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The Independent Crossword February 26 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 26 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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Grand in cash, say, for mischievous child61 AcrossReveal answer → Spiced Indian tea41 AcrossReveal answer → Leg joints53 AcrossReveal answer → Part of book principal reportedly proscribed84 AcrossReveal answer → Variety of rice78 AcrossReveal answer → At no time59 AcrossReveal answer → Terribly evil nun excited about one German's revelation910 AcrossReveal answer → Church council510 AcrossReveal answer → Yours truly featured in publication about dark arts511 AcrossReveal answer → Continue711 AcrossReveal answer → Cause of back pain1112 AcrossReveal answer → Some devout Catholics backed diplomacy412 AcrossReveal answer → Bitter struggle to take out a cracking spy1013 AcrossReveal answer → Madness appearing without Suggs's ultimate folly715 AcrossReveal answer → Famous actors catching international flight?616 AcrossReveal answer → Exact copy717 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet sticky liquid519 AcrossReveal answer → Significance of pause in speech619 AcrossReveal answer → Hut520 AcrossReveal answer → Crash together721 AcrossReveal answer → Pains after exercise? Fruit is the answer!721 AcrossReveal answer → Inclination522 AcrossReveal answer → Military road vehicle423 AcrossReveal answer → Fierce critic got a racist sacked1023 AcrossReveal answer → Degenerate artist meets knave on vacation425 AcrossReveal answer → Island nation taking part in assault on Gallipoli527 AcrossReveal answer → Armenia's foremost priest brings up Judges928 AcrossReveal answer → Complaint clergyman withdraws following oddly heady offer829 AcrossReveal answer → Binge drink around centre of London630 AcrossReveal answer →

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Horse starts to amble into northern part of range81 DownReveal answer → Art movement61 DownReveal answer → Weapons store72 DownReveal answer → Trainee accountant discontentedly checking suspect invoice92 DownReveal answer → Related73 DownReveal answer → Portray nude on a grand scale43 DownReveal answer → Diplomat54 DownReveal answer → English erected sign incorporating extremely refined circles75 DownReveal answer → Tranquil65 DownReveal answer → Diabolic comedian fluffed a line106 DownReveal answer → Hairless46 DownReveal answer → Assert old medical condition limits resistance57 DownReveal answer → Variance of facts117 DownReveal answer → Old money essentially funding upper-class jazzmen68 DownReveal answer → Shame to keep case of Glenfarclas in farm outbuilding69 DownReveal answer → Thorn713 DownReveal answer → Detective left picture taken after Greek expedition1014 DownReveal answer → Infer714 DownReveal answer → Snack food615 DownReveal answer → Maintenance616 DownReveal answer → Ran through part of funeral cortège wearing scarlet917 DownReveal answer → Dunces love interrupting senior examiner818 DownReveal answer → Keyboard instrument518 DownReveal answer → Thin mud419 DownReveal answer → Capture entertaining ace sporting bun720 DownReveal answer → Swift pint at end of esplanade621 DownReveal answer → Extinguish national spirit622 DownReveal answer → Light-brown sweets son brought in for Charlie524 DownReveal answer → Wind up European man of wisdom426 DownReveal answer →

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