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The Independent Crossword February 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 16 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 55 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#
Prisoner's label tucked into socksHOSTAGE7Across1 One sometimes working to restore mobile bars?CHARGER7Across5 MineralORE3Across7 PullTOW3Across8 Is surrounding old lady with religious leadersIMAMS5Across9 Wait in lineQUEUE5Across10 Trendy set fairly regularly coming to place for treatmentsINFIRMARY9Across10 V-shaped stripeCHEVRON7Across11 Make weak argument defending current literatureDEBILITATE10Across11 Communion tableALTAR5Across12 Object of love left after part of wedding service?IDOL4Across12 Theatre areaORCHESTRAPIT12Across13 TV show that rioters condemnedTHETRAITORS11Across14 UndergroundSUBTERRANEAN12Across16 Flustered caterer missing last pound stops to double-check the scalesRECALIBRATE11Across18 Type of bookNOVEL5Across20 Take a picture as camera tracks along from right to leftSNAP4Across21 ConflagrationINFERNO7Across21 Extremely safe scanULTRASOUND10Across22 LessMINUS5Across23 WildebeestGNU3Across24 Trimming rear sealTAILORING9Across25 Clerical vestmentALB3Across25 Become confused retracting upheld damage claimsADDLE5Across26 Exploited shingle originally from Brighton?ENGLISH7Across27 Get her eating nibbles on that accountTHEREAT7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Maybe Bob Harris's debut transformed radio?HAIRDO6Down1 Covered entrancePORCH5Down1 Threadbare throw worn by abbessSHABBY6Down2 Shooting starMETEOR6Down2 Skilfully coats item in liquid with 100% effectivenessABSOLUTELY10Down3 CelebritySTAR4Down3 John almost upended GeorgeELIOT5Down4 Military subdivisionSQUADRON8Down4 California holiday? Look up somewhere to eatCAFETERIA9Down5 DilapidatedBEATUP6Down5 A measure of portACRE4Down6 HideSECRETE7Down6 Security measure upset travel beyond Driffield following evacuation, by gum!GUARDDOG8Down7 Perhaps Queen fan is inspired by improvisation of TaylorROYALIST8Down8 Water sportWINDSURFING11Down9 Mushy peas and rice stored in iron apparatus for emergency useFIREESCAPE10Down13 IncautiousHEEDLESS8Down14 Destructive waveTSUNAMI7Down15 Discovered one of crew coming round queasy - quiet below deck!EMBELLISH9Down15 Parisian curls first tee shotFRISETTE8Down16 Animal of the cattle familyBOVINE6Down17 Grazing rat gets hold of rubbishSCRAPING8Down17 OverseasABROAD6Down18 After first day off insensitive student body withdraws ice creamSUNDAE6Down19 UncertaintyDOUBT5Down19 Essentially, Canadian shivered into the period before ChristmasADVENT6Down20 RevoltingFOUL4Down22 Correct change of direction in Sun?RIGHT5Down23 Climbing, sex or bread?ROTI4Down24

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