The Independent Crossword February 14 2026 Answers

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Below are all 112 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 14 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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Fake41 AcrossReveal answer → Criticise terrible roads - shock source of troubles?111 AcrossReveal answer → Acute discomfort44 AcrossReveal answer → Eat around six? Perfect!65 AcrossReveal answer → Thrifty69 AcrossReveal answer → Neckband610 AcrossReveal answer → My new strong horse gets some maize710 AcrossReveal answer → Headgear that guy allows to protect back of cranium711 AcrossReveal answer → American actor who found fame in the title role of the 1960s TV show Dr Kildare1811 AcrossReveal answer → Unbelieving1111 AcrossReveal answer → Card suit612 AcrossReveal answer → What flows through 5 Greeks and mythic horse-man512 AcrossReveal answer → General Motors' largest European brand413 AcrossReveal answer → Chef's sauce ingredient413 AcrossReveal answer → 1998 film for which James Coburn won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar1014 AcrossReveal answer → Face614 AcrossReveal answer → Sad university sportsperson414 AcrossReveal answer → The goddess of peace in Greek mythology515 AcrossReveal answer → Mawkish1116 AcrossReveal answer → See 46 Down1016 AcrossReveal answer → Chat with airline about several places to shop1116 AcrossReveal answer → 1979 play by Peter Shaffer, loosely based on the lives of Mozart and Salieri717 AcrossReveal answer → English punk rock band whose name was inspired by a review of the TV series Rock Follies in Time Out magazine918 AcrossReveal answer → Brown booth stripped down318 AcrossReveal answer → American golfer who won the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National819 AcrossReveal answer → Reach a destination619 AcrossReveal answer → See 11119 AcrossReveal answer → Not very juicy food from fir set druid reeling1120 AcrossReveal answer → Merited620 AcrossReveal answer → Gaelic word meaning "welcome"620 AcrossReveal answer → Bassist in Pink Floyd who became their lyricist and conceptual leader after the departure of Syd Barrett in 19681121 AcrossReveal answer → Brief letter421 AcrossReveal answer → Sudden loud noise422 AcrossReveal answer → Songwriter Neko starts to create another sad elegy422 AcrossReveal answer → The first old rocking Billy?424 AcrossReveal answer → Large village in Lancashire on the south bank of the River Ribble, opposite the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge1226 AcrossReveal answer → Power Russian plane with hydrogen tank at the front526 AcrossReveal answer → Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains828 AcrossReveal answer → Certain to contain final elements of the Iraqi blitz attack728 AcrossReveal answer → Joyous time before opening of lamentable ceremony729 AcrossReveal answer → What the M of the condition ME stands for729 AcrossReveal answer → Tests of materials like, for example, sulphur630 AcrossReveal answer → King of Mercia and Northumbria (957-975) and of England (959-975)530 AcrossReveal answer → King Edward pocketing American bill went on campaign831 AcrossReveal answer → A polygon that has eight sides732 AcrossReveal answer → The chief executive of any US state834 AcrossReveal answer → Senior RAF officer of equivalent rank to a brigadier in the Army1236 AcrossReveal answer → Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for The Untouchables1138 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor Dolittle's pet pig in the series of children's books by Hugh Lofting639 AcrossReveal answer → See 19844 AcrossReveal answer → Well-known song by Sir Noël Coward from his 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet1445 AcrossReveal answer → A blunt projection in glassware747 AcrossReveal answer → See 451448 AcrossReveal answer → 1894 opera by Jules Massenet best known for the entr'acte for violin and orchestra Méditation549 AcrossReveal answer → American stand-up comedian and actor whose best-known sketches include The Driving Instructor1050 AcrossReveal answer → A portable, bent dwelling structure traditionally used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia451 AcrossReveal answer → An abnormal heart rhythm characterised by rapid and irregular beating1852 AcrossReveal answer →

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1991 Ken Loach film starring Robert Carlyle and Ricky Tomlinson81 DownReveal answer → More discerning, irrational and cold, Starmer turns guts71 DownReveal answer → Fomer England defender who returned to Sheffield United in 2019 after 12 years at Everton122 DownReveal answer → Sailor follows old prime minister's guiding light92 DownReveal answer → Main female character72 DownReveal answer → Davy ___, "King of the Wild Frontier" who died at the Battle of the Alamo83 DownReveal answer → Writer so upset about cycling director Billy103 DownReveal answer → Sorcery53 DownReveal answer → The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another74 DownReveal answer → Resin found occasionally in rising creek by moat54 DownReveal answer → In love75 DownReveal answer → Historical novel by Charles Dickens subtitled A Tale of the Riots of Eighty125 DownReveal answer → An official permit allowing foreign nationals in the United States permanent residence and employment96 DownReveal answer → Maybe Avalon features in this legend46 DownReveal answer → Requirements56 DownReveal answer → One preparation of lead is best57 DownReveal answer → Gripping tool67 DownReveal answer → 1978 single by Abba that spent three weeks at number 1 in the UK157 DownReveal answer → Greyish-yellow48 DownReveal answer → Sculpted penis outside hollow travertine tomb of 3 was made by him78 DownReveal answer → Coarse-grained rock that represents the last stage in the metamorphism of rocks before melting68 DownReveal answer → Grand soda hunt abandoned89 DownReveal answer → A red curly-leaved variety of lettuce109 DownReveal answer → English actor, comedian and presenter whose TV series include Not Going Out and Would I Lie to You?710 DownReveal answer → See 411312 DownReveal answer → Behave without restraint713 DownReveal answer → TV watcher614 DownReveal answer → Sailing ship715 DownReveal answer → Cool rector comes in to fix small steps1015 DownReveal answer → Warning device516 DownReveal answer → French dog accepts prime bits from older kids817 DownReveal answer → Couple (Informal)417 DownReveal answer → Time oil worker and journalist set off918 DownReveal answer → Pulsate518 DownReveal answer → Overly affectionate mother's job can stay unfinished719 DownReveal answer → Determined badger's place was in front of the field721 DownReveal answer → Explosive material invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1875922 DownReveal answer → Sends his weird extra text523 DownReveal answer → Genre of dance music influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines and funk sampling723 DownReveal answer → 2002 top ten hit single by U21524 DownReveal answer → Meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirits of the dead625 DownReveal answer → Pilot lowering female prisoner525 DownReveal answer → Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 1994 to July 2002626 DownReveal answer → A thin, plain weave, sheer fabric traditionally made from silk727 DownReveal answer → Billy who once rocked animal product on seat of Harley427 DownReveal answer → 1974 single by George McCrae that topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic1231 DownReveal answer → African American blues singer whose song Alley Boogie was used as the theme music of the BBC series Love Soup1233 DownReveal answer → A medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphate1035 DownReveal answer → Town on the western shore of Loch Fyne that is the ancestral home to the Duke of Argyll937 DownReveal answer → 2007 hit song by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z840 DownReveal answer → 1975 hit single by Sweet inspired by an incident at a 1973 gig in Kilmarnock1341 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, an immortal winged horse which sprang from the blood of Medusa742 DownReveal answer → A dry white burgundy wine from France743 DownReveal answer → Musical mode represented by the natural diatonic scale C–C (the major scale)645 DownReveal answer → British singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens1046 DownReveal answer →

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