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The Independent Crossword February 2 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 2 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 58 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Get up and play cards?BEDECK6Across1 DramaPLAY4Across1 Marked by damageSCARRED7Across3 Fancy circles marry off stock holderFARMYARD8Across4 Irretrievably damagedINRUINS7Across8 PersonHUMAN5Across9 A game is fixed, with an order for more?SAMEAGAIN9Across10 ThereforeHENCE5Across10 Less than tight clues back in IndyTIPSY5Across11 GratifyINDULGE7Across11 Set of characters performing in Fawlty Towers primarilyFONT4Across12 Baked clayEARTHENWARE11Across12 French school form ran out, beginning to exclaim "Five gold rings!"ARTNOUVEAU10Across13 Stealing odd bits of sleep, night ghost stretchesLENGTHS7Across15 Reportedly take out bob on runners racingSLEIGH6Across16 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Across17 When cycling, green light turns … same old story!DEJAVU6Across18 SnakeCOBRA5Across19 American idiot's back making posh belly of veal for main courseSEAFOOD7Across20 Fish basketCREEL5Across21 ForewordPREFACE7Across22 Nasal openingNOSTRIL7Across23 Remake of Grease gets bonus contentEASTEREGGS10Across23 Secret planPLOT4Across24 Party to love cracking pubINON4Across25 That is how one can move caravanTOWIT5Across27 Did Polish brand start to invent junk?BURNISHED9Across28 See 7 DownAPPLETURNOVER13Across29 'Hard borders' is deliberately vagueHEDGES6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Grumpy colleague finding it hard to make friendsBASHFUL7Down1 PredicamentPLIGHT6Down1 PinnyAPRON5Down2 Men on acid lost controlDOMINANCE9Down2 Vatican roomSISTINECHAPEL13Down3 Economical extracting business, perhaps?COALMINE8Down3 Garden pestAPHID5Down4 They hang out in the sun: oily, topless, and beginning to sweatAWNINGS7Down5 WalkerRAMBLER7Down5 Quince's second part's in Hamlet - he's playing patriarchMETHUSELAH10Down6 PerilDANGER6Down6 Sweet place to see Ashes balls after short programmeAPPLETURNOVER13Down7 NoiselessSILENT6Down7 Test two things paint can doDRYRUN6Down8 Ministers about to enter residencesPADRES6Down9 IngenuousARTLESS7Down13 EvilWICKED6Down14 Duet Italian gets the hang of in auditionITTAKESTWO10Down14 Tropical birdTOUCAN6Down15 Innate abilityTALENT6Down16 Boring American government with plump monopolistGROUNDHOG9Down17 LayaboutIDLER5Down18 A blue novel about endless sex apt to be drawn on?USEABLE7Down19 Sickly Lord Byron's only character that descendsSUGARY6Down20 Noisy fightBRAWL5Down20 Uncovers men boxing men, striking headDENUDES7Down21 Half a dozen lines established opening sceneSESTET6Down22 Seam expert tipping about Anderson for oneSEWER5Down24 See 3COALMINE8Down26

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