The Independent Crossword October 3 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 111 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 3 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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Animal's foot31 AcrossReveal answer → Officers to lead Royal Artillery on steamship81 AcrossReveal answer → Twist forcibly53 AcrossReveal answer → Writer pens outline of script in café66 AcrossReveal answer → Boat part47 AcrossReveal answer → Mild semihard whole-milk cheese named after a Trappist monastery in NW France98 AcrossReveal answer → Make lawful88 AcrossReveal answer → Chef and TV presenter who rose to fame by winning The Great British Bake Off in 2015139 AcrossReveal answer → Extra109 AcrossReveal answer → Turnout two hours before midnight disco?109 AcrossReveal answer → Stop former soldier meeting second in command410 AcrossReveal answer → Economise with hot instead of cold seafood611 AcrossReveal answer → Breakwater612 AcrossReveal answer → Foot part613 AcrossReveal answer → Mischievous child, one having no fear of consequences813 AcrossReveal answer → Disease caused by dietary deficiency of thiamine814 AcrossReveal answer → Square meal with no starter for lunch414 AcrossReveal answer → Practice of refraining1015 AcrossReveal answer → In Christianity, the supposed abode of unbaptised infants515 AcrossReveal answer → Something other than rum in each bridge-player's hand915 AcrossReveal answer → Prime minister of Rhodesia who declared independence from Britain unilaterally in 1965816 AcrossReveal answer → Fender electric guitar that has been in continuous production since 19491017 AcrossReveal answer → Desire to travel with very small cost after cycling917 AcrossReveal answer → Imaginary818 AcrossReveal answer → Former baseball left fielder who hit the most career home runs1019 AcrossReveal answer → Young bear catches last of fresh fish419 AcrossReveal answer → Ground team splits up to bombard enemy lines?820 AcrossReveal answer → Wrongful act (Law)420 AcrossReveal answer → Access521 AcrossReveal answer → Saint encounters widespread conflict622 AcrossReveal answer → English commentator best remembered for his "They think it's all over" commentary on the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final1922 AcrossReveal answer → Not well lit322 AcrossReveal answer → Improvised on the radio in break423 AcrossReveal answer → Staggered in front of ship at the French seaport1024 AcrossReveal answer → UK national charity for single homeless people, best known for its work over the Christmas period625 AcrossReveal answer → Small insect bit626 AcrossReveal answer → A carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae526 AcrossReveal answer → Second date in which fashion is not the main attraction827 AcrossReveal answer → Annual plant of the genus Euphrasia, especially Euphrasia nemorosa, used in herbalism928 AcrossReveal answer → Barrow-born former England international footballer who was a team captain on A Question of Sport1129 AcrossReveal answer → Note on a driving licence recording the penalty points incurred for a driving offence1131 AcrossReveal answer → British novelist, poet and screenwriter whose film scripts include You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang934 AcrossReveal answer → Large town, borough and unitary authority in Bedfordshire with an airport536 AcrossReveal answer → Dog also called a Russian wolfhound637 AcrossReveal answer → British TV quiz programme presented by Bamber Gascoigne, Jeremy Paxman and Amol Rajan1938 AcrossReveal answer → American actor whose films include Flatliners, A Few Good Men and Mystic River1043 AcrossReveal answer → White wine grape known as Weißer Burgunder in Germany1045 AcrossReveal answer → British single-seat fighter aircraft designed by R J Mitchell848 AcrossReveal answer → 1979 film directed by Ridley Scott550 AcrossReveal answer → Rugby team who were the only winners of the Guinness Pro 14851 AcrossReveal answer → American author whose novels include Jaws and The Deep1353 AcrossReveal answer → US writer whose novels include Burr and Lincoln954 AcrossReveal answer →

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Actor whose TV series include Citizen Smith, GBH and My Family131 DownReveal answer → Seaside structure41 DownReveal answer → Zero weight in anything said by Yorkshireman32 DownReveal answer → A small usually ornamented case for holding needles, cosmetics or other small articles42 DownReveal answer → Marsupial72 DownReveal answer → Maybe stout guards given revolutionary drug to become more muscular73 DownReveal answer → The Old World cruciferous plant Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, whose pungent leaves are used in salad103 DownReveal answer → Hairpiece33 DownReveal answer → Without source, fop twice claiming party's leader is BBC puppet94 DownReveal answer → See 28134 DownReveal answer → Ice house54 DownReveal answer → Fine gauze fabric85 DownReveal answer → Japanese tennis player who won the women's singles at the US Open in 2018 and 2020 and the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021105 DownReveal answer → Child's new sonnet adapted Sondheim number155 DownReveal answer → Hit with a club86 DownReveal answer → Port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, home of the statue Pania of the Reef66 DownReveal answer → Attempt to censor innumerable episodic shows56 DownReveal answer → How are you drinking flat soda?77 DownReveal answer → The standard monetary unit of China47 DownReveal answer → Oscar has much appreciated metal band lining neckwear for joint support118 DownReveal answer → Percussion instrument810 DownReveal answer → The period of human history that began in the Middle East about 1100 BC710 DownReveal answer → English actor noted particularly for his comic partnership with Nick Frost911 DownReveal answer → Card game811 DownReveal answer → Is playing with him on goal leading to violence from fans?1112 DownReveal answer → River that rises in the Altai Mountains in China and flows to join the Ob River in Russia as its chief tributary612 DownReveal answer → Board game featuring the characters Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum613 DownReveal answer → Perfumed714 DownReveal answer → Unspoken516 DownReveal answer → Well-informed American went over instruction to read more916 DownReveal answer → Edge of a hat417 DownReveal answer → Angry after competitor's opening broke the rules718 DownReveal answer → See 11318 DownReveal answer → Odd scoundrel with debts719 DownReveal answer → Clairvoyant319 DownReveal answer → Republic of Eastern Europe, also known as White Russia720 DownReveal answer → See 51021 DownReveal answer → End of fog leaves chance to stroll521 DownReveal answer → German philosopher who wrote Das Kapital822 DownReveal answer → Section of Aaron Copland's ballet Rodeo covered by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their album Trilogy723 DownReveal answer → Light one-seater carriage with two or four wheels, named after an English clergyman824 DownReveal answer → I say who's closer325 DownReveal answer → Cricketer who scored his hundredth first-class century in 1895 at the age of 46726 DownReveal answer → Suburban area in Surrey that forms a borough with Epsom527 DownReveal answer → German-born American film director, producer, writer and actor whose films include Ninotchka and Heaven Can Wait1328 DownReveal answer → Roman Emperor from AD 117 to 138730 DownReveal answer → Daughter of Prospero in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest732 DownReveal answer → Popeye's mortal enemy533 DownReveal answer → Former name for brandy935 DownReveal answer → The oldest winner of Strictly Come Dancing1037 DownReveal answer → Part of the alimentary canal to which the adjective gastric relates739 DownReveal answer → City in Far North Queensland, Australia, that serves as a starting point for people wanting to visit the Great Barrier Reef640 DownReveal answer → The destroyer, a name given to the Devil in the Book of Revelation841 DownReveal answer → The capital of North Macedonia642 DownReveal answer → Caroline ___ , comedienne who co-created The Royle Family with Craig Cash644 DownReveal answer → The former BBC teletext information service646 DownReveal answer → A nontechnical name for urticaria547 DownReveal answer → Abbreviation for a missile with a range greater than 5500 km449 DownReveal answer → Puppet dog associated with Bob Carolgees452 DownReveal answer →

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