Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 25 February 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 25 February 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Treat cruelly DUN
- 4
- A distinctive odor that is pleasant AROMA
- 9
- Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
- 10
- Break with established customs REBEL
- 11
- Prodigious BIG
- 12
- Apply perfume to SCENT
- 13
- Pass through or into THREAD
- 15
- The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
- 16
- An impudent or insolent rejoinder LIP
- 18
- United States playwright MILLER
- 20
- Remove from memory or existence ERASE
- 22
- A tart spicy quality NIP
- 24
- Anything that serves as an enticement LURES
- 25
- Speak softly or lovingly COO
- 26
- Give food to FEEDS
- 27
- A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
Down
- 1
- Hit lightly DAB
- 2
- Become one UNITE
- 3
- A terrifying or deeply upsetting dream NIGHTMARE
- 4
- Vulgar slang for anus ARSE
- 5
- Call to mind RECALL
- 6
- The trait of being willing to obey OBEDIENCE
- 7
- A male subordinate MEN
- 8
- Angular distance above the horizon ALT
- 14
- Move upwards RAISED
- 17
- Earlier in time PRIOR
- 19
- Lower in quality LESS
- 20
- Below 3 kilohertz ELF
- 21
- A street or road in France RUE
- 23
- A European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea POS