Crossword Answers for Saturday, 28 February 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 28 February 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- A tight-fitting headdress CAP
- 4
- A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines POEM
- 8
- A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
- 9
- Done or occurring in a brief period of time RAPID
- 11
- A variety of mandarin orange TANGERINE
- 13
- The introductory section of a story LEAD
- 14
- A buoy with a round bottom and conical top CAN
- 15
- Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye LID
- 17
- Alone and on your own TOD
- 20
- A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm COSY
- 23
- The state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity ADULTHOOD
- 26
- An exhibition of cowboy skills RODEO
- 27
- Title for a civil or military leader AGA
- 28
- Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds REAR
- 29
- The hoop from which the net is suspended RIM
Down
- 1
- A spiteful woman gossip CAT
- 2
- Of or related to the anus ANAL
- 3
- Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide PANE
- 4
- Someone who makes predictions of the future PREDICTOR
- 5
- An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
- 6
- A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds EPIC
- 7
- Tropical Asian starlings MINA
- 10
- A unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts DEN
- 12
- Alliterative term for girl GAL
- 16
- The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization DOH
- 17
- A man who serves as a sailor TAR
- 18
- Any property detected by the olfactory system ODOR
- 19
- An informal form of address for a man DUDE
- 21
- Rise rapidly SOAR
- 22
- United States baseball player YOGI
- 24
- A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA
- 25
- A metric unit of length equal to ten meters DAM