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The Independent Crossword March 6 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 6 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 53 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#
Sheltered sideLEE3Across1 Type of starNOVA4Across3 Accident sees pulpy material put in drinkSMASHUP7Across6 CafeSNACKBAR8Across7 Stitched joinSEAM4Across8 Steer around iodine and uranium for another elementHELIUM6Across8 Plain card containing new authorisationCLEARANCE9Across9 AdequateSATISFACTORY12Across9 ArachnidSPIDER6Across10 Liberal, in regret, meeting Republican leaderRULER5Across10 Old King Henry: a row recalled in pubPHARAOH7Across12 EsotericARCANE6Across13 Way of approaching habitual responses about part of playTACTICS7Across13 Located under the skinSUBCUTANEOUS12Across15 A successful period after court malfunctionACTUP5Across15 Put on party before NovemberDON3Across17 OmitSKIP4Across19 Respite? Allowed out of bedLETUP5Across19 Kind of seatARMCHAIR8Across20 Lectures one engaging in skilled activitiesTIRADES7Across20 RetainedKEPT4Across21 Mostly wealthy, with a good deal of passion for American economistRICARDO7Across22 Secret agentSPY3Across22 Cold and unproductive, but honestCLEAN5Across24 Idiot turned round, hiding broken easel: “Like some tea?”LOOSELEAF9Across26 Authority not the same for a followerMINION6Across27 Celebrity challenged to ignore one without foodSTARVED7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
School punishmentLINES5Down1 Villain overturned brasserie, cracking open whisky with soldiersMALEFACTOR10Down1 ArousedEXCITED7Down2 Guide son meeting that woman with fatherSHERPA6Down2 State of perfect happinessNIRVANA7Down3 Menace from husband interrupting pleasant eventTHREAT6Down3 Conservative line taken by Poor Clare about one of the ministry?CLERICAL8Down4 Call onVISIT5Down4 Unimaginative European leaving dispute with LuxembourgDULL4Down5 Wading birdIBIS4Down5 Flattering City chap and son may be misguidedSYCOPHANTIC11Down6 Colony of rabbitsWARREN6Down6 Stole power: moved slowlyPINCHED7Down7 CourageousPLUCKY6Down11 Doorstep treated with fur, protected against some of the elements?RUSTPROOFED11Down11 WithdrawRETRACT7Down12 Articles of dressCLOTHES7Down14 Add page to one set of religious books, and go after expression of uncertaintyINTERLEAVE10Down14 Very precise journalist against blocking constablePEDANTIC8Down16 ThicketCOPSE5Down16 Lacking sensationNUMB4Down17 Good sense to accept run in Tesla, say, having some qualms?NERVOUS7Down18 GleamingSHINY5Down18 Quiet source of support I profferedSILENT6Down21 Old Mediterranean leader with a lot of concern about rising oceanCAESAR6Down23 Be up for bad deeds?EVIL4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, March 6, 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.