 20 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
Whip Australian into courtCAT3Across1 TallHIGH4Across1 Unit of heredityGENE4Across3 Old man to understand about rupees and francsGRANDFATHER11Across3 Let downDISAPPOINTED12Across7 SkilledADEPT5Across9 A choice of ways forward when bringing in one cropMAIZE5Across9 Ill-advised mug died horribly, touring islandMISGUIDED9Across10 Have nothing to do with loveDUCK4Across11 AnxiousFRETFUL7Across11 Burlesque act - parties set to be enlivenedSTRIPTEASE10Across12 Sailors' songSHANTY6Across12 Against fastening on edge, like some earrings?CLIPON6Across14 Deer's branched hornANTLER6Across14 Wind-player popular when in drinkCLARINET8Across15 Outstanding paymentsARREARS7Across15 Good quantity of wine in pub for wind-playerBAGPIPER8Across17 CriminalTHIEF5Across17 Savoury meat pasteLIVERSAUSAGE12Across19 Drinks almost all of pitcher and gets coldJUICES6Across19 SurrenderCEDE4Across21 Gaming stakeANTE4Across22 Gloomy cellar - push for redecorationSEPULCHRAL10Across22 University series providing enjoyment of rightUSER4Across24 Cut off very large signal? Is blocking thatOSTRACISE9Across26 Most of border invaded by American intelligenceBRAIN5Across27 Carol’s husband among our men treated in hospiceNURSINGHOME11Across28 Detectives heading off? AgreedYES3Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RapidityHASTE5Down1 Funny to arrive and risk missing end of gameCOMEDIC7Down1 Narrow openingGAP3Down2 Tense description of midnight activity of bird-watchersTWITCHING9Down2 BiscuitGINGERNUT9Down3 Wind, Eastern, expressing a sort of airGLEE4Down3 Takes responsibility for posters put around Cambridge UniversityADMITS6Down4 NecessaryNEEDFUL7Down4 Dada-inspired movement of French - this is just loony at the outsetDESTIJL7Down5 To a tiresome extentADNAUSEAM9Down5 SportGOLF4Down6 Attracted by wife-swapping? Naughtily aroused - and ultimately participating!ADULTEROUS10Down6 Monster - English writer almost entirely upsetHYDRA5Down7 Poorly earthed – rather high temperatureREDHEAT7Down8 Made clearCLARIFIED9Down8 Private chatTETEATETE9Down10 Flight companyAIRLINE7Down13 Italian painter floundering amid oil and ginMODIGLIANI10Down13 Attachment to airship – concern with end dropping offCAR3Down15 Ornamental bandSASH4Down16 Obligatory rise in desire, receiving moving caressNECESSARY9Down16 Wind-player’s a fool, opening giftBASSOON7Down17 Resonant house in city in GabonECHOING7Down18 FuriousIRATE5Down18 VaseURN3Down20 Police operations involving Republican? They’re pulled by those in powerSTRINGS7Down20 Garden feature? Regard common garden shrub being trimmedGAZEBO6Down21 Early religious leader’s time imprisoned by LordPETER5Down23 Tramps uncovered organ stopOBOE4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, March 20, 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.