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The Independent Crossword February 9 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 9 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
Member meets elderly fellow in final showdown101 AcrossReveal answer → Yell61 AcrossReveal answer → Metric unit of weight65 AcrossReveal answer → Fervent low wail46 AcrossReveal answer → Traitor88 AcrossReveal answer → Condiment49 AcrossReveal answer → Scorer taken aback by rapid review510 AcrossReveal answer → Means of payment910 AcrossReveal answer → Russian plotters essentially bungled - they get exposed911 AcrossReveal answer → Frenchman with brogue's half Welsh712 AcrossReveal answer → Bury613 AcrossReveal answer → Language using play on words: "setter's on strike"713 AcrossReveal answer → Behind vehicle I caught 11 stripped off for illustrator1214 AcrossReveal answer → Sufficient615 AcrossReveal answer → Party policy document916 AcrossReveal answer → Putin's puppets perhaps, being full of themselves1218 AcrossReveal answer → Converse419 AcrossReveal answer → Ordinary820 AcrossReveal answer → Frightfully posh eat here721 AcrossReveal answer → Card suit622 AcrossReveal answer → Relegate623 AcrossReveal answer → Time locks guarding home into which one could disappear?723 AcrossReveal answer → Rogue landscapers stripping borders of plants: their days are numbered!924 AcrossReveal answer → Story going round about parent could be spam?525 AcrossReveal answer → Rich Liberal, leading force, wanting power426 AcrossReveal answer → Result of getting rash possibly from confounded pests - fleas!1027 AcrossReveal answer →

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This might determine how things are done - here or there?61 DownReveal answer → Making grubby writer's group read aloud62 DownReveal answer → Exaggerated82 DownReveal answer → Conducting supplication bareheaded?143 DownReveal answer → Untruth33 DownReveal answer → So-called smart creature - it tells the time to kids in the garden!94 DownReveal answer → Respond54 DownReveal answer → Handy over, prising out Australia's tail and leading55 DownReveal answer → Hand-thrown bomb75 DownReveal answer → Persevering96 DownReveal answer → Sent English Commander-in-Chief to engage immediately87 DownReveal answer → Beast of burden47 DownReveal answer → Less than perfect devious sons aren't commonly taken in88 DownReveal answer → Terribly ill in quarters, squaddie initially gets drugs149 DownReveal answer → Turf accountant911 DownReveal answer → Uneducated812 DownReveal answer → Crazy (Informal)714 DownReveal answer → Writes off what's surrounding opening in wood915 DownReveal answer → Expert heading to officer convention816 DownReveal answer → Demon517 DownReveal answer → When sailors adopting uniform indicates hostilities817 DownReveal answer → Strong wind418 DownReveal answer → Show collection of jumbos?619 DownReveal answer → Rehearses riddles620 DownReveal answer → Edible tuber321 DownReveal answer → Old man stifles fire discovered in shopping centre522 DownReveal answer →

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