The Guardian Cryptic Crossword February 18 2026 Answers (2/18/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle for February 18 2026 to help you finish it up!

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword February 18, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 2/18/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
9A Big Bang Theory’s third on – spoil end of Netflix broadcast
10A Refuse very noisily, with a look back around
11A Dance about, get spotted
12A Wrong bits used to make part of a weapon
13A Induce drummer to entertain battalion? Quite the reverse!
14A 29s from first principles, as on the 17
17A Every so often, try and win on entertainment programmes here
18A Award given to Taco Bell
19A Big build-up to the pair of us beginning to reconcile
21A Delivers uniform? By one report, but not according to me!
23A Oddie in front of Goodies line-up of stars
24A Deploring mis-alignment?
26A Strong-smelling lubricant behind pleasurable activity
28A Hints and tips for Colin ‘let’s upset everybody’ Sell
29A Go over Tim’s head and screen performance lacking energy
1D Brilliant contribution from Graeme Garden
2D If you’re not sure, keep it!
3D Twice turn round and, losing heart, deny being pious (5-5)
4D One of Barry, Robin or Maurice performing – what an animal!
5D When at first you are getting frisky, position doesn’t matter
6D Pale, stop messing around
7D Position away from the freezer?
8D Tire jack
13D Floods burrows
15D Slippery customer felt up in quite sweet surroundings
16D Spray a bit of scent on 3
18D Those restoring sight with chicken’s heart and rabbit’s foot could be witches
20D White offspring of stallions and donkeys sounds like a horse
22D Esteban’s really, really upset Japanese schoolgirl (3-3)
23D One that writes about grams, a tonne, or an ounce?
24D Spooner’s to drop some pounds somewhere in Scotland
25D See 24-Down
27D ‘Green sage stems in yogurt’ and other delicious appetisers

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