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The Independent Crossword March 8 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 8 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 51 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#
Pharma giant getting into development of magical pesticide, perhapsAGROCHEMICAL12Across1 ?ATLIBERTY9Across1 ?GRATIS6Across7 Writing deskBUREAU6Across8 Very seriousGRIEVOUS8Across9 Screen that opens in silence, saySHUTTER7Across9 Coach breaks work schedule for coffeeROBUSTA7Across10 SeveralAFEW4Across10 Underline M representing magnitude in reportEMPHASISE9Across11 See noteWEEFREE7Across11 What leads Veronica into temptation? Affection, ironicallyLURVE5Across12 Doctor sips at aperitifPASTIS6Across13 Intensify stock cube using chickenHEIGHTEN8Across15 Fail to catchMISS4Across15 Inability to sleepINSOMNIA8Across16 DiscloseREVEAL6Across18 Pale green used by teenage Auden illegiblyEAUDENIL8Across18 New version of a filmREMAKE6Across19 On the radio, maybe hear America's checking who's in the countryCENSUS6Across19 ?NUMBERONE9Across20 Leave egg where food is servedHATCH5Across21 French composer recalled job on island in IrelandERIKSATIE9Across23 Husband and wife changing in tent, perhaps are too hotSWELTER7Across25 Let back in to lecture at American uniREADMIT7Across26 Mincing Spanish males marketing artSALESMANSHIP12Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Atmospheric phenomenonAURORA6Down1 Bellyache from drinking rum punchGRUMP5Down2 SuppleLITHE5Down2 Exclude East German breed taking lead in Crufts?OSTRACISE9Down3 Custom-madeBESPOKE7Down3 Someone who has quit company misusing HR timeHERMIT6Down4 Word and picture puzzleREBUS5Down4 Gunman maybe spinning barrel before start of rouletteMURDERER8Down5 Golf course lengthYARDAGE7Down5 Intriguing group from California set up research establishmentCABAL5Down6 BetWAGER5Down6 Girl hosts banal ceremony before popping offLASTRITES9Down7 To run successful budget, introduce limits?MAKEENDSMEET12Down8 Taps in expensive rental run with water periodicallySTEEPLECHASE12Down9 Cowboy filmWESTERN7Down11 WithholdRESERVE7Down12 Long-term prisonerLIFER5Down13 ?TINKLE6Down14 Wicket-keepers perhaps, who can be difficult to get out?SQUATTERS9Down14 These perhaps disturbed eelgrass catching prey finallyGREYSEALS9Down16 Muslim religionISLAM5Down16 Tailors around close to Royal Academy's areaFINEARTS8Down17 Latin American danceMAMBO5Down17 Car repairs botched with loss of powerSIERRA6Down20 Permit I see to put up tiny building on Park Lane?HOTEL5Down22 Police force raised detective's ratesTEMPI5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, March 8, 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.