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The Independent Crossword February 4 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 4 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Labour follower: “Half of London is a corrupt place”BABYLON7Across1 Whitish horseGREY4Across1 RecordTAPE4Across3 Can of fizzy cocktailSLAMMER7Across5 DevoutPIOUS5Across8 Environmental scienceECOLOGY7Across9 Want to bump off daughter ... what are you on?EARTH5Across9 Those in two minds about ultimately clumsy heel tapsTELEPATHS9Across10 Dry, of wineSEC3Across10 Sex drug helping to get a repeated performanceITERATION9Across11 Female singerCONTRALTO9Across11 A drop of IPA and I look around for a saucy typeAIOLI5Across12 CensureDISAPPROVAL11Across13 Headless disembodied souls in hellHADES5Across13 Nixon aide stealing a dollar from Paul Stanley?KISSINGER9Across15 Storage tankRESERVOIR9Across16 One drawing loads of craft in cold bay, sayCARTHORSE9Across18 SnakeASP3Across18 Understand German? Speak with harsh and grating tone!GRASP5Across19 Shade of redSCARLET7Across20 Cause damage to 9 houses close to SidcupSPOIL5Across21 Lowest pointNADIR5Across22 Heavy metalLEAD4Across23 Islander jiggled about in a bad braBARBADIAN9Across23 Blood vesselVEIN4Across24 "Freedom requires power first" is a trite remarkPLATITUDE9Across25 African expression of disapproval one's rebuffedTUTSI5Across26 Provoke first of revellers to punch bouncer?TRIGGER7Across27 Bed-bound types holding record for splitsDEPARTS7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mark from Flanders leaving France for BritainBLEMISH7Down1 Italian dumplingsGNOCCHI7Down1 A worker present ultimately during boozy seshBARTENDER9Down2 Furniture itemEASYCHAIR9Down2 Tree line eventually hides unit attacking at frontLEHUA5Down3 As wellTOO3Down3 Silly trick in PE leaves one in critical conditionNITPICKER9Down4 Move around stealthilyPROWL5Down4 Boy seen around a large Barnet establishment?SALON5Down5 Musical workOPUS4Down5 A reverberating of bells on radio is pleasingAPPEALING9Down6 Stir-fry ingredientBEANSPROUTS11Down6 French underground force soldiers repelledMETRO5Down7 Church councilSYNOD5Down7 Being extra-playful when topless is more perilousRISKIER7Down8 North American riverRIOGRANDE9Down12 ForsakeABANDON7Down14 Soprano taking time out in old foreign capitalSCHILLING9Down14 Rub outERASE5Down15 He parades around foremost of army unitsSPEARHEAD9Down16 One who fought a dog trial unrestrainedlyGLADIATOR9Down17 RoomSPACE5Down17 Success pitilessly stymies one full of crapCESSPIT7Down18 TrimPARE4Down19 Moneypenny is one first to notice Bond's undiesPANTIES7Down20 CoverLID3Down21 I love to gyrate around fellow from MuscatOMANI5Down22 Obscure cut by European is more melancholyBLUER5Down23 Carry On performers perhaps appearing in courtACTUP5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, February 4, 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.