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The Independent Crossword February 23 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 23 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Bound to drink around end of week41 AcrossReveal answer → Very much31 AcrossReveal answer → Knight's title33 AcrossReveal answer → Places with few grasses or leaves74 AcrossReveal answer → Being98 AcrossReveal answer → Church bench39 AcrossReveal answer → Synthetic fabric510 AcrossReveal answer → 13 perhaps head off to find antelope in the Pyrenees510 AcrossReveal answer → Moth ultimately ensnared by dreadful trapdoor spider?911 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow feeling711 AcrossReveal answer → Tightest locks on street securing back of house712 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable1113 AcrossReveal answer → Short route following French sea bird613 AcrossReveal answer → Host runs out in revealing swimsuit515 AcrossReveal answer → Mischievous imp715 AcrossReveal answer → Opposing trains set off917 AcrossReveal answer → Viper517 AcrossReveal answer → Appropriate319 AcrossReveal answer → Amateur recording movie shot in high definition initially earns Oscar920 AcrossReveal answer → Useful facilities921 AcrossReveal answer → Old money train discovered521 AcrossReveal answer → Grow old322 AcrossReveal answer → White whale, maybe seen through special binoculars622 AcrossReveal answer → Zero323 AcrossReveal answer → Rare poem about a missing penguin?724 AcrossReveal answer → Sign formal document retaining account927 AcrossReveal answer → Must be off - heading to town - cheers!529 AcrossReveal answer → Watch Bob leaving date730 AcrossReveal answer → Throws away out-of-date jams?431 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Traditional story91 DownReveal answer → Light anchor king found on border52 DownReveal answer → Vitamin A72 DownReveal answer → Penny was on top, holding one in bed tight93 DownReveal answer → Farm animals53 DownReveal answer → Time for everyone to stop raving over bit of information54 DownReveal answer → Tear34 DownReveal answer → Stunned pair is inside safe and sound finally95 DownReveal answer → Close by45 DownReveal answer → Almost ready for final message36 DownReveal answer → Not given enough money116 DownReveal answer → Stirs around drink47 DownReveal answer → Lopsided47 DownReveal answer → Michigan school's principal meets one fired after strike, causing conflict88 DownReveal answer → Weird old man smuggled medium parts for use in trap109 DownReveal answer → Exercise machine912 DownReveal answer → Speech714 DownReveal answer → Copper infiltrates where bottles of ale are stored? Wrong1014 DownReveal answer → Snatch415 DownReveal answer → I've got a big cooked topside of beef cut to try916 DownReveal answer → Depart516 DownReveal answer → Cycling old woman stopping to skewer some seafood918 DownReveal answer → Hurry418 DownReveal answer → Test cases sorted out for lesson819 DownReveal answer → Beverage320 DownReveal answer → Group of over one hundred and twenty regularly shunned523 DownReveal answer → Druid perhaps, with power once more, ousting leader of Iceni525 DownReveal answer → Rabbit's tail shortened near beginning of surgery426 DownReveal answer → Mum fleeing ocean predator in old boat328 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, February 23, 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.