The Independent Crossword February 7 2026 Answers

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Below are all 114 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 7 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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Siamese41 AcrossReveal answer → I caught ball31 AcrossReveal answer → Stirrer stirring in tea leaves originally from the ground113 AcrossReveal answer → Incursion44 AcrossReveal answer → Clergyman88 AcrossReveal answer → Character who marries Estella in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens149 AcrossReveal answer → Designer carries 21 tops for idle ushers marshalling funeral venue119 AcrossReveal answer → Prayer ending49 AcrossReveal answer → Kelly's back room310 AcrossReveal answer → Ornamental shrub1210 AcrossReveal answer → Stages on which Sir Ralph Richardson stood411 AcrossReveal answer → Ero e ___, 1707 cantata by Handel also known after its first line as Qual ti reveggio, oh Dio711 AcrossReveal answer → Facts say syphilis gets caught by 'resting' close to others1012 AcrossReveal answer → Item of footwear412 AcrossReveal answer → Avian creature413 AcrossReveal answer → 1965 Walt Disney film starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones1114 AcrossReveal answer → African people in bar nicked beer barrel514 AcrossReveal answer → 1995 film starring Matt McCoy and Kelly LeBrock1015 AcrossReveal answer → That's the one thing foxes like - wee515 AcrossReveal answer → Ludwig Ritter von ___, Austrian musicologist best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart616 AcrossReveal answer → Cups are moved to the end of counter316 AcrossReveal answer → Winter sport participants1217 AcrossReveal answer → One with cold admitted to A&E317 AcrossReveal answer → A dish of leftover boiled cabbage, potatoes and sometimes cooked meat fried together1517 AcrossReveal answer → Building rugby posts alongside river518 AcrossReveal answer → The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the redemption of foreign bills of exchange618 AcrossReveal answer → Electronic Scrabble letter turned over to make 'CREAM'519 AcrossReveal answer → Cabbage419 AcrossReveal answer → Andrés ___, Colombian footballer who was killed after scoring an own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup719 AcrossReveal answer → We gather stupid insinuation is quietening1020 AcrossReveal answer → Bereft820 AcrossReveal answer → Portent422 AcrossReveal answer → The ___, TV programme whose first series centred on Dr David Keel, played by Ian Hendry822 AcrossReveal answer → Commonest word/letter for 'you'423 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman423 AcrossReveal answer → City in Nevada famous for luxury hotels and casinos824 AcrossReveal answer → Perform with a mix of tailless cats326 AcrossReveal answer → Formality of well-known Greek character with cape1127 AcrossReveal answer → An old measure, the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger527 AcrossReveal answer → Chaotic melees outside the front of rowdy supermarket in Ireland1128 AcrossReveal answer → The proportional share or part of a whole that is due to a person or group528 AcrossReveal answer → Number Ten is suffering setback329 AcrossReveal answer → A handsome youth in Greek mythology killed by a wild boar630 AcrossReveal answer → Lecherous old merchant who is one of the most important principal characters in commedia dell'arte932 AcrossReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull633 AcrossReveal answer → The largest island of Greece535 AcrossReveal answer → Chicago's primary airport536 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Chad837 AcrossReveal answer → 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana840 AcrossReveal answer → Belgian port on the River Scheldt741 AcrossReveal answer → English pop musician who had a 1989 top ten hit with remixed cover version of The Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Show643 AcrossReveal answer → Composer whose works include Peter and the Wolf and the opera The Love for Three Oranges1545 AcrossReveal answer → Game that starts with a bully-off650 AcrossReveal answer → Actor played the title role in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands1051 AcrossReveal answer → Mirage in the Strait of Messina1152 AcrossReveal answer → Dame Rachel ___, educationalist and social reformer who became Children's Commissioner for England in 2021753 AcrossReveal answer → Knighted British diplomat, politician and author married to Vita Sackville-West1454 AcrossReveal answer →

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The debut album by Heaven 17, released in 1981201 DownReveal answer → Outperform skinny swimmer going about 9051 DownReveal answer → See 44162 DownReveal answer → Setter climbs church next to green high-rise92 DownReveal answer → Joint32 DownReveal answer → City on the River Neckar whose university is the oldest in Germany103 DownReveal answer → One of the 22 players snubbed by Liverpool's no. 143 DownReveal answer → Successively63 DownReveal answer → 1933 American musical comedy film starring Janet Gaynor that is a remake of the 1931 German romantic comedy Her Grace Commands84 DownReveal answer → Poke around the middle of crossbill's nest54 DownReveal answer → Messenger64 DownReveal answer → Impossible to hear95 DownReveal answer → A person with an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine95 DownReveal answer → 'Stayin' Alive' excites one headed to dance95 DownReveal answer → Memorials to mark devout person's remains outside106 DownReveal answer → An explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in shells and bombs66 DownReveal answer → Place of worship66 DownReveal answer → Some purblind ring-tailed lemur57 DownReveal answer → King of Wessex from 871 to 899, known as "the Great"67 DownReveal answer → Informal note47 DownReveal answer → New in - boy's head is wider than it is tall98 DownReveal answer → Country whose capital is Seoul108 DownReveal answer → Sounding vase used in ancient Greek theatres to enhance the voices of performers by resonance510 DownReveal answer → Engulf911 DownReveal answer → The most populous city in New Mexico1112 DownReveal answer → Charged issue agitating the leaders of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and north Asia1013 DownReveal answer → A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone, such as a plum or an olive513 DownReveal answer → List of names614 DownReveal answer → Go, for example, and get on an elephant?914 DownReveal answer → Endless petanque playing on a road or avenue915 DownReveal answer → Soaking wet615 DownReveal answer → Naughty children putting smoking paraphernalia in garbage916 DownReveal answer → Three-legged stand616 DownReveal answer → Close418 DownReveal answer → The capital of Romania920 DownReveal answer → 1995 Michael Caton-Jones film starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange621 DownReveal answer → Irritate321 DownReveal answer → Unit gathered near shelled area521 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a hunter of Boeotia who was turned into a stag and torn apart by his own hounds722 DownReveal answer → They like eating bread, nothing special522 DownReveal answer → A coarse fabric, often stiffened with gum, formerly used for clothing723 DownReveal answer → Male and female cycling east of London?524 DownReveal answer → 1972 UK number one single by Don McLean725 DownReveal answer → Start to drag on Bluebird's joint425 DownReveal answer → Japanese city that hosted the first Winter Olympics held in Asia726 DownReveal answer → The capital of Turkey629 DownReveal answer → The Beatles' best-selling single in the UK1131 DownReveal answer → A 15-sided, 15-angled polygon1234 DownReveal answer → Long-running ITV soap opera that was set in a fictional motel in the Midlands1035 DownReveal answer → American actor who played Alex Rieger in the TV series Taxi1038 DownReveal answer → A colonnade that surrounds a court or building939 DownReveal answer → See 12042 DownReveal answer → TV presenter whose programmes have included The Hitman and Her and The Really Wild Show1644 DownReveal answer → Characters of an ancient Germanic alphabet believed to have a magical significance546 DownReveal answer → Trader met by Simple Simon in a traditional nursery rhyme647 DownReveal answer → The daughter-in-law of Naomi and wife of Chilion, mentioned in the Book of Ruth548 DownReveal answer → English city at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Cherwell649 DownReveal answer →

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