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The Independent Crossword March 5 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for March 5 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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Politicians in London broadcast across German city71 AcrossReveal answer → Sudden convulsions41 AcrossReveal answer → Go out with43 AcrossReveal answer → Money taken from country club certainly not brought back75 AcrossReveal answer → Banter87 AcrossReveal answer → Dishonest scheme (Informal)48 AcrossReveal answer → Hence99 AcrossReveal answer → Cabinet fought over housing many times59 AcrossReveal answer → Years after one who might be Educating Rita's lead features in Betrayal910 AcrossReveal answer → Dynamic influences611 AcrossReveal answer → Artist occupying lodgings following old lady runs carnival911 AcrossReveal answer → Eggs prepared - that is always lacking in English dish512 AcrossReveal answer → Play guitar, tense, pale, and close to crying513 AcrossReveal answer → Airstrip613 AcrossReveal answer → Plant container914 AcrossReveal answer → A new singer avoiding current presenter915 AcrossReveal answer → Female horse417 AcrossReveal answer → American recalled a woman's love for comic character918 AcrossReveal answer → Ordinary shares818 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly damage second part of shirt519 AcrossReveal answer → Auction items419 AcrossReveal answer → Conversation420 AcrossReveal answer → Left with novel proposition521 AcrossReveal answer → Notwithstanding fines, I opt to get wrecked923 AcrossReveal answer → One's scored highly against test upon leaving institute925 AcrossReveal answer → Gloomy song for one free to return526 AcrossReveal answer → Area chief stopping New York's state of lawlessness727 AcrossReveal answer → Expressionless and very plain, oddly728 AcrossReveal answer →

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Ring woman in Paris entertained by filth71 DownReveal answer → Small part81 DownReveal answer → Cruelly fed tramp a choking hazard92 DownReveal answer → Hackneyed52 DownReveal answer → Make out73 DownReveal answer → Greens periodically supported by two brilliant people53 DownReveal answer → Washington police finally arresting target involved in scandal94 DownReveal answer → Hard wood44 DownReveal answer → Set of thirteen115 DownReveal answer → Once river has risen, catches flightless birds55 DownReveal answer → I start to cry, overwhelmed by thrashing saviour suffered for another96 DownReveal answer → Ingenious116 DownReveal answer → Note European drug detective's obligations57 DownReveal answer → In literature, delightful cathedral city's giant's content78 DownReveal answer → Abuse810 DownReveal answer → Money chests712 DownReveal answer → Spice Girl and Irishman barely aged914 DownReveal answer → Small piece515 DownReveal answer → What are you doing about promise broken by Rachel's on-off partner?916 DownReveal answer → Mexican snack416 DownReveal answer → Unremarkable cheese matures, drunk with port when half-cut917 DownReveal answer → Groups obsessed with ChatGPT perhaps set up country718 DownReveal answer → Rugby union team provided support after France beaten at last720 DownReveal answer → Group of intelligence analysts discontented about being subordinate to soldiers522 DownReveal answer → Left captivated by my part of Scotland523 DownReveal answer → In the military, I help part of this country after revolution524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, March 5, 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.