Crossword Answers for Sunday, 22 February 2026

All 46 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 22 February 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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An imaginative lively style VIM
4
The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE
7
100 at equal 1 kip in Laos ATS
10
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
11
The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations ALGEBRA
13
Something that serves as evidence TESTIMONIAL
15
Make easier EASE
16
Cut or eliminate EDIT
17
Tell or spin a yarn YARNS
21
Angular distance above the horizon ELS
22
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years LOUIS
24
A young child TOT
27
Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water ESTER
29
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds EPIC
31
A slight but appreciable amount MITE
34
A record of things worth remembering MEMORABILIA
38
Create by training and teaching PREPARE
39
To make a mistake or be incorrect ERR
40
An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
41
A special loved one PET
42
A yearning for something or to do something YEN

Down

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Express a choice or opinion VOTE
2
A personal view IDEA
3
Dirty and disorderly MESSY
4
Of or relating to Thailand TAI
5
Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees ELM
6
The conscious mind EGO
7
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant ABIDE
8
To lag or linger behind TRAIL
9
Add salt to SALTS
12
The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
14
Of a bluish shade of green TEAL
18
Eggs of female fish ROE
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The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet NUS
20
Take a seat SIT
23
A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together SEMI
24
The rate of some repeating event TEMPO
25
A commercial browser OPERA
26
An official who keeps track of the time elapsed TIMER
28
United States poet RILEY
30
Take by theft COP
32
Cause to be bored TIRE
33
Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions EARN
35
A gentle blow RAP
36
Form or compose ARE
37
The act of gambling BET