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Wandering Milo Stone · Saturday, 14 February 2026 · Ahhhh!
February 2026
Saturday,
14 February 2026
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Across
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Where the alphabet song begins (3)
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The ones who were doing it before it was cool, in slang (3)
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Put the car in its place (4)
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A character's journey from first scene to last (3)
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Bloc Britain left, briefly (2)
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It might change voltage, translate a sentence, or turn into a truck (11)
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Whisky order that leaves the ice unemployed (4)
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Make less painful (4)
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Piece a pawn dreams of becoming (5)
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A Prague pub's usual pour (5)
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Exists (2)
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Tellurium's chemical symbol (2)
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Bible opener, or the band Phil Collins stepped up to front (7)
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Gift of more airport time that nobody asked for (5)
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'___ infinity and beyond!' (2)
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Family name that makes an offer rather hard to refuse (8)
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'Well, well, what have we here!' (3)
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Resistance unit symbolised by the Greek letter omega (3)
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Purchase with an age range and batteries sold separately (3)
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Little ___, with Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy (5)
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Beach in Spanish; in Nevada, the dusty floor beneath Burning Man (5)
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Fitting (3)
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Place to raise a glass and lower your guard (3)
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Bird you can hatch from a square of paper (5)
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Fliers who travel in a V and argue all the way (5)
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More confident about switching from pencil to pen (5)
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Joint involved in some very serious proposals (4)
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Towards a ship's stern (3)
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Reverse-osmosis label on a water purifier, briefly (2)
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The first six days' work in 23 Across (8)
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Japanese honorific you may know from 'Daniel-___' (3)
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Party members who solve problems by casting spells (5)
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Life energy in Chinese thought, and a Scrabble lifesaver (2)
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'Them' from our side of the argument (2)
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What bad news brings into a room (5)
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What you lend without expecting it back (3)
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What a parachute and a pair of stockings may have in common (5)
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Walk as if the floor owes you an apology (5)
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A mountain's contribution to the conversation (4)
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Sound that asks for the punchline again (2)
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Arrival estimate from the friend still looking for their keys, briefly (3)
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Review of a barefoot encounter with Lego (2)
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Yiddish sigh (2)
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'See ___!': a casual goodbye (2)