The Independent Crossword February 19 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 19 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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Got on51 AcrossReveal answer → Snakelike fish34 AcrossReveal answer → Female servant47 AcrossReveal answer → Abstaining from alcohol88 AcrossReveal answer → Obesity109 AcrossReveal answer → One of two possibly having left this place unclad59 AcrossReveal answer → In that region, Hungary lies to the west310 AcrossReveal answer → In both directions I see a commotion511 AcrossReveal answer → Hot pepper612 AcrossReveal answer → Cool, not having old pile sell at a low price712 AcrossReveal answer → Cut613 AcrossReveal answer → Hit on the fact that the spirit of the Caribbean was flowing freely713 AcrossReveal answer → Henry working with wrapping present614 AcrossReveal answer → Addition1015 AcrossReveal answer → E.g. Menace, Destroyer and Governess, finally on the heels of optimistic bunch?716 AcrossReveal answer → Disorderly place818 AcrossReveal answer → Enjoyable German channel319 AcrossReveal answer → Love is returned by crack director720 AcrossReveal answer → Sheet of glass420 AcrossReveal answer → International event; international lingo321 AcrossReveal answer → Droop321 AcrossReveal answer → As a joke, eyes kissing when moving south east722 AcrossReveal answer → Humble522 AcrossReveal answer → Secured additional part of Greater Manchester624 AcrossReveal answer → Remarkable turnout, so unable to offer seconds728 AcrossReveal answer → Player in the auditorium you’ve no reason to question729 AcrossReveal answer → Parisian who turned up recording device531 AcrossReveal answer → Religious party to join union332 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing particularly good in reserve533 AcrossReveal answer →

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“Club” singer taking over, that surprises me!91 DownReveal answer → Anti-aircraft fire41 DownReveal answer → Fashionable young thing, Kay Short42 DownReveal answer → Thoroughgoing72 DownReveal answer → Disorderly non-members knocking out some poor guy in changing room63 DownReveal answer → Decide93 DownReveal answer → Female sheep34 DownReveal answer → Out of hospital, the reason to admit one’s soft, weak and feeble54 DownReveal answer → At large55 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Clementine, Charlotte and Lauryn will have to share a cell95 DownReveal answer → Band sacked woman missing vocal elements in hotspots136 DownReveal answer → Mocking use of irony76 DownReveal answer → Mistake Wayne’s inspiration for clash of heads? This is on Riddler97 DownReveal answer → See 17148 DownReveal answer → Worldwide910 DownReveal answer → Idea711 DownReveal answer → Dupe714 DownReveal answer → Plimsolls516 DownReveal answer → Universal parts are light, just to promote 50 actors1417 DownReveal answer → Covetousness417 DownReveal answer → Ladies and gents got ready to strike Avenger918 DownReveal answer → Drag319 DownReveal answer → Thick skin envelops cubic body mass820 DownReveal answer → See 23921 DownReveal answer → Macabre hairy relative practisin’ sex in bed923 DownReveal answer → Some casual work retiring PM takes in Dutch Department625 DownReveal answer → A division secretly devising gadgets to clean up Muslim dress526 DownReveal answer → See 61327 DownReveal answer → Into getting hammered, overdoing the amber nectar?430 DownReveal answer →

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