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The Independent Crossword February 5 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 5 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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They have a quick bite when taking a breather going over hill101 AcrossReveal answer → Be aware of41 AcrossReveal answer → Exhaled audibly63 AcrossReveal answer → That man with £500 set aside46 AcrossReveal answer → Debatable47 AcrossReveal answer → Evident88 AcrossReveal answer → Type of home109 AcrossReveal answer → Savage spotted individual laughing in the bush?510 AcrossReveal answer → Substances promoting growth in 17 nuts911 AcrossReveal answer → One tears up the road in plum car I'd let out1412 AcrossReveal answer → Allow612 AcrossReveal answer → Clear613 AcrossReveal answer → Lager top drinks Irish broadcaster loved714 AcrossReveal answer → State courts putting me inside715 AcrossReveal answer → Triumphant1015 AcrossReveal answer → New PM briefly absorbed by case of Egypt delegate717 AcrossReveal answer → Sobriquet818 AcrossReveal answer → Turn round exasperated at first after fellow left without you719 AcrossReveal answer → Midday420 AcrossReveal answer → Gets wrong motorway to northern city - learner is stumped by satnav initially1420 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a nut621 AcrossReveal answer → Flood defence422 AcrossReveal answer → Union member's paraphernalia ultimately upset polymath923 AcrossReveal answer → Feel apprehensive about duke on a date524 AcrossReveal answer → Find fault with swimmer425 AcrossReveal answer → Interactive software really excited news providers1026 AcrossReveal answer →

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Long article about heroin and ecstasy41 DownReveal answer → Unit of nautical speed41 DownReveal answer → Ready to attack claim ex is now racist periodically92 DownReveal answer → Best72 DownReveal answer → Nark catching American dons teaching English the second I expressed it's unnecessary143 DownReveal answer → Bribe33 DownReveal answer → Contrive to lose a rampant doctor that never leaves the pub74 DownReveal answer → Furze54 DownReveal answer → Around tavernas essentially it's drunk neat regularly75 DownReveal answer → Famous physicist85 DownReveal answer → Heating device86 DownReveal answer → Boredom reported working a short time in Scotland57 DownReveal answer → Angry complaint about empty parcel delivered to daughter108 DownReveal answer → Love, send D:Ream up to play Things Can Only Get Better149 DownReveal answer → Observer810 DownReveal answer → Scornful811 DownReveal answer → Disorderly place might calm1013 DownReveal answer → Stonework714 DownReveal answer → Nominal516 DownReveal answer → Parliamentarian drinks hot beverage after striking head916 DownReveal answer → Shift417 DownReveal answer → In that way the right is supported by Elon, primarily on X718 DownReveal answer → Split force is no problem719 DownReveal answer → Suffer319 DownReveal answer → Conscientious objector punches Parisian on hunt521 DownReveal answer → Almost perfect aim422 DownReveal answer →

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