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The Independent Crossword January 8 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 8 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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Wearside city is buried?101 AcrossReveal answer → Move on foot41 AcrossReveal answer → Simple poems63 AcrossReveal answer → Madam Weisberg's opening immoral houses?46 AcrossReveal answer → Defeat79 AcrossReveal answer → Start510 AcrossReveal answer → Some dhansak? Or madras? Something milder?510 AcrossReveal answer → Lawgiver hoarding metals prepares for war911 AcrossReveal answer → Come next511 AcrossReveal answer → Seconds served with fish and pomelo812 AcrossReveal answer → Innate712 AcrossReveal answer → Sharp spines on this: son bloodied as it were?513 AcrossReveal answer → Put together914 AcrossReveal answer → Idealistic local one holding back seaworthy vessel715 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely vocal about one group in bitter criticism717 AcrossReveal answer → Stylish718 AcrossReveal answer → Fabulous group caught certain insects719 AcrossReveal answer → Regional520 AcrossReveal answer → Shoe part521 AcrossReveal answer → Breath so taken when hotel hosts raffle721 AcrossReveal answer → Bird needs dressing endlessly522 AcrossReveal answer → Strong feeling723 AcrossReveal answer → Snigger624 AcrossReveal answer → Choose an ancient character, said witty sort824 AcrossReveal answer → Formerly425 AcrossReveal answer → Sober sailors can at last see holy work927 AcrossReveal answer → Slow speech from medic, boring thing528 AcrossReveal answer → Scandinavian Conservative leaving ballet?429 AcrossReveal answer → Surprise boy touring new fantasy world1030 AcrossReveal answer →

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Reportedly look for religious adherent41 DownReveal answer → Evil61 DownReveal answer → No petrol spilled outside hot and cold location92 DownReveal answer → Picture format92 DownReveal answer → Bounder dying to tour Californian city53 DownReveal answer → Light working bathes one's head in caricature74 DownReveal answer → Nun's costume54 DownReveal answer → Writer returning very fine Scottish port75 DownReveal answer → Drinking vessel35 DownReveal answer → Unmarried66 DownReveal answer → Gods above initially make progress to the north57 DownReveal answer → Coercion67 DownReveal answer → Theme park designated driver's insanely drunk inside108 DownReveal answer → Female relative118 DownReveal answer → Spoiled plot enclosing land89 DownReveal answer → Cut913 DownReveal answer → Over days tribe consumes brown sausage variety1014 DownReveal answer → Move clumsily615 DownReveal answer → Laid up in old island state816 DownReveal answer → Outcome616 DownReveal answer → Quick look617 DownReveal answer → Lover, a Catholic raised in Italian area918 DownReveal answer → Concur519 DownReveal answer → Drink on tick for boss720 DownReveal answer → Pushed home, spoke of having vision721 DownReveal answer → Place322 DownReveal answer → Chuck lassoes very large animal523 DownReveal answer → Cyclist free here in the middle525 DownReveal answer → One was Rosebud, burned in Bois-le-Duc426 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, January 8, 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.