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The Independent Crossword February 3 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 3 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 54 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#
Perhaps young ladies returning diamonds like waste from coal mine?SLAGGED7Across1 Female deerDOE3Across1 Floating markerBUOY4Across3 Old-fashioned craft which might help you shape hedgesCLIPPER7Across5 Fungal infectionATHLETESFOOT12Across7 Fertile area in a desertOASIS5Across9 Treacherous type regularly wanting in on correspondenceRATIO5Across9 Sober sailors can essentially get any number a little tipsyABSTINENT9Across10 ProgressiveGOAHEAD7Across10 Old lady's emotional, missing ace showing dominanceMASTERFUL9Across11 PresageHERALD6Across11 Church event's cost covering base for fontFETE4Across12 ForceCOMPEL6Across13 Invigorated once more, enter 'DEJA VU' in a puzzle?REJUVENATED11Across14 AuthoriseAPPROVE7Across16 Tea cakeSCONE5Across18 Posh bandmate reportedly produced sugary stuffGINGERBREAD11Across18 HoweverNEVERTHELESS12Across19 A smaller amountLESS4Across20 Marine food fishCOD3Across21 You shouldn't have to bedeck outsiders in off-the-peg garmentTOGA4Across21 Groundhog Day shown in attempt to endear castWOODCHUCK9Across22 Riot at art nouveau restaurantTRATTORIA9Across25 Move with beat ... it takes twoTANGO5Across26 Attractive person with little quirk penned one third of a sestet?DISTICH7Across27 On vacation, drenched awnings turned European street most miserableSADDEST7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Save seafood that's cold, not hotSCRIMP6Down1 AttireDRESS5Down1 Come outEMERGE6Down2 Taking part in dry run for showATTEST6Down2 Wild oxBUFFALO7Down3 Extremely grave old writer cracks systems for calculating lengthsGEOMETRIES10Down3 Bashful, perhaps, having served up some half-raw dinnersDWARF5Down4 Sea air (Informal)OZONE5Down4 Church saint privy to wit - no point complaining about itCESTLAVIE9Down5 Narrow in outlookPAROCHIAL9Down5 Today's crossword setter offers the same againIBID4Down6 Accompanying drinkCHASER6Down6 Things on sleigh possibly dispatched in advance by one of the polesPRESENTS8Down7 Alpine plantEDELWEISS9Down8 Retired padre's losing head about barely revised versionsRETREADS8Down8 Female big catLIONESS7Down12 Philistine in uniform shortly denudes ground home to kittyUNEDUCATED10Down13 CorrectPROPER6Down14 FeverishHECTIC6Down15 Apple turnover used to feed this fussy personJOBSWORTH9Down15 It cracks gemstone finally burnished on edgeAGITATED8Down16 A horse's boxing farmyard animal's ears and arse?ANAGRAMS8Down17 BitPIECE5Down17 RapiditySPEED5Down18 Fruit tart contains trace of nuts — Methuselah ultimately leaves itQUINCE6Down19 Be frugal with every last bit of useable stock made availableEKEOUT6Down20 Baked loaves after scrapping starter of Easter eggs?OVALS5Down23 Where sewer keeps things in perpetuityETUI4Down24

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, February 3, 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.