The Independent Crossword March 9 2026 Answers
Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword March 9 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 54 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#
TinCAN3Across1
Deposit on teethTARTAR6Across3
Kids' TV programme or colourful Sky show?RAINBOW7Across5
Organ found in human's thorax primarilyHEART5Across7
Hot dusty windSIROCCO7Across9
Liberal must get drug after I'd run out of gearIDLE4Across9
Annoyed (Informal)FEDUP5Across10
Nimrod perhaps isn't game to mess about with itENIGMATIST10Across10
Male beeDRONE5Across11
Savage getting hold of final girl by her hair?BRUNETTE8Across11
HarmfulNOXIOUS7Across12
They help evacuate nurse and English old ladiesENEMAS6Across12
BuiltCONSTRUCTED11Across13
Power grab by half-cut schmoe that plonk started offPUTSCH6Across14
When wrath will overcome quiet hopeASPIRE6Across16
Paper handkerchiefsTISSUES7Across17
Oscar received by writers or groups of directorsBOARDS6Across18
Vicar and WI upset about large domestic conflictCIVILWAR8Across19
Piece of cast metalINGOT5Across19
One in wild race with hero going round circuit ultimately?CHARIOTEER10Across22
PungentACRID5Across22
AntipathyDISLIKE7Across23
If Nick throws first of stones then duck!TEAL4Across24
HypothesisTHEORY6Across24
Short kid in need of a new heartTERSE5Across25
Indicate assentNOD3Across25
One playing on their own is totally damned, I admittedSOLOIST7Across26
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Awful bother with rain for one out during colder months?HIBERNATOR10Down1
FreightCARGO5Down1
Utterly wretched aim to make love close to agaABJECT6Down2
CoreNUCLEUS7Down2
Those which get loaded in judicial assembly roomsCHAMBERS8Down3
Bridge player in Bristol affected by Brexit splitEAST4Down4
FastenAFFIX5Down4
One who's up about doctor holding one upRIDER5Down5
Frog larvaTADPOLE7Down5
One in drink and one bringing the drinks?WAITER6Down6
RestREPOSE6Down6
Second-handUSED4Down7
Group going around gallery with Will?TESTATE7Down8
Rural areaCOUNTRYSIDE11Down8
I slept and I got up in a flapEPIGLOTTIS10Down13
One predicting financial gain on the radioPROPHET7Down14
WatchOBSERVE7Down14
Some curt criminal I patroniseCUSTOMER8Down15
Bright redCRIMSON7Down15
FinallyATLAST6Down16
Gang in the thrall of ship’s cooler guards?SCREWS6Down17
BeneathUNDER5Down18
Disgusting to hug old taxmen with IT ability?VIRILE6Down20
Medieval associationGUILD5Down20
Those peopleTHEM4Down21
A bit isolatedAPART5Down21
Bloody tricky time with leader turning to rightRARE4Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, March 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.