The Independent Crossword October 10 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 111 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 10 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Game up here when the shooting starts?101 AcrossReveal answer → Headlong plunge41 AcrossReveal answer → Cause pain to43 AcrossReveal answer → Little bit pale, lacking energy46 AcrossReveal answer → Constellation that contains Sirius, the brightest star in the sky107 AcrossReveal answer → The largest port in Germany78 AcrossReveal answer → The majority48 AcrossReveal answer → Beneficence89 AcrossReveal answer → 2011 French film that won a Best Picture Oscar910 AcrossReveal answer → Performer's body of work1010 AcrossReveal answer → Having big mouth, little fish eats bass510 AcrossReveal answer → Trace wrong steering component over the radio911 AcrossReveal answer → Champagne bottle612 AcrossReveal answer → Pieces of silver handled by disciples?1312 AcrossReveal answer → Inconsequential tinkering after volume decreases814 AcrossReveal answer → Anticipate614 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish poet whose works include A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle1314 AcrossReveal answer → A publisher's emblem on a book816 AcrossReveal answer → Writing desk1016 AcrossReveal answer → Group hanky-panky? Offensive616 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish Championship football club based at Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy1117 AcrossReveal answer → Small number working for a European royal position618 AcrossReveal answer → Cocktail of tequila, lemon or lime juice, and an orange-flavoured liqueur919 AcrossReveal answer → Brass instrument820 AcrossReveal answer → Meets costs820 AcrossReveal answer → A long way off421 AcrossReveal answer → A Muslim form of salutation consisting of a deep bow with the right palm on the forehead621 AcrossReveal answer → Ground opal, the former material for shiny ornamentation1322 AcrossReveal answer → Abominable snowman422 AcrossReveal answer → Jean Auguste Dominique ___, French painter whose works include La Grande Odalisque623 AcrossReveal answer → Depend423 AcrossReveal answer → English celebrity chef who opened his first seafood restaurant in Padstow in 1975924 AcrossReveal answer → 8 exploded, blowing top - as once happened here?926 AcrossReveal answer → My lord takes horse, a mighty steed527 AcrossReveal answer → Fool in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night527 AcrossReveal answer → Healthy locations permit cycling428 AcrossReveal answer → A circular coral reef or string of coral islands surrounding a lagoon528 AcrossReveal answer → Leave audible interconnected trail, perhaps, for sharp-eared predator1029 AcrossReveal answer → Horse that won the 1976 Grand National830 AcrossReveal answer → Irish radio and TV broadcaster who died in 20161032 AcrossReveal answer → Device on a firearm that responds to the slightest stimulus1133 AcrossReveal answer → See 71034 AcrossReveal answer → Shrub of the dogbane family, with lance-shaped leathery leaves and ornate red or white flowers837 AcrossReveal answer → See 321038 AcrossReveal answer → Village in Bradford that is home to the Bradford Bulls539 AcrossReveal answer → A yacht or other boat with twin hulls941 AcrossReveal answer → Small Madagascan mammal resembling a hedgehog or shrew642 AcrossReveal answer → Film director son of David Bowie whose films include Moon and Source Code1145 AcrossReveal answer → US frontiersman, trapper, scout and Indian agent after whom the state capital of Nevada is named947 AcrossReveal answer → American actress and comedian who eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 19401149 AcrossReveal answer → Stage name of a Dutch exotic dancer executed as a German spy in World War I851 AcrossReveal answer → The first man on the moon1353 AcrossReveal answer → BBC current affairs programme launched in 1980955 AcrossReveal answer → A 2002 novel by Iain Banks about a radio DJ756 AcrossReveal answer → See 451157 AcrossReveal answer →

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Let fall41 DownReveal answer → Old Bet's touch of grey heralds advancing years41 DownReveal answer → Indian actress, food and travel writer and TV personality named a CBE in 2004131 DownReveal answer → The large Indian antelope Boselaphus tragocamelus62 DownReveal answer → In agreement with director's position72 DownReveal answer → Old soldier72 DownReveal answer → In Indian cookery, a method of cooking meat or vegetables in a clay oven83 DownReveal answer → Choosy, asks selection to be held up for approval53 DownReveal answer → Disconcert74 DownReveal answer → Cookware for, possibly, Tommy and Mike, arranged in small sets84 DownReveal answer → BBC children's television series about a yellow vintage car, originally narrated by Toyah Willcox44 DownReveal answer → Ballroom dance55 DownReveal answer → Offer view, needing essentially too long55 DownReveal answer → 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Emlyn Williams145 DownReveal answer → Omit46 DownReveal answer → Labour Party politician who became the UK's first black Cabinet Minister in 2002116 DownReveal answer → Reportedly sank putt on, say, eighteenth and last77 DownReveal answer → Flightless bird77 DownReveal answer → Organised demo embraces nothing to support Trump's lead in changing States108 DownReveal answer → Bit of sticking plaster for shredding equipment used in office89 DownReveal answer → Distinguished musician711 DownReveal answer → First name used by the American actress born Nathalie Kay Hedren511 DownReveal answer → Country in central Europe whose capital is Bratislava812 DownReveal answer → See 431213 DownReveal answer → Is personification of India featured in free-form poems I set?1013 DownReveal answer → Apportion713 DownReveal answer → Church dignitary715 DownReveal answer → American rapper born Stanley Kirk Burrell in 1962815 DownReveal answer → Knight, behold, impaling one with double-edged blade815 DownReveal answer → Card game517 DownReveal answer → Photo capturing 50 wearing certain religious apparel817 DownReveal answer → Wild goat418 DownReveal answer → Scottish folk rock band best known for the song Stuck in the Middle with You1318 DownReveal answer → Simple419 DownReveal answer → Approximate time for filling area round building719 DownReveal answer → The capital of Turkey620 DownReveal answer → Wipe out impact of yen in full meltdown721 DownReveal answer → 2008 Baz Luhrmann film starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman922 DownReveal answer → Held over using methamphetamine523 DownReveal answer → No right to claim an advantage524 DownReveal answer → Spy uncovered by people in 50s, maybe425 DownReveal answer → Actor best known for playing Sam Malone in the US sitcom Cheers925 DownReveal answer → Enormous spider in J K Rowling's Harry Potter stories626 DownReveal answer → 1964 Richard Lester film featuring The Beatles1428 DownReveal answer → A mechanical model of the solar system629 DownReveal answer → Member of Oasis who formed his High Flying Birds in 20101331 DownReveal answer → The capital of Cuba635 DownReveal answer → TV comedy-drama series starring James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson and Fay Ripley836 DownReveal answer → The second most expensive property on a UK Monopoly board840 DownReveal answer → Author best known for Watership Down1243 DownReveal answer → Country whose capital is Bogotá844 DownReveal answer → Amadou ___, Senegal-born Belgian international defensive midfielder who joined Aston Villa from Everton in 2024546 DownReveal answer → 1894 opera by Jules Massenet best known for the entr'acte for violin and orchestra Méditation548 DownReveal answer → There are 100 in an Israeli shekel650 DownReveal answer → The largest continent452 DownReveal answer → A wild goat with large backward-curving horns454 DownReveal answer →

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