Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 18 February 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 18 February 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Cause to slow down or get stuck BOG
- 4
- An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk PAPA
- 8
- An independent ruler or chieftain AMIR
- 10
- Extremely robust IRON
- 11
- A turning aside DEVIATION
- 13
- A kind of gun emplacement NEST
- 14
- A wing of an insect ALA
- 15
- A blow that renders the opponent unconscious KOS
- 17
- The day before EVE
- 20
- Something that is lost LOSS
- 23
- Someone who develops real estate DEVELOPER
- 26
- An individual instance of a type of symbol ITEM
- 27
- A person's reputation NAME
- 28
- A large number or amount TONS
- 29
- A small drink SIP
Down
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- Very intense BAD
- 2
- Indicate by signs OMEN
- 3
- Be the cause or source of GIVE
- 4
- A sizeable hole PIT
- 5
- An elaborate song for solo voice ARIA
- 6
- A small lake POOL
- 7
- A former copper coin of Pakistan and India ANNA
- 9
- Expose to a chance of loss or damage RISK
- 12
- An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon ATOLL
- 16
- In the near future SOON
- 17
- Cut or eliminate EDIT
- 18
- Command against VETO
- 19
- Divisible by two EVEN
- 21
- A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPAS
- 22
- A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together SEMI
- 24
- A quad with a square body EMS
- 25
- A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs REP