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The Independent Crossword October 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 2 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Encourages family in leather81 AcrossReveal answer → Central part41 AcrossReveal answer → Mongrel33 AcrossReveal answer → Juvenile, empty, junior, naive, ultimately?65 AcrossReveal answer → Figure of speech67 AcrossReveal answer → Deer's branched horn68 AcrossReveal answer → Bring about99 AcrossReveal answer → Make too much of verse, backing concern in Biblical texts710 AcrossReveal answer → Risky venture611 AcrossReveal answer → Rave about account lacking inspiration on the radio711 AcrossReveal answer → Army abandoning base to seize a treasure512 AcrossReveal answer → Taste of weapon not yet used?913 AcrossReveal answer → Oscillate613 AcrossReveal answer → Henry’s attempts to attract attention about election for the people914 AcrossReveal answer → Impasse914 AcrossReveal answer → Work repelled poet having no English416 AcrossReveal answer → Ill will618 AcrossReveal answer → Immature619 AcrossReveal answer → Steal cold cut of meat419 AcrossReveal answer → Cask320 AcrossReveal answer → American singer, with you and I, about to ditch composer921 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket extras421 AcrossReveal answer → Officer needing time at college for element of logic924 AcrossReveal answer → US guy’s way of working when attending school527 AcrossReveal answer → Keep on, certainly adopting version 4728 AcrossReveal answer → Celebration with US author, originator of young American children’s heroine729 AcrossReveal answer → Flamboyant style of pie mostly seen around South Africa630 AcrossReveal answer → Staff’s beginning to remove someone not wanted on board831 AcrossReveal answer →

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Mate’s laughter about university provoking fuss81 DownReveal answer → Lawbreaker81 DownReveal answer → Gallant cry of encouragement involving a lot of sound92 DownReveal answer → Means of control52 DownReveal answer → Road reflector73 DownReveal answer → Awkward sort, apparently average?73 DownReveal answer → Stress fixed gape’s not right54 DownReveal answer → Spool44 DownReveal answer → Small and delicate65 DownReveal answer → Spanish sparkling wine46 DownReveal answer → Rector, entering bar, selected text76 DownReveal answer → I’m a Greek character picking up taste57 DownReveal answer → Hostility upset period around New Year68 DownReveal answer → No longer support Times in covering overseas resident?89 DownReveal answer → Very hungry810 DownReveal answer → Fortified place712 DownReveal answer → Brief outline613 DownReveal answer → Bird beset by pests died covered in growths?815 DownReveal answer → Highest point415 DownReveal answer → Narrow lane516 DownReveal answer → Condiment417 DownReveal answer → Meat dish recipe in this wise, possibly917 DownReveal answer → Japanese food, generally nutty, though without content: broad dislike here818 DownReveal answer → Composer in German city not northern Australia720 DownReveal answer → Cycling star ahead of team in open722 DownReveal answer → Politician tucking into a drink gets more intense623 DownReveal answer → Source of alcoholic drink before entering judge zone525 DownReveal answer → Daughter in fog, the very centre526 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, October 2, 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.