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The Independent Crossword January 9 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 9 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
Departs with booze in barrelDRUM4Across1 LustreSHEEN5Across1 That (Dialect)YON3Across4 Have a second job - flash working followed by restMOONLIGHT9Across4 Sacred songPSALM5Across8 Big-belliedPAUNCHY7Across9 RemainderRESIDUE7Across10 Encores rang out - from this part of church?ORGANSCREEN11Across10 Tree barkBAY3Across11 Drop off surfaceNAP3Across12 SwiftnessHASTE5Across12 Driven by courage to pin down constant source of feminine attraction?SCENTBOTTLE11Across13 CactusPRICKLYPEAR11Across13 British author showing increasing cunning?ARCHER6Across14 Eye partPUPIL5Across16 Theatrical magician favouring twirling ropesPROSPERO8Across16 Hunting cryTALLYHO7Across18 HerbOREGANO7Across19 Punctuation markCOMMA5Across20 Nonsense writer penning start of poem, getting positive response - a regular occurrenceLEAPYEAR8Across20 English person, unwelcome overseas? Smile and departGRINGO6Across21 Pastry dishPIE3Across22 LinkNEXUS5Across23 Jack, losing heart in summer is conflicted, accepting university later - the attraction of Amsterdam?RIJKSMUSEUM11Across23 Not entirely compassionate relationshipKIN3Across25 Function needing no initial skillART3Across26 ‘Style’ included in version of a normal description of Queen?MONARCHICAL11Across27 Additional people arrived besieging British coastal resortMORECAMBE9Across28 Astute, in the old wayWISE4Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExcellentSUPERB6Down1 Poor Scots, upset about good dressRIGUP5Down2 AgeERA3Down2 One’s trapped in large unknown religious buildingMONASTERY9Down3 WanderingNOMADIC7Down3 Friend increasingly a mess after one leavesMUCKER6Down4 AdolescentYOUTH5Down4 Certain to abandon Society after blatant offerOVERTURE8Down5 EssentialNECESSARY9Down5 Language school in Gothenburg offering a restricted rangeLINGO5Down6 Identifying nameAPPELLATION11Down6 Intermediary, grand one, working to secure venture supported by our groupGOBETWEEN9Down7 Ancient Greek instrumentLYRE4Down7 Herbal flavouring not currently for you and meTHYME5Down8 Wesley, say, to lose relish, we hear, for Pope’s nameJOHNPAUL8Down9 Rubbish dumpSCRAPHEAP9Down11 Fish-eating birdPELICAN7Down14 Swampy tract of landMORASS6Down15 Actor with judo moves getting religious role?COADJUTOR9Down15 StratagemPLOY4Down16 Playwright’s written about offender’s handicraftSCRIMSHAW9Down17 DepartLEAVE5Down17 Irish nationalist, once on revolutionary linesOCONNELL8Down18 Tree left above a stream? I’m not sureLABURNUM8Down19 MingleMIX3Down21 No choice in limitations on game for former KingGEORGE6Down22 Quantity of paper covering lecturer’s field of studyREALM5Down23 Whole account identifying Middle Eastern shrubSUMAC5Down24 Is no longer addicted to excitementKICKS5Down25

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