The Independent Crossword February 26 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 26 2026 answers. The Thursday 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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Grand in cash, say, for mischievous childMONKEY6Across1 Spiced Indian teaCHAI4Across1 Leg jointsKNEES5Across3 Part of book principal reportedly proscribedHEADBAND8Across4 Variety of riceBASMATI7Across8 At no timeNEVER5Across9 Terribly evil nun excited about one German's revelationUNVEILING9Across10 Church councilSYNOD5Across10 Yours truly featured in publication about dark artsMAGIC5Across11 ContinueCARRYON7Across11 Cause of back painSLIPPEDDISC11Across12 Some devout Catholics backed diplomacyTACT4Across12 Bitter struggle to take out a cracking spyASTRINGENT10Across13 Madness appearing without Suggs's ultimate follyINANITY7Across15 Famous actors catching international flight?STAIRS6Across16 Exact copyREPLICA7Across17 Sweet sticky liquidSYRUP5Across19 Significance of pause in speechWEIGHT6Across19 HutSHACK5Across20 Crash togetherCOLLIDE7Across21 Pains after exercise? Fruit is the answer!PEACHES7Across21 InclinationSLOPE5Across22 Military road vehicleJEEP4Across23 Fierce critic got a racist sackedCASTIGATOR10Across23 Degenerate artist meets knave on vacationRAKE4Across25 Island nation taking part in assault on GallipoliTONGA5Across27 Armenia's foremost priest brings up JudgesAPPRAISES9Across28 Complaint clergyman withdraws following oddly heady offerHAYFEVER8Across29 Binge drink around centre of LondonBENDER6Across30

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Horse starts to amble into northern part of rangeMOUNTAIN8Down1 Art movementCUBISM6Down1 Weapons storeARSENAL7Down2 Trainee accountant discontentedly checking suspect invoiceNOVICIATE9Down2 RelatedKINDRED7Down3 Portray nude on a grand scaleEPIC4Down3 DiplomatENVOY5Down4 English erected sign incorporating extremely refined circlesENGIRDS7Down5 TranquilSERENE6Down5 Diabolic comedian fluffed a lineDEMONIACAL10Down6 HairlessBALD4Down6 Assert old medical condition limits resistanceARGUE5Down7 Variance of factsDISCREPANCY11Down7 Old money essentially funding upper-class jazzmenDUCATS6Down8 Shame to keep case of Glenfarclas in farm outbuildingPIGSTY6Down9 ThornPRICKLE7Down13 Detective left picture taken after Greek expeditionPILGRIMAGE10Down14 InferSURMISE7Down14 Snack foodCRISPS6Down15 MaintenanceUPKEEP6Down16 Ran through part of funeral cortège wearing scarletREHEARSED9Down17 Dunces love interrupting senior examinerASSESSOR8Down18 Keyboard instrumentPIANO5Down18 Thin mudSILT4Down19 Capture entertaining ace sporting bunTEACAKE7Down20 Swift pint at end of esplanadePROMPT6Down21 Extinguish national spiritSCOTCH6Down22 Light-brown sweets son brought in for CharlieSANDY5Down24 Wind up European man of wisdomSAGE4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, February 26, 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.