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The Independent Crossword February 27 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 27 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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Film and book with curtailed scope51 AcrossReveal answer → More strange51 AcrossReveal answer → Body of water34 AcrossReveal answer → Dancing nymphs around love deity, ultimately - or Jupiter, perhaps84 AcrossReveal answer → Answer87 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy garment, one adopted by cottager at work98 AcrossReveal answer → Forearm bone48 AcrossReveal answer → Going by air69 AcrossReveal answer → IT device penned verse in 200059 AcrossReveal answer → Sharp511 AcrossReveal answer → A surprised comment about debut of theatre performer511 AcrossReveal answer → Quality of theatre company leading us in acts, I fancy912 AcrossReveal answer → Source of cholesterol in eggs carried by Greek shopkeeper613 AcrossReveal answer → Undoubtedly913 AcrossReveal answer → French not initially accepting quantity of work, having a bad reaction814 AcrossReveal answer → Browned bread516 AcrossReveal answer → Shot zero with gun817 AcrossReveal answer → Lasso617 AcrossReveal answer → Church to copy large one of its subdivisions619 AcrossReveal answer → Arm or leg419 AcrossReveal answer → Alloted820 AcrossReveal answer → Large deer322 AcrossReveal answer → Coffer artist depicted with golden band922 AcrossReveal answer → Brazilian dance523 AcrossReveal answer → American subject taking in English and Irish county524 AcrossReveal answer → Cries: "Absolutely!," hugging couple of students525 AcrossReveal answer → Redesigned portative water transport926 AcrossReveal answer → Tory regularly embracing rocky movement? One talks nonsense827 AcrossReveal answer → Destructive pest taking rear off place528 AcrossReveal answer →

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Too61 DownReveal answer → Cosmological hypothesis second-rate, going by earth’s development131 DownReveal answer → Plunge32 DownReveal answer → Person skilful in a version of some art72 DownReveal answer → Turncoat83 DownReveal answer → Run into detective, blocking awkward ambush93 DownReveal answer → Staunch44 DownReveal answer → Struggle with incomplete catchphrase64 DownReveal answer → Dignified base of monument - damage just around that85 DownReveal answer → Like an uncle95 DownReveal answer → Our group pursuing smell to find decomposing matter56 DownReveal answer → Oneness56 DownReveal answer → Falling asleep, note, unusual in Government77 DownReveal answer → Continual shuffling of positions: sadly classic HR aim around university1310 DownReveal answer → Unable to be seen910 DownReveal answer → Detailed examination812 DownReveal answer → Pick-me-up514 DownReveal answer → Photographic device615 DownReveal answer → What about phosphorus: nearly green for a short time915 DownReveal answer → Mostly five-star dancing line in Glastonbury?816 DownReveal answer → Face covering418 DownReveal answer → Irish county likely to lose the light?718 DownReveal answer → Ultimate in film celluloid?720 DownReveal answer → A politician hugged by a baby?621 DownReveal answer → Adhesive321 DownReveal answer → Relieved, happy to lose place523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 27, 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.