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The Independent Crossword February 20 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 20 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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The same check is catching firm making a birdhouse71 AcrossReveal answer → Frozen water31 AcrossReveal answer → Reverence33 AcrossReveal answer → Strongly smelling substance affected half of horses75 AcrossReveal answer → Pile47 AcrossReveal answer → Knitted top88 AcrossReveal answer → Difficulty in getting up in an ancient language159 AcrossReveal answer → Aware (Informal)109 AcrossReveal answer → Comprehend inclination to bag runs510 AcrossReveal answer → Call carvery at last: turkey? It’s not what you would call swan!911 AcrossReveal answer → Walk like a duck612 AcrossReveal answer → Republican intervention - item that’s edited out?912 AcrossReveal answer → Beginning613 AcrossReveal answer → Study year all set to go514 AcrossReveal answer → Tower to be evacuated? Excellent suggestion515 AcrossReveal answer → Insectivorous bird1015 AcrossReveal answer → Small bird hurried to good heather916 AcrossReveal answer → Rare818 AcrossReveal answer → Film company having value after good performance of course?918 AcrossReveal answer → Leave out420 AcrossReveal answer → Steal from321 AcrossReveal answer → Norse girl that mostly welcomes soldiers521 AcrossReveal answer → Record of a voyage322 AcrossReveal answer → In a romantic move, dropping English, I garbled romantic Latin phrase1522 AcrossReveal answer → Skill in twirling shown by last character in number one circus act723 AcrossReveal answer → City of London to stop importing second drug724 AcrossReveal answer →

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Article41 DownReveal answer → Austrian physicist, active person, adopting very quiet line71 DownReveal answer → An excess of words for this in an anagram?152 DownReveal answer → Brought to public notice72 DownReveal answer → Rector in church suspended about half of LP record93 DownReveal answer → Simple tune33 DownReveal answer → Corporation getting billions after introducing hard part of glove54 DownReveal answer → Banishment54 DownReveal answer → Object to everybody entering cold prehistoric area95 DownReveal answer → Mishap85 DownReveal answer → Significant expression of surprise about lunch?56 DownReveal answer → Blade on a rifle76 DownReveal answer → Once and for all a hit, I fancy?157 DownReveal answer → Work steadily after harvest to try again78 DownReveal answer → Apparel810 DownReveal answer → Very last part711 DownReveal answer → Pub and church restricting chimney’s sway913 DownReveal answer → Supporting justice is tougher, unfortunately914 DownReveal answer → Agitation714 DownReveal answer → Leading politician blocking most admired person for key spot on board?715 DownReveal answer → Group of singers516 DownReveal answer → Monarch417 DownReveal answer → Old American seen around North Arkansas food store717 DownReveal answer → Film version that is suppressed by Missouri519 DownReveal answer → Unruly crowd319 DownReveal answer → A lot of attempts to keep time may be unconvincing520 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, February 20, 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.