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The Independent Crossword October 21 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 21 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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Energy-filled paintings found around 505 AD61 AcrossReveal answer → Hoskins is normal, Independent admitted ... my boss? Defective!84 AcrossReveal answer → Alcove35 AcrossReveal answer → Bill46 AcrossReveal answer → Inheritor47 AcrossReveal answer → Follow a winding course79 AcrossReveal answer → Distinct step510 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent American officer gets jerk snorting whizz910 AcrossReveal answer → Tropical disease1111 AcrossReveal answer → Drink beer to get half out of it? Wicked!511 AcrossReveal answer → I help vacuous neo-Nazi to change ways512 AcrossReveal answer → Great work1112 AcrossReveal answer → One full of gas going red when turned on by hooker913 AcrossReveal answer → Earned bucks (around grand) with fewer clothes on!714 AcrossReveal answer → Little piggy possibly seen with kid and swine616 AcrossReveal answer → Where a painter might do white lines to some extent618 AcrossReveal answer → Nimble518 AcrossReveal answer → Crash together719 AcrossReveal answer → Union-based strike rejected by Congress and a Liberal720 AcrossReveal answer → Uncommon420 AcrossReveal answer → Depend421 AcrossReveal answer → Boy322 AcrossReveal answer → Dear old Hoskins has put on pound by end of binges923 AcrossReveal answer → Zapata? A revolutionary led by original bit of thinking!525 AcrossReveal answer → What yours truly does to save a couple of bums?527 AcrossReveal answer → Dismal piece from Nyman? Took the piss about that!928 AcrossReveal answer → Places one might see some sauce or hand in knickers829 AcrossReveal answer → Offensive old actor's admission repelled American630 AcrossReveal answer →

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Places lots might go in suits around university81 DownReveal answer → Twirl61 DownReveal answer → Very quick to go topless, being tasteless52 DownReveal answer → Gourd62 DownReveal answer → Slander63 DownReveal answer → Dick about in Bible study? That's not easy!73 DownReveal answer → Condiment container54 DownReveal answer → Butch physicist who worked on speed and bit of oxy55 DownReveal answer → Explosive device45 DownReveal answer → Sheets, blankets, etc106 DownReveal answer → Let off bangers primarily with a crack outside76 DownReveal answer → Pressure to charge at gunner ordering offensive97 DownReveal answer → Particularly108 DownReveal answer → Some aficionado rating a Hungarian music producer68 DownReveal answer → Policeman seen with Shaft can be a venomous beast89 DownReveal answer → Enclosure for birds613 DownReveal answer → Mod's adversary614 DownReveal answer → Hot pepper615 DownReveal answer → Charles is one man to catch rare crustacean915 DownReveal answer → Mother-of-pearl516 DownReveal answer → English politician in trials creates uproars816 DownReveal answer → Bloody people can be despicable individuals817 DownReveal answer → Repair417 DownReveal answer → The Royal Family's flatulence painful? Take drug!719 DownReveal answer → Weary, on being taken by revolutionary in the sack?721 DownReveal answer → Dope more expensive, society found in studies622 DownReveal answer → What might stem a leaky hooter? Timeless problem!524 DownReveal answer → Commanding Officer has trapped wind in foreign capital526 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, October 21, 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.