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The Independent Crossword October 20 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 20 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Writing fluid31 AcrossReveal answer → Friend defending article written by extremely sarcastic mathematician61 AcrossReveal answer → Electric cable network63 AcrossReveal answer → Spots initially faded before rash finally disappeared84 AcrossReveal answer → Ape peeled red fruit69 AcrossReveal answer → Eight-sided figure79 AcrossReveal answer → Minute amount of Charlie consumed by mental patient810 AcrossReveal answer → County510 AcrossReveal answer → Pure611 AcrossReveal answer → Additional512 AcrossReveal answer → Hated communist after assault on Reform's leaders812 AcrossReveal answer → Lesson found in financial paper repudiating Spain's economy613 AcrossReveal answer → Unnoticeable1314 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel essentially stumbling into exotic lagoon west of Thailand415 AcrossReveal answer → Red-faced journalist chasing absolute fraud716 AcrossReveal answer → Multiplied by517 AcrossReveal answer → Precious metal619 AcrossReveal answer → Rejected study about following football team when inconclusive720 AcrossReveal answer → See 15421 AcrossReveal answer → Mistake522 AcrossReveal answer → Breathe723 AcrossReveal answer → Morose624 AcrossReveal answer → Cracking hidden smile about a militant female1225 AcrossReveal answer → Brick-carrier325 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel toilet repulsed everyone close to la-di-da feasting chamber826 AcrossReveal answer → Light match to see legitimate target828 AcrossReveal answer → See 251229 AcrossReveal answer → Artillerymen called back by old king for final battle830 AcrossReveal answer → Greece impounds top European aircraft631 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Golf club41 DownReveal answer → Likely large airline is taken aback by investigation81 DownReveal answer → Critical odds in such an entity82 DownReveal answer → Tomato sauce72 DownReveal answer → Like flipping tedious experience? Heavens!63 DownReveal answer → Examine closely74 DownReveal answer → Bishop abandoning fanatical attack45 DownReveal answer → Fool55 DownReveal answer → Ill-defined situation86 DownReveal answer → More memorable baseball player tours Italy86 DownReveal answer → Forty days on lithium elevated pulse67 DownReveal answer → A long time (Informal)47 DownReveal answer → Detective occasionally solves case for unpleasant husband68 DownReveal answer → Needless118 DownReveal answer → Crazy fool entertaining English scientific fellowship711 DownReveal answer → Female lover813 DownReveal answer → Spooner's ginnel entrance in historic region of England714 DownReveal answer → Reticence715 DownReveal answer → Stain716 DownReveal answer → Post office record exposed bias underpinning top-grade defence817 DownReveal answer → Crossing delta, sheep herder and daughter bumped into each other818 DownReveal answer → Wall painting518 DownReveal answer → Filtration device isn't rare at sea819 DownReveal answer → Strong desire420 DownReveal answer → Vendetta421 DownReveal answer → Request accommodated by task force622 DownReveal answer → German taking on six clansmen is fearsome warrior623 DownReveal answer → Hanover's borders patrolled by towering serf624 DownReveal answer → Rounds some freedom marchers up427 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, October 20, 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.