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The Independent Crossword January 9 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for January 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Departs with booze in barrel41 AcrossReveal answer → Lustre51 AcrossReveal answer → That (Dialect)34 AcrossReveal answer → Have a second job - flash working followed by rest94 AcrossReveal answer → Sacred song58 AcrossReveal answer → Big-bellied79 AcrossReveal answer → Remainder710 AcrossReveal answer → Encores rang out - from this part of church?1110 AcrossReveal answer → Tree bark311 AcrossReveal answer → Drop off surface312 AcrossReveal answer → Swiftness512 AcrossReveal answer → Driven by courage to pin down constant source of feminine attraction?1113 AcrossReveal answer → Cactus1113 AcrossReveal answer → British author showing increasing cunning?614 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part516 AcrossReveal answer → Theatrical magician favouring twirling ropes816 AcrossReveal answer → Hunting cry718 AcrossReveal answer → Herb719 AcrossReveal answer → Punctuation mark520 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense writer penning start of poem, getting positive response - a regular occurrence820 AcrossReveal answer → English person, unwelcome overseas? Smile and depart621 AcrossReveal answer → Pastry dish322 AcrossReveal answer → Link523 AcrossReveal answer → Jack, losing heart in summer is conflicted, accepting university later - the attraction of Amsterdam?1123 AcrossReveal answer → Not entirely compassionate relationship325 AcrossReveal answer → Function needing no initial skill326 AcrossReveal answer → ‘Style’ included in version of a normal description of Queen?1127 AcrossReveal answer → Additional people arrived besieging British coastal resort928 AcrossReveal answer → Astute, in the old way429 AcrossReveal answer →

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Excellent61 DownReveal answer → Poor Scots, upset about good dress52 DownReveal answer → Age32 DownReveal answer → One’s trapped in large unknown religious building93 DownReveal answer → Wandering73 DownReveal answer → Friend increasingly a mess after one leaves64 DownReveal answer → Adolescent54 DownReveal answer → Certain to abandon Society after blatant offer85 DownReveal answer → Essential95 DownReveal answer → Language school in Gothenburg offering a restricted range56 DownReveal answer → Identifying name116 DownReveal answer → Intermediary, grand one, working to secure venture supported by our group97 DownReveal answer → Ancient Greek instrument47 DownReveal answer → Herbal flavouring not currently for you and me58 DownReveal answer → Wesley, say, to lose relish, we hear, for Pope’s name89 DownReveal answer → Rubbish dump911 DownReveal answer → Fish-eating bird714 DownReveal answer → Swampy tract of land615 DownReveal answer → Actor with judo moves getting religious role?915 DownReveal answer → Stratagem416 DownReveal answer → Playwright’s written about offender’s handicraft917 DownReveal answer → Depart517 DownReveal answer → Irish nationalist, once on revolutionary lines818 DownReveal answer → Tree left above a stream? I’m not sure819 DownReveal answer → Mingle321 DownReveal answer → No choice in limitations on game for former King622 DownReveal answer → Quantity of paper covering lecturer’s field of study523 DownReveal answer → Whole account identifying Middle Eastern shrub524 DownReveal answer → Is no longer addicted to excitement525 DownReveal answer →

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