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Below are The Independent Cryptic February 17, 2022 Crossword Answers. We have changed the way we posting answers and solutions for clues; instead of opening them in a new page we are revealing answers and solutions in the same page. This is the simplest way for you to find the answers. As you see in the left side are crossword clues and in the right side are crossword answers.

Across

Keep short introduction to dreadfully long novel	STRONGHOLD
Show alluring woman unclothed?	EXPO
Perhaps Twitter account’s blocked by right awful cad	BIRDCALL
Worry, needing chapter for book? That’s a bummer	CADGER
Asked about one getting ready	POISED
Half of street’s enthralled by wheeling glossy birds	KESTRELS
A commercial undertaking that’s risky, perhaps	PERADVENTURE
Naughty niece finally refused to follow copper’s order – showing this?	DISOBEDIENCE
On reflection, I would sound absent-minded	DISTRAIT
Place with origins in cosmetics advertises vanishing cream	LOTION
African expedition is retreating, keeping at a distance	SAFARI
Average cost of what’s fashionable?	MODERATE
Cheeky tot? That about covers it	TYKE
Two rabbits and a toad	NATTERJACK

Down

Adapted to ideal requirements, primarily?	TAILORED
Not even Democratic Party turned up	ODD
Majestic old lady meets daughter	GRAND
With roof gone, works hard to get family some waterproofing	OILSKIN
Children avoid feeding parent’s dog	DACHSHUND
Somehow nerd met with one’s approval	ENDORSEMENT
Friend entertains the Spanish with a dish of theirs	PAELLA
Sat and ordered guy to relax	STANDATEASE
Italian scooters I associated with an emperor	VESPASIAN
Tricky Socratic puzzle	ACROSTIC
Hotel bill picked up by friend, mostly? One’s floored!	BATHMAT
Crime investigator gets animated	PIRACY
Crawl underneath large shelf	LEDGE
Conflict arising for British overseas rule	RAJ