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The Independent Crossword October 23 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 23 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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Manipulates schemes to secure a couple of grand?71 AcrossReveal answer → Sardonic31 AcrossReveal answer → Hurl53 AcrossReveal answer → Extreme concern about the aspect of a vulture, say75 AcrossReveal answer → Lion's cry47 AcrossReveal answer → Become less tense88 AcrossReveal answer → Casual trousers109 AcrossReveal answer → Pirate chief likely to be throttled by murderer79 AcrossReveal answer → Far-reaching figure’s work seen after 31 days710 AcrossReveal answer → Promotion retaining workers? That’s better511 AcrossReveal answer → Certainly may be evidenced in wrecked retina - this?912 AcrossReveal answer → Hydrophobia612 AcrossReveal answer → Power point613 AcrossReveal answer → Arrives in big city finding network of streets614 AcrossReveal answer → Bribe (Informal)1014 AcrossReveal answer → Man is going to risk capturing knight recklessly815 AcrossReveal answer → Similarly817 AcrossReveal answer → Like electrons, for example, damaging to pencil817 AcrossReveal answer → Nautical hail419 AcrossReveal answer → Be very critical about series about garden location619 AcrossReveal answer → Word and picture puzzle520 AcrossReveal answer → Indicate assent321 AcrossReveal answer → Endless sickness and decline keeping one insensitive?922 AcrossReveal answer → Fixes trouble between bridge partners523 AcrossReveal answer → Bounder interrupting song in Stoppard play725 AcrossReveal answer → He’s too upset to go to lake in African country727 AcrossReveal answer → Organiser needing time to replace minute bird728 AcrossReveal answer → Incline to follow detectives in balloon729 AcrossReveal answer →

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Area of trees41 DownReveal answer → Revolutionary account after gathering of women produces witchcraft51 DownReveal answer → Standard of comparison92 DownReveal answer → Apparently unknown to invest in equipment in period when not studying72 DownReveal answer → Show contempt for53 DownReveal answer → Look - Dame receiving credit and influence? On the contrary113 DownReveal answer → Issue lowest type of poem64 DownReveal answer → Frozen water34 DownReveal answer → Came out, satisfied about cow?85 DownReveal answer → Heavy glove85 DownReveal answer → Skill but no power in actor’s role36 DownReveal answer → Gripping tool66 DownReveal answer → Helium and phosphorus affected neat hydrocarbon77 DownReveal answer → Something that echoes treason or showing corruption98 DownReveal answer → Find out910 DownReveal answer → Roundhead's opponent811 DownReveal answer → Drenched613 DownReveal answer → It’s a moving effect when you think about it1113 DownReveal answer → Water source with low temperature, intended as a good thing914 DownReveal answer → Assumed name515 DownReveal answer → Precious metal416 DownReveal answer → What may have produced roaring sound intermingled with air?816 DownReveal answer → Recede318 DownReveal answer → Bird seen in nut tree around Long Island718 DownReveal answer → Outfit in part of London street appearing in a short time720 DownReveal answer → Reliable about time, not easily distracted621 DownReveal answer → Emblem of justice, showing promise given to Society524 DownReveal answer → Exhaust Government tracker326 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, October 23, 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.