Evening Standard Crossword February 17 2026 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 17 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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Cuts53 AcrossReveal answer → Untrue53 AcrossReveal answer → Opera set in Ascot?53 AcrossReveal answer → Bird getting a letter from Al58 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse58 AcrossReveal answer → Attacker69 AcrossReveal answer → Zodiac sign510 AcrossReveal answer → Canopy610 AcrossReveal answer → A waterfowl on the Nile510 AcrossReveal answer → One badly broken?311 AcrossReveal answer → Metallic element311 AcrossReveal answer → Elicit511 AcrossReveal answer → In Wales, an undiluted hogshead512 AcrossReveal answer → Inactive412 AcrossReveal answer → Big512 AcrossReveal answer → Need to come and pick up713 AcrossReveal answer → Drawing713 AcrossReveal answer → Story415 AcrossReveal answer → Matches515 AcrossReveal answer → Tough participant in the Manx Grand Prix515 AcrossReveal answer → Inclined717 AcrossReveal answer → Decompose318 AcrossReveal answer → Take tea, perhaps318 AcrossReveal answer → Exclamation619 AcrossReveal answer → A national overhead?619 AcrossReveal answer → Entrap320 AcrossReveal answer → Hairstyle721 AcrossReveal answer → Singer521 AcrossReveal answer → The hospital worker possibly rode on the railway721 AcrossReveal answer → Form of sari a modest woman wouldn't put on422 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman422 AcrossReveal answer → Thanks to the navy, one might sail on it423 AcrossReveal answer → Poke423 AcrossReveal answer → Hero423 AcrossReveal answer → Multicoloured, but it can possibly look fine in brown724 AcrossReveal answer → Supermarket cart724 AcrossReveal answer → Dandy425 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared to swallow626 AcrossReveal answer → Provides food626 AcrossReveal answer → Long526 AcrossReveal answer → Couch328 AcrossReveal answer → Large container329 AcrossReveal answer → Hat that can double as a gong!329 AcrossReveal answer → Keenly730 AcrossReveal answer → His accommodating soldiers, implies rents531 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium531 AcrossReveal answer → Dialect used by an Irishman clutching a broken rib?732 AcrossReveal answer → Fight off732 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise433 AcrossReveal answer → Melodies534 AcrossReveal answer → Black and blue and very angry534 AcrossReveal answer → Round part of a razor blade335 AcrossReveal answer → Board-game435 AcrossReveal answer → Mesh335 AcrossReveal answer → Tribal emblem536 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure536 AcrossReveal answer → Was prepared from sound wood536 AcrossReveal answer → Chews537 AcrossReveal answer → Where tyres are concerned, let down a bit537 AcrossReveal answer → Complains bitterly538 AcrossReveal answer → The chalky-faced sisters?538 AcrossReveal answer → Assault638 AcrossReveal answer → Ebb639 AcrossReveal answer → Pattern540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Stinking51 DownReveal answer → Track51 DownReveal answer → Enough food for days?51 DownReveal answer → Mutt72 DownReveal answer → Kids crying over juvenile errors?72 DownReveal answer → House52 DownReveal answer → Charge33 DownReveal answer → Hurt44 DownReveal answer → Passionate64 DownReveal answer → Finished a number of deliveries44 DownReveal answer → Plunder45 DownReveal answer → In China, pussy gets dehydrated food65 DownReveal answer → Pester65 DownReveal answer → Sheep36 DownReveal answer → Musical instrument56 DownReveal answer → Point to a woman in white56 DownReveal answer → Giant57 DownReveal answer → Narrow inlet57 DownReveal answer → Butterfly possibly rising?57 DownReveal answer → Representative58 DownReveal answer → Girl's name39 DownReveal answer → The piano key on the left, chum39 DownReveal answer → On which to jot down where to land the chopper?712 DownReveal answer → Assembles712 DownReveal answer → Determined713 DownReveal answer → As a passing fashion, it starts fading314 DownReveal answer → Like514 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs314 DownReveal answer → Parrot many a cry516 DownReveal answer → Jolly516 DownReveal answer → Reconstruct716 DownReveal answer → Brownish-yellow517 DownReveal answer → She contradicts Billy517 DownReveal answer → Kind518 DownReveal answer → Develops719 DownReveal answer → Crowd319 DownReveal answer → Scheme a fellow set out in the garden719 DownReveal answer → Holy city520 DownReveal answer → Be wary of a hunter, say520 DownReveal answer → Obey it or turn red!521 DownReveal answer → Savage person521 DownReveal answer → Revolt522 DownReveal answer → Flowering plant723 DownReveal answer → Game, and minced lamb too723 DownReveal answer → Hang out somewhere posh?624 DownReveal answer → Shelter324 DownReveal answer → Shock624 DownReveal answer → It may be above a keeper's head325 DownReveal answer → Circuit325 DownReveal answer → Character627 DownReveal answer → Illegal burning527 DownReveal answer → Guess correctly that you mustn't knock off527 DownReveal answer → Started528 DownReveal answer → Go in528 DownReveal answer → Author well said to need no help528 DownReveal answer → Thick529 DownReveal answer → British Airways unit making a lot of noise530 DownReveal answer → Daisy-like flower530 DownReveal answer → Sovereign531 DownReveal answer → Genuine432 DownReveal answer → Rustic532 DownReveal answer → The whole team lamented aloud432 DownReveal answer → Heiress's passion333 DownReveal answer → Permit333 DownReveal answer → Nimbus434 DownReveal answer → Vigour336 DownReveal answer → Fish337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, February 17, 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.