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The Independent Crossword February 24 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 60 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 24 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 60 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#
Certainly a lowish bid by girlINTRUTH7Across1 AntennaFEELER6Across1 TatteredFRAYED6Across5 Undamaged monitor about to be sent back insidePERFECT7Across5 Operatic songARIA4Across8 Ironically humorousSARDONIC8Across9 The main writers in Donegal oddly unrepresentedOPENSEA7Across9 Calm and collectedNERVELESS9Across10 Master enters Exeter prepared for highest degreeEXTREME7Across10 Mashed barley left out as herbal drinkYERBA5Across11 A long note to inspire read out by WinstoneBREVE5Across12 Drink to consume when cyclingTEA3Across13 InterfereMEDDLE6Across13 Maybe thiamine deficiency is dismalBLACK5Across14 FuroreOUTCRY6Across14 It’s found in coal gas and seaweedALGA4Across15 Multi-event athletic contestDECATHLON9Across16 Bring short strap back and wallopSWAT4Across17 StanceATTITUDE8Across19 Time to beg for a jobTASK4Across19 Said Python is a graven imageIDOL4Across20 WanderROAM4Across21 Pasty initially expelled after a tiny bitWHITE5Across21 ConfrontTACKLE6Across22 Place of worshipTEMPLE6Across23 First person to be caught in part of stormEYE3Across23 Parts of foot missing in second contest with menCHESS5Across25 One harbour in trouble without our Indian stateBIHAR5Across27 A board game and some books welcomeOTHELLO7Across29 9 heading off to collect 10 sons - that’s 10INTENSE7Across30 Deceptive appearances? Everyone in fancy dress disheartenedFALLACY7Across31 Good will or ill, new year follows oldHARMONY7Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Girl hangs onto old recipe for a key materialIVORY5Down1 NoblemanEARL4Down2 Rave tribe ask about Ecstasy sudden deathsTIEBREAKS9Down2 EruditeLEARNED7Down3 Perhaps loosen carpet round top of stairs and take pile downUNSTACK7Down3 ReviveRESURRECT9Down4 A bed scattered with stash around its top partHEADBOARD9Down4 Animal hairFUR3Down5 Serenity's heard - Moonlight Sonata perhapsPIECE5Down5 Swine from E Devon waterway?ROTTER6Down6 HomeABODE5Down6 Strain of electronic glam rock band turned upEXERT5Down7 MessengerEMISSARY8Down7 Initially cornered 25 5D in Kafka’s workTHECASTLE9Down8 Soothing creamEMOLLIENT9Down11 Family feudVENDETTA8Down12 Richer gambler on his wayBETTEROFF9Down14 Fit of temperTANTRUM7Down15 Metal worker to work with large medal hit when castGOLDSMITH9Down16 Young birdCHICK5Down17 PostMAIL4Down18 Attack entrance to broadcastWEIGHINTO9Down18 ApplicationUSE3Down20 Webmaster’s expurgated lexicographerWEBSTER7Down21 A small bloomer from soprano Miss 14A (originally Miss 21A)SCILLA6Down22 Some toe the line for noble girlETHEL5Down24 Term for structure of skeleton - a key materialEBONY5Down26 Around yard stags like marshy grassesREEDY5Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, February 24, 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.