The Independent Crossword February 27 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 27 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 55 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Film and book with curtailed scopeBAMBI5Across1
More strangeODDER5Across1
Body of waterSEA3Across4
Dancing nymphs around love deity, ultimately - or Jupiter, perhapsSYMPHONY8Across4
AnswerRESPONSE8Across7
Heavy garment, one adopted by cottager at workGREATCOAT9Across8
Forearm boneULNA4Across8
Going by airFLYING6Across9
IT device penned verse in 2000MODEM5Across9
SharpACUTE5Across11
A surprised comment about debut of theatre performerACTOR5Across11
Quality of theatre company leading us in acts, I fancyACOUSTICS9Across12
Source of cholesterol in eggs carried by Greek shopkeeperGROCER6Across13
UndoubtedlyEVIDENTLY9Across13
French not initially accepting quantity of work, having a bad reactionALLERGIC8Across14
Browned breadTOAST5Across16
Shot zero with gunHOWITZER8Across17
LassoLARIAT6Across17
Church to copy large one of its subdivisionsCHAPEL6Across19
Arm or legLIMB4Across19
AllotedASSIGNED8Across20
Large deerELK3Across22
Coffer artist depicted with golden bandORCHESTRA9Across22
Brazilian danceSAMBA5Across23
American subject taking in English and Irish countyMEATH5Across24
Cries: "Absolutely!," hugging couple of studentsYELLS5Across25
Redesigned portative water transportVAPORETTI9Across26
Tory regularly embracing rocky movement? One talks nonsenseTWADDLER8Across27
Destructive pest taking rear off placeLOCUS5Across28
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TooOVERLY6Down1
Cosmological hypothesis second-rate, going by earth’s developmentBIGBANGTHEORY13Down1
PlungeDIP3Down2
Person skilful in a version of some artMAESTRO7Down2
TurncoatRENEGADE8Down3
Run into detective, blocking awkward ambushINTERCEPT9Down3
StaunchSTEM4Down4
Struggle with incomplete catchphraseSLOGAN6Down4
Dignified base of monument - damage just around thatMATRONLY8Down5
Like an uncleAVUNCULAR9Down5
Our group pursuing smell to find decomposing matterHUMUS5Down6
OnenessUNITY5Down6
Falling asleep, note, unusual in GovernmentNODDING7Down7
Continual shuffling of positions: sadly classic HR aim around universityMUSICALCHAIRS13Down10
Unable to be seenINVISIBLE9Down10
Detailed examinationANALYSIS8Down12
Pick-me-upTONIC5Down14
Photographic deviceCAMERA6Down15
What about phosphorus: nearly green for a short timeEPHEMERAL9Down15
Mostly five-star dancing line in Glastonbury?FESTIVAL8Down16
Face coveringMASK4Down18
Irish county likely to lose the light?WICKLOW7Down18
Ultimate in film celluloid?PLASTIC7Down20
A politician hugged by a baby?PAMPER6Down21
AdhesiveGUM3Down21
Relieved, happy to lose placeEASED5Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 27, 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.