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The Independent Crossword February 6 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 6 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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ClueLetters#Answer
US school dance about to occur involving student in difficulty71 AcrossReveal answer → Gasp41 AcrossReveal answer → The Scillies, for example54 AcrossReveal answer → Signs of hesitation interrupting magistrates, the bounders75 AcrossReveal answer → Astronaut's vehicle128 AcrossReveal answer → That guy in pub turning things round with such treatment?59 AcrossReveal answer → Stringed instrument510 AcrossReveal answer → Meaning to switch components of TV for this new idea910 AcrossReveal answer → Conceal Hampshire river in preparation for film1011 AcrossReveal answer → Exercises711 AcrossReveal answer → Offering resistance, experienced absorbing resistance412 AcrossReveal answer → Turn into bone612 AcrossReveal answer → Cole Porter song lasting 24 hours?1114 AcrossReveal answer → Tropical lizard614 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor abandoning booze for writing317 AcrossReveal answer → Exact717 AcrossReveal answer → Cognisant519 AcrossReveal answer → Total shambles under manager initially319 AcrossReveal answer → Agree pedals should be redesigned to lay flat and wide1120 AcrossReveal answer → Manicure tool1221 AcrossReveal answer → Chair: place that one’s occupied421 AcrossReveal answer → Odour522 AcrossReveal answer → Attempts to bury a piece of underwear? Ridiculous things1022 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze423 AcrossReveal answer → Late point scrambled, offering hope for the future926 AcrossReveal answer → A chess player sacrificing Bishop, sadly527 AcrossReveal answer → Operatic song about scoundrel in delightful location728 AcrossReveal answer → Soccer teams still enthralled by golfer729 AcrossReveal answer →

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Young fellow good in roles in choral pieces91 DownReveal answer → Dismay52 DownReveal answer → Different concern getting book cancelled52 DownReveal answer → Rebuke (Informal)73 DownReveal answer → Gilbert? It’s Gilbert, heading off, distressed over carpet, ultimately103 DownReveal answer → Make a determined demand64 DownReveal answer → Something causing damp is more fluid around late evening, say94 DownReveal answer → Japan is dismissive of Latin dances55 DownReveal answer → Bloodsucking insect55 DownReveal answer → Citrus fruit76 DownReveal answer → Intellect exhibited by him in dramas?46 DownReveal answer → Cheering about religious shaving hair?97 DownReveal answer → Publication97 DownReveal answer → Academics upset about unknown church meeting58 DownReveal answer → Go along with99 DownReveal answer → Taxonomic group713 DownReveal answer → Cold times on the rise - see carp struggling - place for net action?1013 DownReveal answer → My acting’s dreadful but vigorous915 DownReveal answer → Spectacles715 DownReveal answer → Antenna616 DownReveal answer → French resort: la vie disrupted with duel?916 DownReveal answer → Edition518 DownReveal answer → They help you remember time getting away from fortress palisade?918 DownReveal answer → Concur520 DownReveal answer → Faded colour copies kept up with investment from Independent521 DownReveal answer → Indian dish: run articles about it523 DownReveal answer → Popular staff ignoring leader? That’s foolish524 DownReveal answer → Stop to cuddle one lover of Geraint425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 6, 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.