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The Independent Crossword February 5 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 5 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 52 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#
They have a quick bite when taking a breather going over hillALLIGATORS10Across1 Be aware ofKNOW4Across1 Exhaled audiblySIGHED6Across3 That man with £500 set asideHELD4Across6 DebatableMOOT4Across7 EvidentAPPARENT8Across8 Type of homeMAISONETTE10Across9 Savage spotted individual laughing in the bush?HYENA5Across10 Substances promoting growth in 17 nutsNUTRIENTS9Across11 One tears up the road in plum car I'd let outPNEUMATICDRILL14Across12 AllowPERMIT6Across12 ClearLIMPID6Across13 Lager top drinks Irish broadcaster lovedHEARTED7Across14 State courts putting me insideAUSTRIA7Across15 TriumphantVICTORIOUS10Across15 New PM briefly absorbed by case of Egypt delegateENTRUST7Across17 SobriquetNICKNAME8Across18 Turn round exasperated at first after fellow left without youFLEXURE7Across19 MiddayNOON4Across20 Gets wrong motorway to northern city - learner is stumped by satnav initiallyMISUNDERSTANDS14Across20 Part of a nutKERNEL6Across21 Flood defenceDYKE4Across22 Union member's paraphernalia ultimately upset polymathTROUSSEAU9Across23 Feel apprehensive about duke on a dateDREAD5Across24 Find fault with swimmerCARP4Across25 Interactive software really excited news providersHYPERMEDIA10Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Long article about heroin and ecstasyACHE4Down1 Unit of nautical speedKNOT4Down1 Ready to attack claim ex is now racist periodicallyLIEINWAIT9Down2 BestOPTIMUM7Down2 Nark catching American dons teaching English the second I expressed it's unnecessaryGRATUITOUSNESS14Down3 BribeSOP3Down3 Contrive to lose a rampant doctor that never leaves the pubTANKARD7Down4 FurzeGORSE5Down4 Around tavernas essentially it's drunk neat regularlyRETSINA7Down5 Famous physicistEINSTEIN8Down5 Heating deviceRADIATOR8Down6 Boredom reported working a short time in ScotlandENNUI5Down7 Angry complaint about empty parcel delivered to daughterDISPLEASED10Down8 Love, send D:Ream up to play Things Can Only Get BetterNILDESPERANDUM14Down9 ObserverONLOOKER8Down10 ScornfulDERISIVE8Down11 Disorderly place might calmPHLEGMATIC10Down13 StoneworkMASONRY7Down14 NominalTOKEN5Down16 Parliamentarian drinks hot beverage after striking headROUNDHEAD9Down16 ShiftMOVE4Down17 In that way the right is supported by Elon, primarily on XTHEREBY7Down18 Split force is no problemFISSURE7Down19 SufferAIL3Down19 Conscientious objector punches Parisian on huntSCOUR5Down21 Almost perfect aimIDEA4Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, February 5, 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.