Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2026 Answers

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Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Renew61 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name64 AcrossReveal answer → While being unobtrusive, bustle around64 AcrossReveal answer → Disgraced65 AcrossReveal answer → It's illuminating, in a way, during flight87 AcrossReveal answer → Larynx87 AcrossReveal answer → Pinafores68 AcrossReveal answer → The shaky rotter's rude reply68 AcrossReveal answer → Combine59 AcrossReveal answer → Note the new rent to put in the book510 AcrossReveal answer → Elf610 AcrossReveal answer → Flying toys510 AcrossReveal answer → Festival611 AcrossReveal answer → Implant512 AcrossReveal answer → See art as a vehicle413 AcrossReveal answer → Bleep413 AcrossReveal answer → Level414 AcrossReveal answer → Frozen414 AcrossReveal answer → Neapolitan tide?414 AcrossReveal answer → Movable barrier415 AcrossReveal answer → Thus, keys may be used to clear the sink415 AcrossReveal answer → Gain316 AcrossReveal answer → Badly short of numbers at the seaside316 AcrossReveal answer → Box for a spare part417 AcrossReveal answer → Yelp317 AcrossReveal answer → Remain417 AcrossReveal answer → Tender418 AcrossReveal answer → Bend and shorten the tail419 AcrossReveal answer → Thick paper419 AcrossReveal answer → Boat520 AcrossReveal answer → Supporters always behind you921 AcrossReveal answer → Intentionally921 AcrossReveal answer → Senior522 AcrossReveal answer → An L of a place for radio communication!423 AcrossReveal answer → Woody plant423 AcrossReveal answer → Blasphemous723 AcrossReveal answer → Organ of smell424 AcrossReveal answer → She's no academician424 AcrossReveal answer → Rescuer524 AcrossReveal answer → Quick throw326 AcrossReveal answer → Liability526 AcrossReveal answer → Rock back in a big way!326 AcrossReveal answer → Make beer427 AcrossReveal answer → Sailors possibly in a shipwreck427 AcrossReveal answer → Peruse writing429 AcrossReveal answer → Clothed429 AcrossReveal answer → Won't you find this in the North Atlantic?429 AcrossReveal answer → Marshland330 AcrossReveal answer → Fare for reduction?432 AcrossReveal answer → Ballet skirt432 AcrossReveal answer → Excess supply432 AcrossReveal answer → Be a companion at Daytona, say533 AcrossReveal answer → Hell533 AcrossReveal answer → Phase533 AcrossReveal answer → Ed sets out to break horses634 AcrossReveal answer → Hat634 AcrossReveal answer → They're instrumental in reforming a strumpet835 AcrossReveal answer → Altercation835 AcrossReveal answer → Elevated635 AcrossReveal answer → Breakfast food636 AcrossReveal answer → In which we serve, gamely636 AcrossReveal answer → Election636 AcrossReveal answer → Repulse537 AcrossReveal answer → Evaded638 AcrossReveal answer → Staggered639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Elicit51 DownReveal answer → Not unusually, one may be out to include a share index51 DownReveal answer → Rural61 DownReveal answer → Ski slope52 DownReveal answer → She gets Tina's back up with an article!52 DownReveal answer → Hide62 DownReveal answer → Current events43 DownReveal answer → Scene of some pierrot shows43 DownReveal answer → Silent43 DownReveal answer → Praise highly54 DownReveal answer → Foe54 DownReveal answer → Violin in the virtuoso's tradition54 DownReveal answer → Precipitous55 DownReveal answer → Distort45 DownReveal answer → Upturned tub, tip-top for holding water45 DownReveal answer → Leader46 DownReveal answer → Stale66 DownReveal answer → A trail possibly used by a cowboy66 DownReveal answer → System67 DownReveal answer → Swarthier68 DownReveal answer → Rubber giving faultless service for years69 DownReveal answer → Bits69 DownReveal answer → Climbing plant311 DownReveal answer → Fresh directions311 DownReveal answer → Follow512 DownReveal answer → The place for new poems?512 DownReveal answer → Perplexed713 DownReveal answer → Uncommonly, perhaps, it goes to one's head713 DownReveal answer → Rifle attachment713 DownReveal answer → Girl preserved by Ted315 DownReveal answer → Waterway515 DownReveal answer → Hiatus315 DownReveal answer → Can it carry only half a bushel?316 DownReveal answer → Drugged516 DownReveal answer → Sardonic316 DownReveal answer → Precipitation518 DownReveal answer → Having authority, detectives are calm618 DownReveal answer → Threefold618 DownReveal answer → Send519 DownReveal answer → Cater badly for boxing520 DownReveal answer → Attentive520 DownReveal answer → Stray321 DownReveal answer → Snoop321 DownReveal answer → Children's story?321 DownReveal answer → Female pig322 DownReveal answer → But it's not a hit with the audiophile!322 DownReveal answer → Finish322 DownReveal answer → Ceremonial seat623 DownReveal answer → Tell it differently, just a bit623 DownReveal answer → Scratched624 DownReveal answer → Witch325 DownReveal answer → A worn master key325 DownReveal answer → Diverse625 DownReveal answer → Interment627 DownReveal answer → Rustic528 DownReveal answer → Pulled628 DownReveal answer → Lies in ultimate distress, possibly528 DownReveal answer → Keen530 DownReveal answer → Rushes to distribute a share530 DownReveal answer → Paled530 DownReveal answer → So wrong in the case of that which is plural!531 DownReveal answer → Life's end531 DownReveal answer → Not ever531 DownReveal answer → Merriment432 DownReveal answer → Cleric who went to Dixie432 DownReveal answer → How things may go in the night433 DownReveal answer → Present433 DownReveal answer → Squalid dwelling433 DownReveal answer → Only434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.