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The Independent Crossword February 22 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 51 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 22 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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Fall61 AcrossReveal answer → Short pointed knife65 AcrossReveal answer → Part of Badenoch ancestry that you'll never see!87 AcrossReveal answer → See note118 AcrossReveal answer → Old American lift regularly expected to drop a little lower68 AcrossReveal answer → ?79 AcrossReveal answer → E.g. Lewis given wrong information, obscuring case410 AcrossReveal answer → Type410 AcrossReveal answer → Turn against one?1011 AcrossReveal answer → Kentucky folk music911 AcrossReveal answer → In your ear, pain will go quickly612 AcrossReveal answer → How lovely, toilet paper turned red in Spain814 AcrossReveal answer → Easter's Catholic originally, one might safely venture1516 AcrossReveal answer → Pavement edge416 AcrossReveal answer → Drive back717 AcrossReveal answer → New York garbage collector spots 100 leather jackets818 AcrossReveal answer → ?1119 AcrossReveal answer → ?620 AcrossReveal answer → Clever like two thirds of private pupils620 AcrossReveal answer → ?621 AcrossReveal answer → Marine against wearing fur appropriate for the time of year1021 AcrossReveal answer → Long hair round neck unshaven, you'd say424 AcrossReveal answer → Notice doctor sip ale626 AcrossReveal answer → Attendant first to confirm the level we're on?827 AcrossReveal answer →

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Gallery's shadow pointing north and south41 DownReveal answer → Relax62 DownReveal answer → These sick people initially suspect bugs on lamb102 DownReveal answer → Plait53 DownReveal answer → Painter entered secretly83 DownReveal answer → Carry out74 DownReveal answer → Compact bag the smallest article fills44 DownReveal answer → Welsh county55 DownReveal answer → Large cat cross about new delay65 DownReveal answer → Picture fraudster's brief résumé?46 DownReveal answer → Old Testament book76 DownReveal answer → Urge67 DownReveal answer → Stop seeing red card become yellow?99 DownReveal answer → Flowering plant712 DownReveal answer → Renaissance artist713 DownReveal answer → With dodges Shane runs clear of tackle913 DownReveal answer → Japanese female companion614 DownReveal answer → Step aboard to go places514 DownReveal answer → Make similar sounds everyone repeats1015 DownReveal answer → Edict615 DownReveal answer → Hazardous517 DownReveal answer → Separate pilot with superior skills boards jet817 DownReveal answer → Fabric made from flax518 DownReveal answer → Stick with end of twisted line coming through?619 DownReveal answer → Catch brother or sister pinching postman's bottom422 DownReveal answer → Church musician sands down middle of pew423 DownReveal answer → Suddenly take off pound, cutting price425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, February 22, 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.