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The Independent Crossword February 17 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 62 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 17 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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Charged atom31 AcrossReveal answer → Fish died after net unfortunately snarled91 AcrossReveal answer → Breathed wearily63 AcrossReveal answer → Prepares to fire helmsman, from the sound of it56 AcrossReveal answer → Outer garment47 AcrossReveal answer → Agony78 AcrossReveal answer → The last couple leaving servitude arranged benefits79 AcrossReveal answer → Transport hub109 AcrossReveal answer → Ban flipping setter then take over710 AcrossReveal answer → Fondle611 AcrossReveal answer → Optimistically expecting hard work and energy411 AcrossReveal answer → Burst of energy? Possibly, shrugs au pair evenly912 AcrossReveal answer → Falseness613 AcrossReveal answer → One with authority to kill legally inserting IV915 AcrossReveal answer → Astounding1015 AcrossReveal answer → It's a small thing to put on the song Cockney chap's forgotten518 AcrossReveal answer → Inquisitive719 AcrossReveal answer → Regular420 AcrossReveal answer → Trust answer entertained by suitable husband521 AcrossReveal answer → Indented area621 AcrossReveal answer → Indicate assent322 AcrossReveal answer → Producer of music performed badly injured, missing note923 AcrossReveal answer → Stupidly still pays for sequences of numbers925 AcrossReveal answer → Duck or ducks from Slovenia428 AcrossReveal answer → Working at home before entering office731 AcrossReveal answer → Regularly ignored - I'm sorry - once cool African country733 AcrossReveal answer → Avoiding time, dread what might follow trial534 AcrossReveal answer → Practise economy, extremely likely without effect935 AcrossReveal answer →

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Resentment of another Nobel Venezuelan originally received41 DownReveal answer → Golf club41 DownReveal answer → What's covered by casual shirt, approximately52 DownReveal answer → Distinguished72 DownReveal answer → What you hope to see through sunglasses? Water in Cannes, having just arrived there73 DownReveal answer → Able to see73 DownReveal answer → Case of lascivious American with Epstein essentially filling cravings54 DownReveal answer → Grain for grinding54 DownReveal answer → Outstanding leader of Denmark uplifting continental bloc35 DownReveal answer → African country85 DownReveal answer → Jazz fan bored by nude club76 DownReveal answer → Track circuits46 DownReveal answer → Cuba on top of uprising from briefly united island57 DownReveal answer → Disinclination to move hotel supporting small fortune58 DownReveal answer → Imitative work of art810 DownReveal answer → Curvy712 DownReveal answer → Desire to acquire Greenland without at first notifying loyal allied nations513 DownReveal answer → Muscle complaint414 DownReveal answer → WC water tank714 DownReveal answer → Rid516 DownReveal answer → Priest restricted by piles coming back316 DownReveal answer → Expel417 DownReveal answer → River plants etc. go missing517 DownReveal answer → Heavy metal418 DownReveal answer → Band bird missing its wings319 DownReveal answer → Overindulgence? Belly filled with large superfluity in the end underlying weight?420 DownReveal answer → Hurry to contain hostile Right with increasing relief722 DownReveal answer → Add to general unravelling724 DownReveal answer → Assuming high opinion of own self, exerted leverage in speech525 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Yellowstone employee top Republican axed might be upset?526 DownReveal answer → Where thousands died a few pocketing millions527 DownReveal answer → Against US immigration agents' singular failings529 DownReveal answer → See 20430 DownReveal answer → Emptied firearm and its contents thus missing antelope332 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, February 17, 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.