The Independent Crossword March 22 2026 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 22 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 50 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
See noteWESTERNFRONT12Across1
Eccentric newspaper hack everyone follows aboutOFFTHEWALL10Across1
Appear keen to serve venison one day?FAWN4Across7
FrightenedSCARED6Across8
Watch dog, say, beginning to splash through wee in ParisPETSIT6Across9
Edible molluscOYSTER6Across9
Pavement edgeKERB4Across10
Patient alert, not wanderingTOLERANT8Across10
?ANTERIOR8Across11
Spooner's family all named after original matriarch, a queenANNEOFCLEVES12Across11
Accompaniment to a main courseSIDEORDER9Across12
Hunting trip mostly free of risk and very drySAFARI6Across13
Facing outONSTRIKE8Across14
Mathematician telephoned Euler's number after delayLAGRANGE8Across16
?TRUEGRIT8Across17
Stormy piece by Joplin with one sharp?RAGING6Across18
Natural satelliteMOON4Across19
Hunt traitor with likely winner outside kept apartSEQUESTRATED12Across20
BoldnessDARING6Across20
?FACADE6Across21
?THESEARCHERS12Across22
Royal Marine crosses Roman road in high spiritsJOVIALLY8Across23
Was an idler after golf given coat then fired?GLAZED6Across24
In centre of Paris, level area for Notre-Dame?ISLE4Across25
Peel apart, eat lime and bananasDELAMINATE10Across26
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Move supply of iron by crossing lakeFLEX4Down2
Go beyondEXCEED6Down2
Fried tortilla drunk flipped with cry of accomplishmentTOSTADA7Down3
PulsateTHROB5Down3
E.g. more time for homework available after turning sixteenEXTENSION9Down4
Time-consuming bureaucracyREDTAPE7Down4
A starry role, with moon involved?ASTRONOMERROYAL15Down5
Angling accessoryFLOAT5Down5
Shade of flowering tree in India, during visit to northLILAC5Down6
WatchOBSERVE7Down6
Avoid terror gripping globeFORBEAR7Down7
Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Down7
Women given orders by nice young wizardWUNDERKIND10Down8
Gaunt head of operations keeping rogue state and America apartCADAVEROUS10Down12
ListITEMISE7Down13
Wheel animalculeROTIFER7Down14
Person skipping schoolTRUANT6Down15
Plan huge upset after kick-off, moving right upSTRATAGEM9Down15
CogitatePONDER6Down16
Turn money into Euro abroadROUTINE7Down17
ScoundrelROGUE5Down18
Hateful gin has one turning to rum in the morningGODDAMN7Down19
Hebrew prophetMICAH5Down19
Incredibly, cap's all made of the same materialSOLID5Down21
Attend course for policeBEAT4Down22
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, March 22, 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.