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The Independent Crossword February 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 16 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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Prisoner's label tucked into socks71 AcrossReveal answer → One sometimes working to restore mobile bars?75 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral37 AcrossReveal answer → Pull38 AcrossReveal answer → Is surrounding old lady with religious leaders59 AcrossReveal answer → Wait in line510 AcrossReveal answer → Trendy set fairly regularly coming to place for treatments910 AcrossReveal answer → V-shaped stripe711 AcrossReveal answer → Make weak argument defending current literature1011 AcrossReveal answer → Communion table512 AcrossReveal answer → Object of love left after part of wedding service?412 AcrossReveal answer → Theatre area1213 AcrossReveal answer → TV show that rioters condemned1114 AcrossReveal answer → Underground1216 AcrossReveal answer → Flustered caterer missing last pound stops to double-check the scales1118 AcrossReveal answer → Type of book520 AcrossReveal answer → Take a picture as camera tracks along from right to left421 AcrossReveal answer → Conflagration721 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely safe scan1022 AcrossReveal answer → Less523 AcrossReveal answer → Wildebeest324 AcrossReveal answer → Trimming rear seal925 AcrossReveal answer → Clerical vestment325 AcrossReveal answer → Become confused retracting upheld damage claims526 AcrossReveal answer → Exploited shingle originally from Brighton?727 AcrossReveal answer → Get her eating nibbles on that account728 AcrossReveal answer →

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Maybe Bob Harris's debut transformed radio?61 DownReveal answer → Covered entrance51 DownReveal answer → Threadbare throw worn by abbess62 DownReveal answer → Shooting star62 DownReveal answer → Skilfully coats item in liquid with 100% effectiveness103 DownReveal answer → Celebrity43 DownReveal answer → John almost upended George54 DownReveal answer → Military subdivision84 DownReveal answer → California holiday? Look up somewhere to eat95 DownReveal answer → Dilapidated65 DownReveal answer → A measure of port46 DownReveal answer → Hide76 DownReveal answer → Security measure upset travel beyond Driffield following evacuation, by gum!87 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Queen fan is inspired by improvisation of Taylor88 DownReveal answer → Water sport119 DownReveal answer → Mushy peas and rice stored in iron apparatus for emergency use1013 DownReveal answer → Incautious814 DownReveal answer → Destructive wave715 DownReveal answer → Discovered one of crew coming round queasy - quiet below deck!915 DownReveal answer → Parisian curls first tee shot816 DownReveal answer → Animal of the cattle family617 DownReveal answer → Grazing rat gets hold of rubbish817 DownReveal answer → Overseas618 DownReveal answer → After first day off insensitive student body withdraws ice cream619 DownReveal answer → Uncertainty519 DownReveal answer → Essentially, Canadian shivered into the period before Christmas620 DownReveal answer → Revolting422 DownReveal answer → Correct change of direction in Sun?523 DownReveal answer → Climbing, sex or bread?424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, February 16, 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.