Crossword Answers for Monday, 23 February 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Monday, 23 February 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Where passengers ride up and down CAR
4
A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARS
7
Again but in a new or different way ANEW
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Second in order of importance BETA
11
A vigorous blow BASH
12
An indication of damage SCAR
13
A sizeable hole PIT
15
A single person or thing ONE
16
Tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats SHEPHERDS
19
A police officer who investigates crimes TEC
20
Not used up ODD
21
The lowest female singing voice ALTO
23
Set the level or character of GEAR
26
Exhale hard BLEW
27
(used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently ERGO
28
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
29
Create (clothes) with cloth SEW

Down

1
Ride in a taxicab CAB
2
A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
3
Show respect towards RESPECTED
4
The muscles of the abdomen ABS
5
Equipment for making records RECORDERS
6
A support or foundation STAND
8
Defeat thoroughly WHIP
10
A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARES
14
A branch of the Tai languages THO
16
Use a knife on STAB
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An expression of greeting HELLO
18
The boundary of a surface EDGE
22
Be in debt OWE
24
Make older AGE
25
An angry dispute ROW