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The Independent Crossword February 25 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for February 25 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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Top Belgium international ignored by Redknapp, maybe61 AcrossReveal answer → Go away!41 AcrossReveal answer → Seaweed53 AcrossReveal answer → Endless Swiss chocolate not ultimately beneficial for heavenly body64 AcrossReveal answer → Tense47 AcrossReveal answer → Work of art88 AcrossReveal answer → Forcefully strike the wrong way, resulting in tie49 AcrossReveal answer → Rastafarian hairstyle109 AcrossReveal answer → Robin Hood's friend is potty?1010 AcrossReveal answer → Larder611 AcrossReveal answer → Periodically Grace left in charge of language611 AcrossReveal answer → Bible passage disheartened observer, in the main812 AcrossReveal answer → President's retreat affected fanatical Dutch bores913 AcrossReveal answer → Sordid613 AcrossReveal answer → Not sufficient1014 AcrossReveal answer → Tramp removed from more uneven seaside attraction415 AcrossReveal answer → Mark wonderful staff416 AcrossReveal answer → Try to stop strangely anaemic Donald Trump?917 AcrossReveal answer → Furthermore818 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey's cry419 AcrossReveal answer → Attire520 AcrossReveal answer → Multilingual parrot obtained with more eastern languages, originally821 AcrossReveal answer → Large weighty book421 AcrossReveal answer → Main course in Europe is meat stew with bit of nutmeg in622 AcrossReveal answer → By one, Fritz possibly recalled old Rugby broadcast?1024 AcrossReveal answer → Picked up pace to make entrance425 AcrossReveal answer → German writer's allowed boring item626 AcrossReveal answer → Moneylender texted "You're certain to be included"627 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fruit cakes beginning to deteriorate in large handkerchief71 DownReveal answer → Male deer41 DownReveal answer → Concerning number withdrawing flat cola bottles52 DownReveal answer → Freshwater mammal52 DownReveal answer → Revolutionary sects primarily infiltrated an island nation73 DownReveal answer → Spin53 DownReveal answer → Published item74 DownReveal answer → Oddly, beetle and fish found in part of steeple65 DownReveal answer → Very large85 DownReveal answer → Denial of unhappiness with leader becoming Republican96 DownReveal answer → Place where bees are kept66 DownReveal answer → Japanese drama show with singing finishing early a complete failure77 DownReveal answer → Pete Tong spins wrong song by Duffy138 DownReveal answer → Multiple810 DownReveal answer → Circus swing712 DownReveal answer → Move hurriedly613 DownReveal answer → Perhaps tapir rhymed with 'cap queer'914 DownReveal answer → Fairylike creatures515 DownReveal answer → Space to turn in good parking space716 DownReveal answer → Forbidden516 DownReveal answer → Travel charge417 DownReveal answer → After returning, rarely bored by university course sections718 DownReveal answer → Cooked rarebit for judge719 DownReveal answer → Mishit crossing centre of defunct drain620 DownReveal answer → Raised on booze in country523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, February 25, 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.