The Independent Crossword April 2 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword April 2 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 53 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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FrailWEAK4Across1
StuporDAZE4Across4
Hooded jacketPARKA5Across8
DrinkIMBIBE6Across9
Are orgasms a plus perhaps in such establishments?MASSAGEPARLOURS15Across9
SecretCONFIDENTIAL12Across10
Article by Ringoe to organise around topicTHEME5Across10
Like some exercises writer needed after a chocolate bar?ANAEROBIC9Across11
Clerk to Scrooge not right to be punishedCATCHIT7Across12
Valuable thingsASSETS6Across13
Opera in which dog devours priestFIDELIO7Across13
IntelligentCLEVER6Across14
Original chicken sent back in famous IndianNEHRU5Across15
Savage nomad — hard one in the north?HUN3Across17
Centre of operationsHEADQUARTERS12Across17
Instrument from India shielded with leadSITAR5Across18
FruitGRAPES6Across19
Certain players from GB cavalier with rulesBUGLERS7Across20
MixBLEND5Across21
Love found in New Milton on such a night?MOONLIT7Across21
The thing thereTHAT4Across22
Overly prettyTWEE4Across23
Rising hero seen with bishop in lively danceREBELLION9Across23
Key — it opens throne room from the backVITAL5Across25
Train in Kings Cross: men expecting problem?MORNINGSICKNESS15Across26
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Garbled notice inscribed with second digital symbolEMOTICON8Down1
Abnormally thinEMACIATED9Down2
Advantage securing knight's approvalASSENT6Down2
Kitchen toolsKNIVES6Down3
Writer's whereabouts unsettled with book's releaseWATERHOUSE10Down3
Pat lightlyDAB3Down4
Gold coin from South Africa criminal pocketsBEZANT6Down4
Fuel soldier dropped: horrible smell risingPARAFFIN8Down5
Striped mammalZEBRA5Down5
Stumble over words in Pigalle on consuming litresSLUR4Down6
ExceptionalSPECIAL7Down6
Explorer Mike presumptuous coming into shelterHUMBOLDT8Down7
SwimwearTRUNKS6Down7
Film us leaving cat food endlesslyPSYCHO6Down8
Able to be borneTOLERABLE9Down11
Vigorous campaignCRUSADE7Down12
He wrote about idiot in party spoiling votes — heavens!DOSTOEVSKY10Down14
TV watcherVIEWER6Down15
NightfallSUNSET6Down16
Noble takes one designer drug through noseHIGHBORN8Down16
Super Ted owns properties Henry must leaveHASTINGS8Down17
PlanetEARTH5Down18
Unforgiving Old Testament so defective?RUTHLESS8Down19
What once involved two banks in a row?BIREME6Down20
PlacePUT3Down20
Person devout ultimately exists for prayerMANTIS6Down21
Guitar maker shunned by one religious reformerLUTHER6Down22
Meat joint and large onion used occasionallyLOIN4Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.