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The Independent Crossword February 9 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 9 2026 answers. The Monday 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#
Member meets elderly fellow in final showdownARMAGEDDON10Across1 YellHOLLER6Across1 Metric unit of weightGRAMME6Across5 Fervent low wailKEEN4Across6 TraitorRENEGADE8Across8 CondimentSALT4Across9 Scorer taken aback by rapid reviewVERDI5Across10 Means of paymentDEBITCARD9Across10 Russian plotters essentially bungled - they get exposedNATURISTS9Across11 Frenchman with brogue's half WelshRENEGUE7Across12 BuryENTOMB6Across13 Language using play on words: "setter's on strike"PUNJABI7Across13 Behind vehicle I caught 11 stripped off for illustratorCARICATURIST12Across14 SufficientENOUGH6Across15 Party policy documentMANIFESTO9Across16 Putin's puppets perhaps, being full of themselvesRUSSIANDOLLS12Across18 ConverseTALK4Across19 OrdinaryEVERYDAY8Across20 Frightfully posh eat hereTEASHOP7Across21 Card suitHEARTS6Across22 RelegateDEMOTE6Across23 Time locks guarding home into which one could disappear?THINAIR7Across23 Rogue landscapers stripping borders of plants: their days are numbered!CALENDARS9Across24 Story going round about parent could be spam?EMAIL5Across25 Rich Liberal, leading force, wanting powerLUSH4Across26 Result of getting rash possibly from confounded pests - fleas!FALSESTEPS10Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
This might determine how things are done - here or there?ADVERB6Down1 Making grubby writer's group read aloudMIRING6Down2 ExaggeratedOVERDONE8Down2 Conducting supplication bareheaded?GOINGCAPINHAND14Down3 UntruthLIE3Down3 So-called smart creature - it tells the time to kids in the garden!DANDELION9Down4 RespondREACT5Down4 Handy over, prising out Australia's tail and leadingONTOP5Down5 Hand-thrown bombGRENADE7Down5 PerseveringASSIDUOUS9Down6 Sent English Commander-in-Chief to engage immediatelyECSTATIC8Down7 Beast of burdenMULE4Down7 Less than perfect devious sons aren't commonly taken inNOSAINTS8Down8 Terribly ill in quarters, squaddie initially gets drugsTRANQUILLISERS14Down9 Turf accountantBOOKMAKER9Down11 UneducatedIGNORANT8Down12 Crazy (Informal)BONKERS7Down14 Writes off what's surrounding opening in woodAMORTISES9Down15 Expert heading to officer conventionPROTOCOL8Down16 DemonFIEND5Down17 When sailors adopting uniform indicates hostilitiesASSAULTS8Down17 Strong windGALE4Down18 Show collection of jumbos?PARADE6Down19 Rehearses riddlesDRILLS6Down20 Edible tuberYAM3Down21 Old man stifles fire discovered in shopping centrePLAZA5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, February 9, 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.