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The Independent Crossword February 14 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 14 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 112 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#
FakeSHAM4Across1 Criticise terrible roads - shock source of troubles?PANDORASJAR11Across1 Acute discomfortPAIN4Across4 Eat around six? Perfect!DIVINE6Across5 ThriftyFRUGAL6Across9 NeckbandCHOKER6Across10 My new strong horse gets some maizeCORNCOB7Across10 Headgear that guy allows to protect back of craniumHELMETS7Across11 American actor who found fame in the title role of the 1960s TV show Dr KildareRICHARDCHAMBERLAIN18Across11 UnbelievingINCREDULOUS11Across11 Card suitHEARTS6Across12 What flows through 5 Greeks and mythic horse-manICHOR5Across12 General Motors' largest European brandOPEL4Across13 Chef's sauce ingredientROUX4Across13 1998 film for which James Coburn won a Best Supporting Actor OscarAFFLICTION10Across14 FaceVISAGE6Across14 Sad university sportspersonBLUE4Across14 The goddess of peace in Greek mythologyIRENE5Across15 MawkishSENTIMENTAL11Across16 See 46 DownYUSUFISLAM10Across16 Chat with airline about several places to shopRETAILCHAIN11Across16 1979 play by Peter Shaffer, loosely based on the lives of Mozart and SalieriAMADEUS7Across17 English punk rock band whose name was inspired by a review of the TV series Rock Follies in Time Out magazineBUZZCOCKS9Across18 Brown booth stripped downTAN3Across18 American golfer who won the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine NationalRICHBEEM8Across19 Reach a destinationARRIVE6Across19 See 1PANDORASJAR11Across19 Not very juicy food from fir set druid reelingDRIEDFRUITS11Across20 MeritedEARNED6Across20 Gaelic word meaning "welcome"FAILTE6Across20 Bassist in Pink Floyd who became their lyricist and conceptual leader after the departure of Syd Barrett in 1968ROGERWATERS11Across21 Brief letterNOTE4Across21 Sudden loud noiseBANG4Across22 Songwriter Neko starts to create another sad elegyCASE4Across22 The first old rocking Billy?IDOL4Across24 Large village in Lancashire on the south bank of the River Ribble, opposite the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber BridgeWALTONLEDALE12Across26 Power Russian plane with hydrogen tank at the frontMIGHT5Across26 Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian MountainsCHEROKEE8Across28 Certain to contain final elements of the Iraqi blitz attackSEIZURE7Across28 Joyous time before opening of lamentable ceremonyFUNERAL7Across29 What the M of the condition ME stands forMYALGIC7Across29 Tests of materials like, for example, sulphurASSAYS6Across30 King of Mercia and Northumbria (957-975) and of England (959-975)EDGAR5Across30 King Edward pocketing American bill went on campaignCRUSADED8Across31 A polygon that has eight sidesOCTAGON7Across32 The chief executive of any US stateGOVERNOR8Across34 Senior RAF officer of equivalent rank to a brigadier in the ArmyAIRCOMMODORE12Across36 Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for The UntouchablesSEANCONNERY11Across38 Doctor Dolittle's pet pig in the series of children's books by Hugh LoftingGUBGUB6Across39 See 19RICHBEEM8Across44 Well-known song by Sir Noël Coward from his 1929 operetta Bitter SweetILLSEEYOUAGAIN14Across45 A blunt projection in glasswareHOBNAIL7Across47 See 45ILLSEEYOUAGAIN14Across48 1894 opera by Jules Massenet best known for the entr'acte for violin and orchestra MéditationTHAIS5Across49 American stand-up comedian and actor whose best-known sketches include The Driving InstructorBOBNEWHART10Across50 A portable, bent dwelling structure traditionally used by nomads in the steppes of Central AsiaYURT4Across51 An abnormal heart rhythm characterised by rapid and irregular beatingATRIALFIBRILLATION18Across52

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1991 Ken Loach film starring Robert Carlyle and Ricky TomlinsonRIFFRAFF8Down1 More discerning, irrational and cold, Starmer turns gutsPICKIER7Down1 Fomer England defender who returned to Sheffield United in 2019 after 12 years at EvertonPHILJAGIELKA12Down2 Sailor follows old prime minister's guiding lightNORTHSTAR9Down2 Main female characterHEROINE7Down2 Davy ___, "King of the Wild Frontier" who died at the Battle of the AlamoCROCKETT8Down3 Writer so upset about cycling director BillyOSCARWILDE10Down3 SorceryMAGIC5Down3 The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by anotherECLIPSE7Down4 Resin found occasionally in rising creek by moatAMBER5Down4 In loveAMOROUS7Down5 Historical novel by Charles Dickens subtitled A Tale of the Riots of EightyBARNABYRUDGE12Down5 An official permit allowing foreign nationals in the United States permanent residence and employmentGREENCARD9Down6 Maybe Avalon features in this legendISLE4Down6 RequirementsNEEDS5Down6 One preparation of lead is bestIDEAL5Down7 Gripping toolPLIERS6Down7 1978 single by Abba that spent three weeks at number 1 in the UKTAKEACHANCEONME15Down7 Greyish-yellowECRU4Down8 Sculpted penis outside hollow travertine tomb of 3 was made by himEPSTEIN7Down8 Coarse-grained rock that represents the last stage in the metamorphism of rocks before meltingGNEISS6Down8 Grand soda hunt abandonedTHOUSAND8Down9 A red curly-leaved variety of lettuceLOLLOROSSO10Down9 English actor, comedian and presenter whose TV series include Not Going Out and Would I Lie to You?LEEMACK7Down10 See 41BALLROOMBLITZ13Down12 Behave without restraintRUNRIOT7Down13 TV watcherVIEWER6Down14 Sailing shipGALLEON7Down15 Cool rector comes in to fix small stepsINCREMENTS10Down15 Warning deviceSIREN5Down16 French dog accepts prime bits from older kidsCHILDREN8Down17 Couple (Informal)ITEM4Down17 Time oil worker and journalist set offTRIGGERED9Down18 PulsateTHROB5Down18 Overly affectionate mother's job can stay unfinishedJOCASTA7Down19 Determined badger's place was in front of the fieldSETTLED7Down21 Explosive material invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1875GELIGNITE9Down22 Sends his weird extra textSHIPS5Down23 Genre of dance music influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines and funk samplingELECTRO7Down23 2002 top ten hit single by U2ELECTRICALSTORM15Down24 Meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the deadSEANCE6Down25 Pilot lowering female prisonerLIFER5Down25 Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 1994 to July 2002WIMKOK6Down26 A thin, plain weave, sheer fabric traditionally made from silkORGANZA7Down27 Billy who once rocked animal product on seat of HarleyFURY4Down27 1974 single by George McCrae that topped the charts on both sides of the AtlanticROCKYOURBABY12Down31 African American blues singer whose song Alley Boogie was used as the theme music of the BBC series Love SoupGEORGIAWHITE12Down33 A medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphateEPSOMSALTS10Down35 Town on the western shore of Loch Fyne that is the ancestral home to the Duke of ArgyllINVERARAY9Down37 2007 hit song by Rihanna featuring Jay-ZUMBRELLA8Down40 1975 hit single by Sweet inspired by an incident at a 1973 gig in KilmarnockBALLROOMBLITZ13Down41 In Greek mythology, an immortal winged horse which sprang from the blood of MedusaPEGASUS7Down42 A dry white burgundy wine from FranceCHABLIS7Down43 Musical mode represented by the natural diatonic scale C–C (the major scale)IONIAN6Down45 British singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat StevensYUSUFISLAM10Down46

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, February 14, 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.