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The Independent Crossword January 8 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 8 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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#
Wearside city is buried?SUNDERLAND10Across1 Move on footWALK4Across1 Simple poemsRHYMES6Across3 Madam Weisberg's opening immoral houses?BAWD4Across6 DefeatCONQUER7Across9 StartBEGIN5Across10 Some dhansak? Or madras? Something milder?KORMA5Across10 Lawgiver hoarding metals prepares for warMOBILISES9Across11 Come nextENSUE5Across11 Seconds served with fish and pomeloSHADDOCK8Across12 InnateNATURAL7Across12 Sharp spines on this: son bloodied as it were?GORSE5Across13 Put togetherASSEMBLED9Across14 Idealistic local one holding back seaworthy vesselUTOPIAN7Across15 Extremely vocal about one group in bitter criticismVITRIOL7Across17 StylishELEGANT7Across18 Fabulous group caught certain insectsBEETLES7Across19 RegionalLOCAL5Across20 Shoe partUPPER5Across21 Breath so taken when hotel hosts raffleINDRAWN7Across21 Bird needs dressing endlesslyROBIN5Across22 Strong feelingEMOTION7Across23 SniggerTITTER6Across24 Choose an ancient character, said witty sortPICAROON8Across24 FormerlyONCE4Across25 Sober sailors can at last see holy workABSTINENT9Across27 Slow speech from medic, boring thingDRAWL5Across28 Scandinavian Conservative leaving ballet?DANE4Across29 Surprise boy touring new fantasy worldWONDERLAND10Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Reportedly look for religious adherentSIKH4Down1 EvilWICKED6Down1 No petrol spilled outside hot and cold locationNORTHPOLE9Down2 Picture formatLANDSCAPE9Down2 Bounder dying to tour Californian cityELAND5Down3 Light working bathes one's head in caricatureLAMPOON7Down4 Nun's costumeHABIT5Down4 Writer returning very fine Scottish portNABOKOV7Down5 Drinking vesselMUG3Down5 UnmarriedSINGLE6Down6 Gods above initially make progress to the northAESIR5Down7 CoercionDURESS6Down7 Theme park designated driver's insanely drunk insideDISNEYLAND10Down8 Female relativeGRANDMOTHER11Down8 Spoiled plot enclosing landBLIGHTED8Down9 CutREDUCTION9Down13 Over days tribe consumes brown sausage varietyCUMBERLAND10Down14 Move clumsilyLOLLOP6Down15 Laid up in old island stateILLINOIS8Down16 OutcomeRESULT6Down16 Quick lookGLANCE6Down17 Lover, a Catholic raised in Italian areaINAMORATA9Down18 ConcurAGREE5Down19 Drink on tick for bossSUPREMO7Down20 Pushed home, spoke of having visionINCITED7Down21 PlacePUT3Down22 Chuck lassoes very large animalBISON5Down23 Cyclist free here in the middleRIDER5Down25 One was Rosebud, burned in Bois-le-DucSLED4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, January 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.