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The Independent Crossword October 7 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 7 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
Male deer41 AcrossReveal answer → Stopping device53 AcrossReveal answer → An example would be smoke signal seen over reservation originally47 AcrossReveal answer → Liquid58 AcrossReveal answer → Can I cop out after buggering up job?108 AcrossReveal answer → Port79 AcrossReveal answer → Sausages (Informal)710 AcrossReveal answer → Work involved in diplomacy repelled Trump, perhaps610 AcrossReveal answer → Perspiration511 AcrossReveal answer → One who might organise sex with topless duke811 AcrossReveal answer → No-nonsense1112 AcrossReveal answer → Group of swingers whip contrary, line-crossing noob812 AcrossReveal answer → Band or group of Le Pétomane, say, out of France613 AcrossReveal answer → Her peccadillo aroused a Greek know-it-all1315 AcrossReveal answer → Fire-raising517 AcrossReveal answer → Old soldiers mostly out of it in a state618 AcrossReveal answer → Convent719 AcrossReveal answer → Reckon Hoskins must open unopened premium Bud820 AcrossReveal answer → Source of difficulty721 AcrossReveal answer → Ball that one might wish a player would receive?822 AcrossReveal answer → Chocolate drink522 AcrossReveal answer → Lock of hair523 AcrossReveal answer → Romeo pursing hearts, you might say, and love?624 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian424 AcrossReveal answer → Crapulent carouser outside church in Newmarket?1025 AcrossReveal answer → Turn performing in front of an audience in Wicked426 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Not working is unacceptable101 DownReveal answer → As a result of this61 DownReveal answer → Chilled portion of ham you left by top of fridge82 DownReveal answer → Accidentally meet72 DownReveal answer → Concerning sex had when tense adult's held in wind63 DownReveal answer → Coffee-server73 DownReveal answer → Whistle-blower collaring vacuous pair's dog84 DownReveal answer → Home54 DownReveal answer → Individual in street seen with reefer primarily?65 DownReveal answer → Misprints65 DownReveal answer → Supermodel is clingy type a Rolling Stone avoids46 DownReveal answer → Sort46 DownReveal answer → Features117 DownReveal answer → Plump US man captured in draughts in Twister?139 DownReveal answer → Confound713 DownReveal answer → Cleric not dancing? Drug needed first is E!1014 DownReveal answer → Cane syrup714 DownReveal answer → Floor covering615 DownReveal answer → Lackey of orange crackpot seen in Houston on vacation816 DownReveal answer → Despot616 DownReveal answer → Yours truly is an example of one making PM recoil817 DownReveal answer → Inclination518 DownReveal answer → Vessel in WC upended? Went out without relief in the end!619 DownReveal answer → Pleasant420 DownReveal answer → Group sat around could be The Sensations!621 DownReveal answer → Test screening of kiss by West gets sent up423 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, October 7, 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.