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The Independent Crossword March 4 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 4 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 55 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#
AmphibianNEWT4Across1 Number one more than ten: 11TWELVE6Across1 Flightless birdRHEA4Across3 11’s special flowerSPOUSE6Across4 Old soldierVETERAN7Across7 ArticlesITEMS5Across8 Audibly welcome Mr Kelly’s sanitary practicesHYGIENE7Across8 Legions’ fermented spiritSLOEGIN7Across9 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Across10 Dictaphone consumables PA used recklessly – tiny bit stuck insideAUDIOTAPES10Across10 OrientalEASTERN7Across11 Catchphrase from heavy-going books, setter falls for solver in the secondTOMETOYOU9Across12 UpkeepMAINTENANCE11Across13 Maximum allowed to increase tenfold, essentiallyLIMIT5Across13 Citizen from old city thorn in one’s side it’s assumedURBANITE8Across14 Suggestion hotel and university done with redevelopmentINNUENDO8Across16 Small coinsPENNIES7Across17 Antique trousered by Yorkshire licenseeRELIC5Across18 Wallpaper adhesivePASTE5Across19 11 or 12 February?DATE4Across20 Furniture itemTABLE5Across20 Briefly fume before violent rumbleSEETHROUGH10Across21 Come to understandREALISE7Across22 Start to loathe snakes and their game counterpartsLADDERS7Across23 Foot partHEEL4Across23 Prize fighter rubs one the wrong way, generous at heartBRUISER7Across24 Matted fabricFELT4Across24 Department of Defense withdrawing registration for one shirking draft, sayDODGER6Across25 Climb advanced trailASCENT6Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
See 12ATOMETOYOU9Down1 BeginnerNOVICE6Down1 Snobbery in English literature is minimal at firstELITISM7Down2 IntrovertedWITHDRAWN9Down2 Card game score for Pierre – 11VINGTETUN9Down3 Means of controlREINS5Down3 Hole in a needleEYE3Down4 Fur rugs and throwsPELTS5Down5 Rehearsal (Informal)DRYRUN6Down5 Left American baseball team maybe, 11, following one to OrleansUNEATEN7Down6 NeedlessUNNECESSARY11Down6 Puzzling new game I cracked – triumphant at last I see!ENIGMATIC9Down7 Quartz grainsSAND4Down9 Companion poorly – no pulsePLUSONE7Down11 ImmoderateEXCESSIVE9Down12 Help learner to complete round of whistLENDAHAND9Down13 Power to attractAPPEAL6Down14 Catch sight ofSPOT4Down15 Hospital grasping cleaning lady’s figuresBARCHARTS9Down15 ChooseSELECT6Down16 Greatly affected writer kidnapped by shifty dudeUPENDED7Down17 PerfectIDEAL5Down18 Give a hero’s welcome to rugby team winning international and latest bit of silverwareLIONISE7Down19 InsectBEE3Down21 Loose rock formation in dangerous creekSCREE5Down21 11 oddly glum, expressionless, exhausted and close to exitGUEST5Down22

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, March 4, 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.