The Independent Crossword March 3 2026 Answers
Tuesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 3 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 55 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EnemyFOE3Across1
Doubting it with number reversed in accountAGNOSTIC8Across1
Talon, for exampleCLAW4Across3
See 23EMILYBRONTE11Across6
Short formABBREVIATION12Across7
In an incorrect mannerAMISS5Across9
Singer to tempt Ham's boy, as Spooner saysKATEBUSH8Across9
Still around at hospital, melon variety causing illnessPATHOGENIC10Across10
Dummy pillPLACEBO7Across10
Motorway madness an illusion?MIRAGE6Across11
RepentantRUEFUL6Across11
On top, man turned against former EuropeanYUGOSLAV8Across12
MatrimonialWEDDED6Across13
Sweet thing to quarrel trashing snug in pubBROWNSUGAR10Across13
HobbyPASTIME7Across16
Nitrogen in unopened pickle is concerningINRE4Across16
Try small drinkSHOT4Across17
Stair partRISER5Across18
Formal approvalRATIFICATION12Across19
Tortured character has passion to steal back femaleHEATHCLIFF10Across19
Ancient Greek instrumentLYRE4Across20
Dark viscid substanceTAR3Across21
Dog in show with energy chewed leadAIREDALE8Across22
Deplore unconvincing book collectionLAMENT6Across24
Embracing one, this clerk surprisingly virtuous?CHRISTLIKE10Across26
See 9KATEBUSH8Across27
Figure is round, not entirely lifelessISOGON6Across28
Caller out to engage occasionally good Swiss singer?YODELLER8Across29
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FeverishFEBRILE7Down1
Cool flower excited Gaelic RomeoGLACIER7Down2
50-50 oddsEVENS5Down2
Greek character old and enormousOMEGA5Down3
Small houseCOTTAGE7Down3
Slept so badly without so much as a bra?TOPLESS7Down4
SolitaryALONE5Down4
An Earnshaw in renovated yacht?CATHY5Down5
Section of writingPARAGRAPH9Down5
Online writer, second-rate fellerBLOGGER7Down6
Insolent (Informal)LIPPY5Down6
Beer wasted in population leaving London?OVERSPILL9Down7
Weather featureCOLDFRONT9Down8
Time locks securing home: into this one might vanishTHINAIR7Down8
Make use ofUTILISE7Down12
Collection of papersDOSSIER7Down14
Rowing with Hunger (Boat Race book)WUTHERINGHEIGHTS16Down14
StartBEGIN5Down15
State aim ultimately deniedGOA3Down15
UnstableSHAKY5Down17
RespondREACT5Down18
See 14WUTHERINGHEIGHTS16Down18
Encourage judge in that case to release husbandHEARTEN7Down19
Weapon to keep animals together outside a poundHALBERD7Down20
Bridge manoeuvre punishes opponentsFINESSE7Down21
Writer's initially outrageous liberty grated with menEMILYBRONTE11Down23
Sennett's Normand married Magwitch?MABEL5Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, March 3, 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.