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
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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