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The Independent Crossword March 21 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 117 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 21 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 117 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#
Extremely venomous marine invertebrate belonging to the class CubozoaBOXJELLYFISH12Across1 KnowledgeLORE4Across1 EnsnaredCAUGHT6Across3 Italian dessertTIRAMISU8Across7 17 Across in Don Quixote, say?BULLSHITTER11Across7 InterBURY4Across8 Spanish striker who joined Chelsea from Barcelona in 2024 and joined Sunderland on a season-long loan in 2025MARCGUIU8Across8 TactlessINDISCREET10Across9 'emp remainsASH3Across9 Monkey shaving head of chicken or mouseIMP3Across10 Scribe has wit, or funny 7 Across?ERICBRISTOW11Across11 Scottish dishHAGGIS6Across11 Evergreen gilt-edged artist, initial on cruciverbal melodyARAUCARIA9Across12 RememberRECALL6Across13 Interviewer who wrote a series of children's books about The WoofitsMICHAELPARKINSON16Across13 A group or series of nineENNEAD6Across14 Pound notes and the euros for gambler, all in the middleTHROB5Across14 Old name for a straight thrust in fencingSTOCCATA8Across15 Desolate areaWILDERNESS10Across15 A drink knocked back, one guzzled in the Crown and Sceptre, say?REGALIA7Across16 Tree of the genus Diospyros that has hard dark woodEBONY5Across17 Deliverer of final thrust in business portal for the auditor?MATADOR7Across17 Popular name for The Ballad of Barry and Freda by Victoria WoodLETSDOIT8Across18 Clenched handFIST4Across19 A little belch as mouth openingCHASM5Across20 ChampioningESPOUSAL8Across20 North American term for beggingPANHANDLING11Across20 British boxer who won the WBC Light Heavyweight crown in 1974JOHNCONTEH10Across21 VitalityENERGY6Across21 Canvas shelterTENT4Across22 Alter and snip off subheadingSTRAPLINE9Across23 In conversation, manipulate PM, 7 Across?JOCKYWILSON11Across24 Highly seasoned smoked beefPASTRAMI8Across24 Old fox from period looking back?TOD3Across26 Charge Native Americans in hearing?SUE3Across27 The second largest city in IranISFAHAN7Across27 First missing, luck diminished for 7 Across?LUKELITTLER11Across28 City in N Italy on the Adige RiverTRENTO6Across29 Night constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing who declares that "comparisons are odorous"DOGBERRY8Across30 Character in the TV series Supernatural played by Jensen AcklesDEANWINCHESTER14Across31 Subtitle of The Gold Diggers' Song from the film Gold Diggers of 1933WEREINTHEMONEY14Across34 Street parade with music, which occurs in many towns across The Bahamas on Boxing Day and New Year's DayJUNKANOO8Across36 Ancient Greek city on Mount Parnassus that was the site of the most famous oracle of ApolloDELPHI6Across37 Type of tongueless shoe with lacing up the instepGHILLIE7Across40 Religion at the heart of Bellini's opera NormaDRUIDISM8Across41 Crater on Mercury that overlays the rim of the Vyasa craterSTRAVINSKY10Across42 Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for AfflictionJAMESCOBURN11Across43 US state whose capital is DenverCOLORADO8Across47 Dry-cured ham from SpainJAMON5Across50 The only man to have twice won all four Grand Slam tennis singles titles in the same yearRODLAVER8Across51 1944 Billy Wilder film starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G RobinsonDOUBLEINDEMNITY15Across52 1916 song by W C Handy named after a place in Memphis, TennesseeBEALESTREETBLUES16Across54 German for 'good day'GUTENTAG8Across56 Traditional author of the first GospelSAINTMATTHEW12Across57

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Allies, after uprising, shot deadSLAPBANG8Down1 DenLAIR4Down1 Simian berk monkeying around for brief periods abroad, sayMINIBREAKS10Down2 A broad sash tied in a large flat bow at the back, worn by Japanese women and children as part of the national costumeOBI3Down2 Mobile phone facilityROAMING7Down2 4 Down short of the stuff of 7 Across in buttSTUB4Down3 Suffolk-born Romantic painter whose works include Dedham Vale and The Hay WainJOHNCONSTABLE13Down3 WarshipCRUISER7Down3 Hunt perhaps passing through Stuttgart is thrillingARTIST6Down4 The third largest city in LatviaLIEPAJA7Down4 Earth pigmentUMBER5Down4 1909 song by John H Flynn and Will D Cobb sung by Jeanette MacDonald in the film Broadway SerenadeYIPIADDYIAY11Down5 Diver referring to classic flipsDARTER6Down5 Large insectHORSEFLY8Down5 VarietyKIND4Down6 Last on coach to occupy seat, I made it by a whisker!PHEW4Down6 Inhabitant of a country that came into being on May 14, 1948ISRAELI7Down6 Stuff article between baked item and loaf, both cutBRICABRAC9Down7 Chinese name for the Amur RiverHEILONGJIANG12Down7 Design short shelf filled with endless fishSTENCIL7Down8 Jazz standard written by pianist Erroll Garner in 1954MISTY5Down8 Adjective relating to the kidneysRENAL5Down9 Any of the regions in Ireland in which Irish Gaelic is the vernacular speechGAELTACHT9Down10 Cricket ground buildingPAVILION8Down10 Soft drink "made in Scotland from girders," according to its advertising campaignIRNBRU6Down11 MagicSORCERY7Down12 Pen name of the Burmese-born Scottish author H H MunroSAKI4Down12 Coming to the table, a show of strength as marines in war with steel at seaARMWRESTLE10Down13 OutfitCOSTUME7Down14 Local employee bound to stop tradeBARTENDER9Down15 1989 film starring Gregory Hines and featuring Sammy Davis Jr in his final film appearanceTAP3Down16 DiscourageDETER5Down16 Catch sight ofESPY4Down17 £100,000 prize fund put up for hairstyleTOPKNOT7Down18 Manner of walkingGAIT4Down18 In a particular way, battered tin wrapped in paperDAINTILY8Down19 In Greek mythology, the mother of Perseus by Zeus, who came to her in prison as a shower of goldDANAE5Down19 Actor born Marion Morrison in 1907JOHNWAYNE9Down21 Author, 7 across?ARCHER6Down21 Province of China between the Yangtze River and the Nan Ling MountainsHUNAN5Down22 Ephemeral thing could work?MAYFLY6Down22 French for "between us"ENTRENOUS9Down23 Flier into which slipped small jokeJEST4Down24 Yucky cookie, surface licked offICKY4Down25 2001 novel by Ian McEwanATONEMENT9Down25 Brother of Moses who stretched out his rod in order to bring on the first three plagues, in the Old TestamentAARON5Down26 See 52 AcrossDOUBLEINDEMNITY15Down27 Soft light woollen fabric with a slight napFLANNEL7Down28 A person who adheres to India's dominant religionHINDU5Down32 Group who topped the UK singles chart in 1983 with TrueSPANDAUBALLET13Down33 Peter ___, British theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate after whom the so-called God particle is namedHIGGS5Down35 English heavy metal band whose albums include Stained Class and British SteelJUDASPRIEST11Down36 Greek philosopher who founded the Academy in AthensPLATO5Down38 Family of plants that includes Gladiolus and CrocusIRIDACEAE9Down39 1972 play by Tom Stoppard that satirises academic philosophyJUMPERS7Down43 Gian Carlo ___, composer of the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night VisitorsMENOTTI7Down44 The muskrat speciesONDATRA7Down45 Simon ___, writer best known for creating the sitcom Men Behaving BadlyNYE3Down46 1847 Herman Melville novel subtitled A Narrative of the South SeasOMOO4Down48 Nontechnical name for the eye socketORBIT5Down49 See 7HEILONGJIANG12Down50 See 11IRNBRU6Down53 River that flows from near Simonsbath, Somerset, to Lyme BayEXE3Down55

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, March 21, 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.