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The Independent Crossword October 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 5 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Season61 AcrossReveal answer → Rowing crew55 AcrossReveal answer → Patsy caught cable55 AcrossReveal answer → Places to sit and fish76 AcrossReveal answer → Made-up lady?48 AcrossReveal answer → Lose momentum and stop128 AcrossReveal answer → Cher was in this low vehicle circumnavigating the poles109 AcrossReveal answer → Embrace310 AcrossReveal answer → Example of canniest crackpot810 AcrossReveal answer → Noughts and crosses (US)911 AcrossReveal answer → Sent back some people's sumptuous seafood serving611 AcrossReveal answer → Note computer on spaceship undergoing retrograde motion312 AcrossReveal answer → Sharp reply613 AcrossReveal answer → Cathy who acts with presumably uncool tiny child514 AcrossReveal answer → Type of sweatshirt614 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep moves head and limb315 AcrossReveal answer → All things considered917 AcrossReveal answer → Perjurer rejected by journalist complained bitterly617 AcrossReveal answer → Past pathetic Go form aside, finally succeed against adversity819 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy319 AcrossReveal answer → Branch of mathematics1220 AcrossReveal answer → Glam rock band doctor diary about ultimate accolades1021 AcrossReveal answer → Larceny522 AcrossReveal answer → Singer Lisa tucked in to sloe berries423 AcrossReveal answer → High regard623 AcrossReveal answer → Expel police officer's young lady724 AcrossReveal answer → King rows and bellows525 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Lets in squiffy mum61 DownReveal answer → Erect72 DownReveal answer → Finished the prom piano act Verdi regularly forgot102 DownReveal answer → Abnormal93 DownReveal answer → Body part is viewed under infrared43 DownReveal answer → Observe64 DownReveal answer → Allure of tea: Mev finally buys case of matcha84 DownReveal answer → Age35 DownReveal answer → Fashion brand takes control of new station75 DownReveal answer → They get paid for work of person Lisa's corrupted136 DownReveal answer → Colossal56 DownReveal answer → Charlie enters certain city in South America57 DownReveal answer → Property documents107 DownReveal answer → Temperature controller109 DownReveal answer → Storm noise disturbed pioneering educator1011 DownReveal answer → Expiation912 DownReveal answer → Electronic album O'Connor recorded in Hong Kong for IT dept?813 DownReveal answer → Merit715 DownReveal answer → Married woman wraps English award for those in a group716 DownReveal answer → Revenue616 DownReveal answer → Salt solution518 DownReveal answer → Reed interrupts one of The Adverts audibly518 DownReveal answer → Arrest zero students occupying vehicle620 DownReveal answer → Elect321 DownReveal answer → Great record, almost cool422 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, October 5, 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.