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The Independent Crossword February 15 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 15 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 52 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#
Undivided cooking apple on right of ovenOPENPLAN8Across1 See noteWEATHERFORECAST15Across1 WanPALE4Across5 Notable partygoer brought back aboard oil rig tipsyITGIRL6Across6 See-throughTRANSPARENT11Across7 See 1WEATHERFORECAST15Across8 Hide pepperPELT4Across9 Wild goatIBEX4Across9 Brief experienceTASTE5Across10 Cake British composer eats when the news is on?BATTENBERG10Across10 Slow movement moving to Toscanini when piano comes inCONSTIPATION12Across11 Paved areaPATIO5Across12 Small plane's crew's using AM that cuts out at certain frequencyCESSNA6Across13 ContinentASIA4Across14 Iron front and back of shirt holding baby, objecting to it?FEMINIST8Across15 Young roosterCOCKEREL8Across16 Snickers that's disgusting after sandwichesLAUGHTER8Across17 ?EXTRAPOLATE11Across18 Nun's remains in nameless graveSISTER6Across19 AgitateSTIR4Across19 Cravenly lose first of series - boozing essentialBOTTLEOPENER12Across20 ?SHOWERS7Across20 Awkward part alongside Charlie BrownCUMBERSOME10Across24 Fat dog on lead in fieldFLAB4Across25 Junky lacking caution emptied twenty bagsTRASHY6Across26 Let an Irish priest on X?TENANTED8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LackingWITHOUT7Down1 Large tentacled creature raised behind pub is extraordinaryPHENOMENAL10Down2 Become less intenseABATE5Down2 Some other people, presumably suggesting southerly windNOTUS5Down3 CaptiveHOSTAGE7Down3 Running club train - it makes running easierLUBRICANT9Down4 CookROAST5Down4 Exceedingly hot in apartment and going upNOTHALF7Down5 ?PREDICT7Down5 Tribe from apparently glacial part of UK?ICENI5Down6 SuppleLITHE5Down6 Leave hands to become crackedGOBANANAS9Down7 Excellent red at dinnerRARE4Down8 DisperseSCATTER7Down11 Swear idiot always spilled teaASSEVERATE10Down12 Wind instrumentPICCOLO7Down12 Qualifications, formerlyOLEVELS7Down13 Women's group in US recalled eloquence of LincolnSUGABABES9Down14 ?SLEET5Down15 PandemoniumCHAOS5Down16 Silly men heartless viragos lead to ruin?MISGOVERN9Down16 Rub outERASE5Down17 Rugby hooligan heard in barRULEOUT7Down18 Remain black and stickyTARRY5Down21 The end Cervantes might have written, delicate and charmingELFIN5Down22 King and queen flying north sound pleasedPURR4Down23

About this puzzle

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