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The Independent Crossword February 20 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 20 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 52 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#
The same check is catching firm making a birdhouseDOVECOT7Across1 Frozen waterICE3Across1 ReverenceAWE3Across3 Strongly smelling substance affected half of horsesCAMPHOR7Across5 PileHEAP4Across7 Knitted topCARDIGAN8Across8 Difficulty in getting up in an ancient languagePERARDUAADASTRA15Across9 Aware (Informal)SWITCHEDON10Across9 Comprehend inclination to bag runsLEARN5Across10 Call carvery at last: turkey? It’s not what you would call swan!BELLYFLOP9Across11 Walk like a duckWADDLE6Across12 Republican intervention - item that’s edited out?REDACTION9Across12 BeginningOUTSET6Across13 Study year all set to goREADY5Across14 Tower to be evacuated? Excellent suggestionTRACE5Across15 Insectivorous birdFLYCATCHER10Across15 Small bird hurried to good heatherFLEDGLING9Across16 RareUNCOMMON8Across18 Film company having value after good performance of course?PARAMOUNT9Across18 Leave outOMIT4Across20 Steal fromROB3Across21 Norse girl that mostly welcomes soldiersTHORA5Across21 Record of a voyageLOG3Across22 In a romantic move, dropping English, I garbled romantic Latin phraseAMORVINCITOMNIA15Across22 Skill in twirling shown by last character in number one circus actTRAPEZE7Across23 City of London to stop importing second drugECSTASY7Across24

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ArticleITEM4Down1 Austrian physicist, active person, adopting very quiet lineDOPPLER7Down1 An excess of words for this in an anagram?VERBALDIARRHOEA15Down2 Brought to public noticeEXPOSED7Down2 Rector in church suspended about half of LP recordCHRONICLE9Down3 Simple tuneAIR3Down3 Corporation getting billions after introducing hard part of gloveTHUMB5Down4 BanishmentEXILE5Down4 Object to everybody entering cold prehistoric areaCHALLENGE9Down5 MishapACCIDENT8Down5 Significant expression of surprise about lunch?MEATY5Down6 Blade on a rifleBAYONET7Down6 Once and for all a hit, I fancy?HOTELCALIFORNIA15Down7 Work steadily after harvest to try againREAPPLY7Down8 ApparelCLOTHING8Down10 Very last partTAILEND7Down11 Pub and church restricting chimney’s swayINFLUENCE9Down13 Supporting justice is tougher, unfortunatelyRIGHTEOUS9Down14 AgitationTURMOIL7Down14 Leading politician blocking most admired person for key spot on board?TOPMAST7Down15 Group of singersCHOIR5Down16 MonarchKING4Down17 Old American seen around North Arkansas food storeGRANARY7Down17 Film version that is suppressed by MissouriMOVIE5Down19 Unruly crowdMOB3Down19 A lot of attempts to keep time may be unconvincingTRITE5Down20

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