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The Independent Crossword February 19 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 19 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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#
Got onFARED5Across1 Snakelike fishEEL3Across4 Female servantMAID4Across7 Abstaining from alcoholTEETOTAL8Across8 ObesityCORPULENCE10Across9 One of two possibly having left this place uncladOTHER5Across9 In that region, Hungary lies to the westISH3Across10 In both directions I see a commotionHOOHA5Across11 Hot pepperCHILLI6Across12 Cool, not having old pile sell at a low priceGOCHEAP7Across12 CutINCISE6Across13 Hit on the fact that the spirit of the Caribbean was flowing freelyRUMBLED7Across13 Henry working with wrapping presentONHAND6Across14 AdditionSUPPLEMENT10Across15 E.g. Menace, Destroyer and Governess, finally on the heels of optimistic bunch?CHASERS7Across16 Disorderly placeSHAMBLES8Across18 Enjoyable German channelGUT3Across19 Love is returned by crack directorCHAPLIN7Across20 Sheet of glassPANE4Across20 International event; international lingoIDO3Across21 DroopSAG3Across21 As a joke, eyes kissing when moving south eastOCULARS7Across22 HumbleLOWLY5Across22 Secured additional part of Greater ManchesterBOLTON6Across24 Remarkable turnout, so unable to offer secondsUNUSUAL7Across28 Player in the auditorium you’ve no reason to questionWIDEOUT7Across29 Parisian who turned up recording deviceQUIPU5Across31 Religious party to join unionNUN3Across32 Nothing particularly good in reserveONICE5Across33

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
“Club” singer taking over, that surprises me!BOYGEORGE9Down1 Anti-aircraft fireFLAK4Down1 Fashionable young thing, Kay ShortCHIC4Down2 ThoroughgoingRADICAL7Down2 Disorderly non-members knocking out some poor guy in changing roomMRBENN6Down3 DecideDETERMINE9Down3 Female sheepEWE3Down4 Out of hospital, the reason to admit one’s soft, weak and feebleWIMPY5Down4 At largeLOOSE5Down5 Perhaps Clementine, Charlotte and Lauryn will have to share a cellCHURCHILL9Down5 Band sacked woman missing vocal elements in hotspotsTHOMPSONTWINS13Down6 Mocking use of ironySARCASM7Down6 Mistake Wayne’s inspiration for clash of heads? This is on RiddlerBOWLERHAT9Down7 See 17LAURELANDHARDY14Down8 WorldwideUNIVERSAL9Down10 IdeaTHOUGHT7Down11 DupeCATSPAW7Down14 PlimsollsPUMPS5Down16 Universal parts are light, just to promote 50 actorsLAURELANDHARDY14Down17 CovetousnessENVY4Down17 Ladies and gents got ready to strike AvengerJOHNSTEED9Down18 DragLUG3Down19 Thick skin envelops cubic body massCALCULUS8Down20 See 23COUSINITT9Down21 Macabre hairy relative practisin’ sex in bedCOUSINITT9Down23 Some casual work retiring PM takes in Dutch DepartmentODDJOB6Down25 A division secretly devising gadgets to clean up Muslim dressBURQA5Down26 See 6THOMPSONTWINS13Down27 Into getting hammered, overdoing the amber nectar?ONIT4Down30

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, February 19, 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.