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The Independent Crossword October 18 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 18 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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Recess61 AcrossReveal answer → Huge margins on suit paid for by Charles81 AcrossReveal answer → Lower part of an interior wall45 AcrossReveal answer → Foul-mouthed daughters wear your clothes66 AcrossReveal answer → Feverish69 AcrossReveal answer → Excited, since heading for Greece49 AcrossReveal answer → Run away to marry510 AcrossReveal answer → Software glitch on drone registered in 2001 inverted cant1010 AcrossReveal answer → Caprice411 AcrossReveal answer → Assassin's not at all sweet unless on vacation611 AcrossReveal answer → ?812 AcrossReveal answer → Foul tide swirling in the deep813 AcrossReveal answer → Type of car1113 AcrossReveal answer → Spouse off booze taking single small beer outside, then another1414 AcrossReveal answer → See note816 AcrossReveal answer → London Eye?1416 AcrossReveal answer → Slide out of control419 AcrossReveal answer → Medical professional with Tesla breaking heart for little red sportscar?820 AcrossReveal answer → Strong fire521 AcrossReveal answer → Puzzle for UK a Kuwaiti has smuggled over622 AcrossReveal answer → Go away! (Informal)622 AcrossReveal answer → Skin eruption423 AcrossReveal answer → Huge growth ruined Saudi golf, ending in disaster1023 AcrossReveal answer → ?624 AcrossReveal answer → Worry line on neck425 AcrossReveal answer → Offer to release new tune in advance626 AcrossReveal answer → Music festival in Morpeth's flourishing827 AcrossReveal answer →

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Bug terribly hot it admits, being drawn to flame92 DownReveal answer → ?52 DownReveal answer → Warmer in bed in close relationship73 DownReveal answer → Low padded seat73 DownReveal answer → Sort of angle without apex34 DownReveal answer → Former prisoner54 DownReveal answer → Wellington perhaps back from Waterloo, tense beneath lady's fingers75 DownReveal answer → Spooner's slice will astound participant in rally116 DownReveal answer → Up above56 DownReveal answer → People Scot might not like trashing his glen77 DownReveal answer → Late77 DownReveal answer → Two rivers in the country58 DownReveal answer → Recluse68 DownReveal answer → Farm out west of Chippewa on land with reserve to the north1112 DownReveal answer → ?713 DownReveal answer → Cricket team614 DownReveal answer → Variety of rice715 DownReveal answer → Ray reportedly sleeps with a smile915 DownReveal answer → Wherewithal517 DownReveal answer → Video game company very upset faced with artist's terrible effects717 DownReveal answer → Disprove518 DownReveal answer → Castle suitable for jerks?718 DownReveal answer → Result in: Spooner's not genuine choice for James Bond719 DownReveal answer → Cake decoration520 DownReveal answer → Musk perhaps grim with nothing on521 DownReveal answer → Retrospectively wish you could change uniform on guards?324 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, October 18, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.