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Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 134 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RenewRESUME6Across1 Boy's nameEDWARD6Across4 While being unobtrusive, bustle aroundSUBTLE6Across4 DisgracedSHAMED6Across5 It's illuminating, in a way, during flightFANLIGHT8Across7 LarynxVOICEBOX8Across7 PinaforesAPRONS6Across8 The shaky rotter's rude replyRETORT6Across8 CombineUNITE5Across9 Note the new rent to put in the bookENTER5Across10 ElfSPRITE6Across10 Flying toysKITES5Across10 FestivalEASTER6Across11 ImplantEMBED5Across12 See art as a vehicleCART4Across13 BleepBLIP4Across13 LevelEVEN4Across14 FrozenICED4Across14 Neapolitan tide?NEAP4Across14 Movable barrierGATE4Across15 Thus, keys may be used to clear the sinkSODA4Across15 GainWIN3Across16 Badly short of numbers at the seasideBAY3Across16 Box for a spare partSPAR4Across17 YelpYAP3Across17 RemainSTAY4Across17 TenderSORE4Across18 Bend and shorten the tailSCUT4Across19 Thick paperCARD4Across19 BoatCANOE5Across20 Supporters always behind youFOLLOWERS9Across21 IntentionallyPURPOSELY9Across21 SeniorELDER5Across22 An L of a place for radio communication!LIMA4Across23 Woody plantTREE4Across23 BlasphemousPROFANE7Across23 Organ of smellNOSE4Across24 She's no academicianNORA4Across24 RescuerSAVER5Across24 Quick throwSHY3Across26 LiabilityDEBIT5Across26 Rock back in a big way!GIB3Across26 Make beerBREW4Across27 Sailors possibly in a shipwreckCREW4Across27 Peruse writingREAD4Across29 ClothedCLAD4Across29 Won't you find this in the North Atlantic?THAT4Across29 MarshlandFEN3Across30 Fare for reduction?DIET4Across32 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across32 Excess supplyGLUT4Across32 Be a companion at Daytona, sayBEACH5Across33 HellHADES5Across33 PhaseSTAGE5Across33 Ed sets out to break horsesSTEEDS6Across34 HatBOWLER6Across34 They're instrumental in reforming a strumpetTRUMPETS8Across35 AltercationARGUMENT8Across35 ElevatedRAISED6Across35 Breakfast foodCEREAL6Across36 In which we serve, gamelyTENNIS6Across36 ElectionVOTING6Across36 RepulseREPEL5Across37 EvadedDODGED6Across38 StaggeredREELED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ElicitEVOKE5Down1 Not unusually, one may be out to include a share indexOFTEN5Down1 RuralRUSTIC6Down1 Ski slopePISTE5Down2 She gets Tina's back up with an article!ANITA5Down2 HideSCREEN6Down2 Current eventsNEWS4Down3 Scene of some pierrot showsPIER4Down3 SilentMUTE4Down3 Praise highlyEXALT5Down4 FoeENEMY5Down4 Violin in the virtuoso's traditionSTRAD5Down4 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down5 DistortWARP4Down5 Upturned tub, tip-top for holding waterBUTT4Down5 LeaderHEAD4Down6 StaleRANCID6Down6 A trail possibly used by a cowboyLARIAT6Down6 SystemMETHOD6Down7 SwarthierDARKER6Down8 Rubber giving faultless service for yearsERASER6Down9 BitsPIECES6Down9 Climbing plantIVY3Down11 Fresh directionsNEW3Down11 FollowENSUE5Down12 The place for new poems?EPSOM5Down12 PerplexedBAFFLED7Down13 Uncommonly, perhaps, it goes to one's headCORONET7Down13 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Down13 Girl preserved by TedSAL3Down15 WaterwayCANAL5Down15 HiatusGAP3Down15 Can it carry only half a bushel?BUS3Down16 DruggedDOPED5Down16 SardonicWRY3Down16 PrecipitationSLEET5Down18 Having authority, detectives are calmPLACID6Down18 ThreefoldTREBLE6Down18 SendREMIT5Down19 Cater badly for boxingCRATE5Down20 AttentiveALERT5Down20 StrayERR3Down21 SnoopPRY3Down21 Children's story?FIB3Down21 Female pigSOW3Down22 But it's not a hit with the audiophile!WOW3Down22 FinishEND3Down22 Ceremonial seatTHRONE6Down23 Tell it differently, just a bitLITTLE6Down23 ScratchedSCORED6Down24 WitchHAG3Down25 A worn master keyMAC3Down25 DiverseVARIED6Down25 IntermentBURIAL6Down27 RusticRURAL5Down28 PulledTUGGED6Down28 Lies in ultimate distress, possiblyRESTS5Down28 KeenEAGER5Down30 Rushes to distribute a shareHARES5Down30 PaledFADED5Down30 So wrong in the case of that which is plural!THOSE5Down31 Life's endDEATH5Down31 Not everNEVER5Down31 MerrimentGLEE4Down32 Cleric who went to DixieDEAN4Down32 How things may go in the nightBUMP4Down33 PresentHERE4Down33 Squalid dwellingSLUM4Down33 OnlySOLE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.