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The Independent Crossword February 12 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 12 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 57 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#
Louse eggNIT3Across1 In what place?WHERE5Across3 Underwater missileTORPEDO7Across8 RusticRURAL5Across9 Put steps outside at home with men planningORDINANCE9Across9 Fire remainsASHES5Across10 Scottish John stops Pilot Officer in quiet passagePIANO5Across10 Good and bad to host initially riotous quizGRILL5Across11 ClaimPROFESS7Across11 Does this foresee terrible cost, recession and a war?WORSTCASESCENARIO17Across12 ArgumentALTERCATION11Across12 Two for one for example in BuryINTEGER7Across13 Who might steal eggs — and slowly cook them?POACHER7Across14 Ascetic at last departing for Ruhr locationESSEN5Across16 Fine wool fabricWORSTED7Across16 Raise aloftHOIST5Across18 Study Hesiod's conclusion in FrenchDEN3Across18 One donning Great King's spun garmentTUNIC5Across19 NameTITLE5Across20 AbateSUBSIDE7Across21 Old Greek university plugging dissertationsTHESEUS7Across21 Vast crowdHORDE5Across22 Cosmonaut, wildly enthusiastic, to call shortlyGAGARIN7Across22 MetalTIN3Across23 Romanian dictator stops hoarding uranium and copperCEAUSESCU9Across24 See 1 downLONGTIMENOSEE13Across26 Be patronising towards women denied sonsEXIST5Across27 Book in Spanish English twice revisedEPHESIANS9Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Arctic whaleNARWHAL7Down1 Greeting from one again and again denied preferment?LONGTIMENOSEE13Down1 Lock of hairTRESS5Down2 Person misusing horse? Put on an extra courtADDICT6Down2 Exercise sessionWORKOUT7Down3 Doctor Galen with niece: not Grace?INELEGANCE10Down3 Person with assured belief Arkwright heard?KNOWER6Down4 WeirdEERIE5Down4 Easy opportunity to bag stray reptileTERRAPIN8Down5 Sign upENLIST6Down5 Kitty after second little bitSPOT4Down6 Sicilian volcanoETNA4Down6 Revolutionary husband taking place in battleMARATHON8Down7 Music formatCOMPACTDISC11Down7 Exhibitionist regrets surgery after liftPOSEUR6Down8 ImmoderateEXTREME7Down13 BeliefOPINION7Down14 ExchangeSWITCH6Down15 Anger on stage in a castANTAGONISE10Down15 See 12 acrossWORSTCASESCENARIO17Down17 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down17 Nun's costumeHABIT5Down18 Terrible blow where driest winds circling itDISASTER8Down18 Abound (in)TEEM4Down19 Cut down knight in cold Danish cityCONDENSE8Down20 Watch insect here shedding wingsTICKER6Down21 Sinister Parisian displaying 3GAUCHE6Down22 Bad hat seen in opera (Scala)RASCAL6Down23 Fourth man group hated at firstSETH4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, February 12, 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.