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The Independent Crossword February 15 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 15 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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Undivided cooking apple on right of oven81 AcrossReveal answer → See note151 AcrossReveal answer → Wan45 AcrossReveal answer → Notable partygoer brought back aboard oil rig tipsy66 AcrossReveal answer → See-through117 AcrossReveal answer → See 1158 AcrossReveal answer → Hide pepper49 AcrossReveal answer → Wild goat49 AcrossReveal answer → Brief experience510 AcrossReveal answer → Cake British composer eats when the news is on?1010 AcrossReveal answer → Slow movement moving to Toscanini when piano comes in1211 AcrossReveal answer → Paved area512 AcrossReveal answer → Small plane's crew's using AM that cuts out at certain frequency613 AcrossReveal answer → Continent414 AcrossReveal answer → Iron front and back of shirt holding baby, objecting to it?815 AcrossReveal answer → Young rooster816 AcrossReveal answer → Snickers that's disgusting after sandwiches817 AcrossReveal answer → ?1118 AcrossReveal answer → Nun's remains in nameless grave619 AcrossReveal answer → Agitate419 AcrossReveal answer → Cravenly lose first of series - boozing essential1220 AcrossReveal answer → ?720 AcrossReveal answer → Awkward part alongside Charlie Brown1024 AcrossReveal answer → Fat dog on lead in field425 AcrossReveal answer → Junky lacking caution emptied twenty bags626 AcrossReveal answer → Let an Irish priest on X?827 AcrossReveal answer →

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Lacking71 DownReveal answer → Large tentacled creature raised behind pub is extraordinary102 DownReveal answer → Become less intense52 DownReveal answer → Some other people, presumably suggesting southerly wind53 DownReveal answer → Captive73 DownReveal answer → Running club train - it makes running easier94 DownReveal answer → Cook54 DownReveal answer → Exceedingly hot in apartment and going up75 DownReveal answer → ?75 DownReveal answer → Tribe from apparently glacial part of UK?56 DownReveal answer → Supple56 DownReveal answer → Leave hands to become cracked97 DownReveal answer → Excellent red at dinner48 DownReveal answer → Disperse711 DownReveal answer → Swear idiot always spilled tea1012 DownReveal answer → Wind instrument712 DownReveal answer → Qualifications, formerly713 DownReveal answer → Women's group in US recalled eloquence of Lincoln914 DownReveal answer → ?515 DownReveal answer → Pandemonium516 DownReveal answer → Silly men heartless viragos lead to ruin?916 DownReveal answer → Rub out517 DownReveal answer → Rugby hooligan heard in bar718 DownReveal answer → Remain black and sticky521 DownReveal answer → The end Cervantes might have written, delicate and charming522 DownReveal answer → King and queen flying north sound pleased423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, February 15, 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.