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The Independent Crossword February 13 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 13 2026 answers. The Friday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Dawn escape in which one runs beside streetFIRSTLIGHT10Across1 ConiferFIR3Across1 BaseLOW3Across3 Erase nothing in videoVOID4Across6 ChesspieceKING4Across7 Section of subsidiary matterAPPENDIX8Across8 Besotted, Mac swoons about a bit of tottie - if she’s this?SCOTSWOMAN10Across9 Short-livedTRANSIENT9Across9 One Aussie truck reversed in caseETUI4Across10 First example of mother catching a daughter’s dodgeEVADE5Across12 LayersSTRATA6Across12 Popular group not selected for Pixar filmINSIDEOUT9Across13 ResponseANSWER6Across13 Red vehicle left in positionSCARLET7Across14 Speak forREPRESENT9Across15 Quiet, small reserve receiving 75% of grantSILENCE7Across16 GermsBACTERIA8Across18 Bit of lingerie - nearly a bondage item?NIGHTIE7Across18 Eye partIRIS4Across20 Delivers one a flowerFREESIA7Across20 StillYET3Across21 Hot cooked macaroni and lots of glassware in play here?HARMONICA9Across21 DeityGOD3Across22 Large venue that reflects a good many yearsARENA5Across22 Ban not everyone – only some – rejectedVETO4Across24 Cut finger treated with minimum of effort in part of astronaut training?CENTRIFUGE10Across25 Millions in better political groupingCAMP4Across26 City very popular with Government and people of fashionWELLINGTON10Across27

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Promotes practicable issue originally from elsewhere?FOSTERSON9Down1 JustFAIR4Down1 Boat race meetingREGATTA7Down2 Red or white wine: red is odd, initially, certainly from Riesling grower?RIOJA5Down2 CircuitLAP3Down3 Pattern of identical shapes disrupted on satellitesTESSELLATION12Down3 Satirical comedian, one taking on rise in crime during corruptionIRONIST7Down4 FlinchWINCE5Down4 Black vehicles and pick up trucks are lorries ultimatelyHEARSES7Down5 Thick hard shellCARAPACE8Down5 Wine merchantVINTNER7Down6 Extravert with special expensesOUTGOINGS9Down7 General implication doctor provided patient at the endDRIFT5Down8 Keyboard partSPACEBAR8Down10 PerpetualETERNAL7Down11 Drug found in grown-up’s serving could be an example of this?ADULTERATION12Down11 EnvironmentSETTING7Down14 Confusing to a girl, the King’s rule?ALGORITHM9Down15 TrivialPETTY5Down16 Skin on baconRIND4Down17 Rising river restricting a feeble battleELALAMEIN9Down17 Big film, new in middle of week, featuring both sexesEPICENE7Down19 RodentRAT3Down19 Repetitive computer image? A lot of uproar about source of this lineFRACTAL7Down20 Hard green fruit supplied without trouble or chaosHAVOC5Down21 Spread debris everywhere, perhaps - clean up with timeERUPT5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 13, 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.