The Independent Crossword March 23 2026 Answers
Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 23 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 56 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#
Quarrel spanning hundred and ten years expelling leader who's out of touch?SPACECADET10Across1
Knitting yarnWOOL4Across1
DropFALL4Across3
Take part in school sports sickDOPE4Across7
HibernianIRISH5Across7
PhotocopiedXEROXED7Across8
Where Spooner's entertaining with something to eat?BUNFIGHT8Across9
Soon let's hope for solution to BOROLLON6Across10
Spanish drinkSANGRIA7Across10
Shared bit of content egotist's mantra?MEME4Across11
SurpassEXCEL5Across11
Refuse containersRUBBISHBINS11Across12
Fine for driving Tory Howard when drunkROADWORTHY10Across12
Bird following two big signs hit the roofLOSTIT6Across14
Casually plan suit without head of unionNUPTIAL7Across16
Bay windowORIEL5Across17
Picture representing key field essential to agricultureTABLEAU7Across18
Rice noodle dishPADTHAI7Across19
Give me a break quietly when shelter checksPLEASE6Across20
European politician fills in words of Conservative expecting obediencePEREMPTORY10Across21
MentionBRINGUP7Across21
MistakeERROR5Across22
Average broadcasts for audienceSOSO4Across23
River islandEYOT4Across23
ScorchCHAR4Across24
Accept better offer than that of leader with university course change withdrawnGAZUMP6Across25
Glorified marriage commitment created falsehood to protect sonIDOLISED8Across27
Variety show that's disappointing group of stars reportedlyOLIO4Across28
Prodigy's flaw ultimately: not good enough!WUNDERKIND10Across29
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Flight of fancyWHIMSY6Down1
Break hands on the blowerPAUSE5Down2
Pungent bulbONION5Down2
Wire securing pedal in furnitureCOFFEETABLE11Down3
SmithyFORGE5Down3
Desperately target ice burnCIGARETTE9Down4
DictionaryLEXICON7Down4
Get off updated version of Tinder adult breaksDETRAIN7Down5
AngelCHERUB6Down5
Shy hostTHROW5Down6
Car partEXHAUSTPIPE11Down6
Left bill over dishDAL3Down7
Potentially feature mistakes of learner overwhelmed by street hazardsPLOTHOLES9Down8
Culinary herbDILL4Down9
UsefulnessUTILITY7Down13
According to instruction, knits article or object?RAISEASTINK11Down13
CorpsesBODIES6Down14
Now likely later to become illONTHENAIL9Down15
Burial placeTOMB4Down15
Looking glassMIRROR6Down16
Teen's crushing score of zero after pressure at university exhausted possiblyPUPPYLOVE9Down17
Not heavyLIGHT5Down18
Having plans for Nirvana, Kurt regularly moving over to front of instrumentUTOPIAN7Down19
SevereHARSH5Down20
Fruit from food for baby that I find adorablePAPAW5Down22
I sent ugly mugSTEIN5Down24
Beauford stocks rarely-seen transportUFO3Down26
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, March 23, 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.