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The Independent Crossword February 22 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword February 22 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 51 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#
FallTUMBLE6Across1 Short pointed knifeDAGGER6Across5 Part of Badenoch ancestry that you'll never see!NOCHANCE8Across7 See noteWEAVERFINCH11Across8 Old American lift regularly expected to drop a little lowerINCALF6Across8 ?NEDLUDD7Across9 E.g. Lewis given wrong information, obscuring caseISLE4Across10 TypeSORT4Across10 Turn against one?ANTAGONISE10Across11 Kentucky folk musicBLUEGRASS9Across11 In your ear, pain will go quicklyHURTLE6Across12 How lovely, toilet paper turned red in SpainGARNACHA8Across14 Easter's Catholic originally, one might safely ventureTHECOASTISCLEAR15Across16 Pavement edgeKERB4Across16 Drive backREPULSE7Across17 New York garbage collector spots 100 leather jacketsTRASHCAN8Across18 ?SILASMARNER11Across19 ?CANARY6Across20 Clever like two thirds of private pupilsASTUTE6Across20 ?LINNET6Across21 Marine against wearing fur appropriate for the time of yearSEASONABLE10Across21 Long hair round neck unshaven, you'd sayRUFF4Across24 Notice doctor sip aleESPIAL6Across26 Attendant first to confirm the level we're on?COURTIER8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Gallery's shadow pointing north and southGODS4Down1 RelaxUNWIND6Down2 These sick people initially suspect bugs on lambSHEEPTICKS10Down2 PlaitBRAID5Down3 Painter entered secretlyINCAMERA8Down3 Carry outEXECUTE7Down4 Compact bag the smallest article fillsNEAT4Down4 Welsh countyDYFED5Down5 Large cat cross about new delayLINGER6Down5 Picture fraudster's brief résumé?ICON4Down6 Old Testament bookGENESIS7Down6 UrgeEXHORT6Down7 Stop seeing red card become yellow?LOSEHEART9Down9 Flowering plantLOBELIA7Down12 Renaissance artistRAPHAEL7Down13 With dodges Shane runs clear of tackleUNHARNESS9Down13 Japanese female companionGEISHA6Down14 Step aboard to go placesGETON5Down14 Make similar sounds everyone repeatsALLITERATE10Down15 EdictDECREE6Down15 HazardousRISKY5Down17 Separate pilot with superior skills boards jetSPACEOUT8Down17 Fabric made from flaxLINEN5Down18 Stick with end of twisted line coming through?CANDLE6Down19 Catch brother or sister pinching postman's bottomSNIB4Down22 Church musician sands down middle of pewBACH4Down23 Suddenly take off pound, cutting priceFLEE4Down25

About this puzzle

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