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The Independent Crossword February 8 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 8 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 51 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#
Jargon I allow, having talked turkey firstGOBBLEDEGOOK12Across1 Road safety featureCRASHBARRIER12Across1 ?SWELL5Across8 ?GRANGE6Across9 Cut off in long twisted piecesSTRANDED8Across9 Thingamy's party none enjoyed, on reflectionDOODAH6Across10 See noteWAVEFARM8Across10 ArticleITEM4Across11 What about rolls for hunger?ACHE4Across11 Norwegian portSTAVANGER9Across12 Child eating seconds of steak made our bull crossMINOTAUR8Across12 Peril Cuba largely represented as one of USSR's vassalsREPUBLIC8Across14 Perfect decider at Wembley netted close to timeREFINE6Across15 Deep void right inside Vance spreadCAVERN6Across17 Bill of fareMENU4Across17 Boxing blowUPPERCUT8Across18 Rest in Leeds, travelling southIDLENESS8Across19 Metallic elementCOBALT6Across21 Successfully jump over high bunkCLEAROFF8Across21 Grasping toolTONGS5Across22 Event with games and refreshments cost hosts timeFETE4Across23 Lose momentum and then stopGRINDTOAHALT12Across23 Quite violent equestrian events in which Oscar comes lastJUSTSO6Across25 Likely Republican gets overwhelming ovation for silly speechCLAPTRAP8Across26 Poor saint behind tree shat trousersCASHSTRAPPED12Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shock from back of generator during power cutOUTRAGE7Down2 ScampRASCAL6Down2 American in Soho, tube heaving, gets home for eightBOATHOUSE9Down3 LeatherSUEDE5Down3 Vortex that inspired Dyson hoovers?EDDY4Down4 Light woodBALSA5Down4 Venice exposed with rising sea coming in across the regionENDEMIC7Down5 Course of therapyREGIMEN7Down5 Arab's cash I brought through Paris airport as usualORDINARILY10Down6 PictureIMAGINE7Down6 Russian scourge treating UK to a bit of NovichokKNOUT5Down7 Feel sorry aboutREGRET6Down7 World leaders that shout and argue have become sourSATURN6Down8 ?TSUNAMI7Down13 Noisy family? Try ours for a changeCLANGOROUS10Down13 Excessively praisedVAUNTED7Down14 Have a proper placeBELONG6Down15 Edible molluscMUSSEL6Down16 Better advice about golf which might fetch you a bogeyFINGERTIP9Down16 Extremely hard for ten playing cricketALLOUT6Down18 Sharp intelligence of copperINFOCUS7Down19 Paved areaPATIO5Down19 Leaf on the end of twig oozingSEEPAGE7Down20 ?RANCH5Down20 Lorry starts to alarm rider with uncontrolled movementARTIC5Down22 Pretty remote island is splittingFAIR4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, February 8, 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.