The Independent Crossword February 2 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 2 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
Get up and play cards?61 AcrossReveal answer → Drama41 AcrossReveal answer → Marked by damage73 AcrossReveal answer → Fancy circles marry off stock holder84 AcrossReveal answer → Irretrievably damaged78 AcrossReveal answer → Person59 AcrossReveal answer → A game is fixed, with an order for more?910 AcrossReveal answer → Therefore510 AcrossReveal answer → Less than tight clues back in Indy511 AcrossReveal answer → Gratify711 AcrossReveal answer → Set of characters performing in Fawlty Towers primarily412 AcrossReveal answer → Baked clay1112 AcrossReveal answer → French school form ran out, beginning to exclaim "Five gold rings!"1013 AcrossReveal answer → Stealing odd bits of sleep, night ghost stretches715 AcrossReveal answer → Reportedly take out bob on runners racing616 AcrossReveal answer → Flightless bird717 AcrossReveal answer → When cycling, green light turns … same old story!618 AcrossReveal answer → Snake519 AcrossReveal answer → American idiot's back making posh belly of veal for main course720 AcrossReveal answer → Fish basket521 AcrossReveal answer → Foreword722 AcrossReveal answer → Nasal opening723 AcrossReveal answer → Remake of Grease gets bonus content1023 AcrossReveal answer → Secret plan424 AcrossReveal answer → Party to love cracking pub425 AcrossReveal answer → That is how one can move caravan527 AcrossReveal answer → Did Polish brand start to invent junk?928 AcrossReveal answer → See 7 Down1329 AcrossReveal answer → 'Hard borders' is deliberately vague630 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Grumpy colleague finding it hard to make friends71 DownReveal answer → Predicament61 DownReveal answer → Pinny52 DownReveal answer → Men on acid lost control92 DownReveal answer → Vatican room133 DownReveal answer → Economical extracting business, perhaps?83 DownReveal answer → Garden pest54 DownReveal answer → They hang out in the sun: oily, topless, and beginning to sweat75 DownReveal answer → Walker75 DownReveal answer → Quince's second part's in Hamlet - he's playing patriarch106 DownReveal answer → Peril66 DownReveal answer → Sweet place to see Ashes balls after short programme137 DownReveal answer → Noiseless67 DownReveal answer → Test two things paint can do68 DownReveal answer → Ministers about to enter residences69 DownReveal answer → Ingenuous713 DownReveal answer → Evil614 DownReveal answer → Duet Italian gets the hang of in audition1014 DownReveal answer → Tropical bird615 DownReveal answer → Innate ability616 DownReveal answer → Boring American government with plump monopolist917 DownReveal answer → Layabout518 DownReveal answer → A blue novel about endless sex apt to be drawn on?719 DownReveal answer → Sickly Lord Byron's only character that descends620 DownReveal answer → Noisy fight520 DownReveal answer → Uncovers men boxing men, striking head721 DownReveal answer → Half a dozen lines established opening scene622 DownReveal answer → Seam expert tipping about Anderson for one524 DownReveal answer → See 3826 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, February 2, 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.