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The Independent Crossword February 18 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 18 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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#
Align IT launch badly – it’s an AI problemHALLUCINATING13Across1 Animal's footPAW3Across1 IndicationSIGN4Across3 Pot-holder about to exhaust last of incenseRETIREE7Across8 Travel hubAIRPORT7Across8 Pitch master showing alto line in repetitive compositionRONALDO7Across9 Snow leopardOUNCE5Across9 Church vaultCRYPT5Across10 NoblewomanDUCHESS7Across11 Join up components of eleven RolexesENROL5Across11 UnalterableIRREVOCABLE11Across12 High-flying business quickly capturing asteroidAEROSPACE9Across12 In pursuit of wife, this Duke would be capitalELLINGTON9Across14 Oik rounds on upper-class twitYAHOO5Across16 SwaggerBRAVADO7Across16 Asian devouring starter of lentils and curry selectionTHALI5Across17 Sleep noisilySNORE5Across18 Speaker’s fooled after Tories press togetherCONSTRICT9Across19 Assumed nameALIAS5Across20 Not quite coming out, unknown character's crisisEMERGENCY9Across21 BriefCONCISE7Across21 Greenish-blueCYAN4Across22 Left for good, nitwit is unattachedLOOSE5Across23 EncounteredMET3Across23 Flapper disturbing stray papersSATYRID7Across24 A lot of aged Spanish gold provided aperitifOLOROSO7Across26 Doctor created tragic picture for smokersCIGARETTECARD13Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FlatfishPLAICE6Down1 Hack potentially taking down Leavitt’s fake newsHORSEFEATHERS13Down1 ConcernWORRY5Down2 ... as aside, a casual farewell to Gore?LATERAL7Down2 UncomplainingSTOIC5Down3 One cross-channel article and another occupying leasing firmUNRELENTING11Down3 Moulded plasticine, not initially stiffINELASTIC9Down4 RefinedGENTEEL7Down4 Ignoring the face, more beautiful frameAIRER5Down5 DetestLOATHE6Down5 Sofa bedSTUDIOCOUCH11Down6 House of Scandinavian clearing external angleINN3Down6 InformationNEWS4Down7 Big guy turning tail, bitten by pigGOLIATH7Down7 Final order for AA lobbyist?ONEFORTHEROAD13Down10 Cut solo on soundstage for familiar actorSLYSTALLONE11Down13 That which existsREALITY7Down13 AgreementASSENT6Down14 Feel remorseREPENT6Down15 Maybe she’ll bleat or nag crazily with TannoyNANNYGOAT9Down15 PartialityBIAS4Down16 Fire-raisingARSON5Down17 A non-believer’s caught out cleanlyASEPTIC7Down18 Narcotic drugOPIUM5Down19 Flowers one penny each, with powder insideIPOMOEA7Down20 Minimum bill permitted in Northern IrelandNADIR5Down22 Scrap of fish chucked upRAG3Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, February 18, 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.