Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 20 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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Mollusc54 AcrossReveal answer → Masticated67 AcrossReveal answer → Observe39 AcrossReveal answer → Future generations99 AcrossReveal answer → Henry takes flight, which is not very bright99 AcrossReveal answer → Deity310 AcrossReveal answer → Fly round and give to810 AcrossReveal answer → Tinted visor810 AcrossReveal answer → Active512 AcrossReveal answer → Ranks as one of the favourite flowers, you say412 AcrossReveal answer → Lazily412 AcrossReveal answer → Egg-shaped413 AcrossReveal answer → Bets they belong to the gardener613 AcrossReveal answer → Heart condition613 AcrossReveal answer → Tiredness714 AcrossReveal answer → To an astronomer, does it look like Pluto?714 AcrossReveal answer → Ageless915 AcrossReveal answer → Instrument515 AcrossReveal answer → The fish will come in with the chips915 AcrossReveal answer → Type of country-music917 AcrossReveal answer → Newest617 AcrossReveal answer → The lionesses, though disturbed, are not growling917 AcrossReveal answer → Not one718 AcrossReveal answer → Agreed to have everything drawn out718 AcrossReveal answer → Organ419 AcrossReveal answer → Sell again at the end620 AcrossReveal answer → Musteline mammal620 AcrossReveal answer → Decipher520 AcrossReveal answer → Cold and miserable421 AcrossReveal answer → Chooses421 AcrossReveal answer → Drag322 AcrossReveal answer → Struck one forcibly such food is fattening824 AcrossReveal answer → Embarrassed724 AcrossReveal answer → False teeth824 AcrossReveal answer → Deduce it's close826 AcrossReveal answer → In a grown-up way826 AcrossReveal answer → Number327 AcrossReveal answer → Put A Hill back on the list428 AcrossReveal answer → Despise428 AcrossReveal answer → Destroys528 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult position629 AcrossReveal answer → Make up for the bad hairdo629 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of electrical charge731 AcrossReveal answer → Fiddles with the tools731 AcrossReveal answer → Carpets431 AcrossReveal answer → Entry633 AcrossReveal answer → Hurried up the friend as he'd gone in to dress934 AcrossReveal answer → Common sense934 AcrossReveal answer → Sculpt535 AcrossReveal answer → Why question the warning?936 AcrossReveal answer → Toy936 AcrossReveal answer → Ruler437 AcrossReveal answer → Meat-filled pasta738 AcrossReveal answer → Sent round prepackaged to exhibit at the zoo738 AcrossReveal answer → Harbour538 AcrossReveal answer → Total339 AcrossReveal answer → Practicable639 AcrossReveal answer → Carrying the box in, got worried639 AcrossReveal answer → Long piece of wood440 AcrossReveal answer → Yesterday started badly, with a sore eye440 AcrossReveal answer → Heave341 AcrossReveal answer → Altercation841 AcrossReveal answer → Snarl up the net, going out to fish841 AcrossReveal answer → Office642 AcrossReveal answer → Meet on the trip over942 AcrossReveal answer → Miser942 AcrossReveal answer → Repasts543 AcrossReveal answer →

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The quick way to get a little drunk81 DownReveal answer → Eye doctor81 DownReveal answer → Transversely61 DownReveal answer → Place of refuge62 DownReveal answer → Buttonhole the fellow further down62 DownReveal answer → Memory62 DownReveal answer → Vermilion83 DownReveal answer → Shook it at the old guard83 DownReveal answer → Fasten33 DownReveal answer → Yellow mineral64 DownReveal answer → Arch44 DownReveal answer → It's his job to feed the flaming thing!64 DownReveal answer → Fabric55 DownReveal answer → Standing apart85 DownReveal answer → The tree in the paddock85 DownReveal answer → Tropical creature106 DownReveal answer → Also while putting two and two together106 DownReveal answer → Intrusion86 DownReveal answer → Sleep77 DownReveal answer → Looks surprisedly at the protective wear77 DownReveal answer → Alight on the bench68 DownReveal answer → Idiot48 DownReveal answer → Musical tempo68 DownReveal answer → Bet there's a risk in having beef711 DownReveal answer → Slightly hungry711 DownReveal answer → Lengths911 DownReveal answer → Magma414 DownReveal answer → Pacific island616 DownReveal answer → Particle416 DownReveal answer → Is first to go through a sex change616 DownReveal answer → Try418 DownReveal answer → Clumsy519 DownReveal answer → Concluding the key to enter it is the smallest519 DownReveal answer → The man with the stick320 DownReveal answer → Motor vehicle320 DownReveal answer → Stubborn821 DownReveal answer → Infectious viral disease522 DownReveal answer → Bank on getting a home522 DownReveal answer → Existed423 DownReveal answer → Enter suddenly623 DownReveal answer → Spot one going in to get something to eat623 DownReveal answer → Robustly-built dog1025 DownReveal answer → Insist on staying with the rubbish due for collection1025 DownReveal answer → Top425 DownReveal answer → Floor covering326 DownReveal answer → Reduce one's commission326 DownReveal answer → Powder426 DownReveal answer → Mythological monster727 DownReveal answer → My word, that does show potential!727 DownReveal answer → Published629 DownReveal answer → Put into operation830 DownReveal answer → Cover630 DownReveal answer → A pest crawling round the little flower830 DownReveal answer → Clergyman831 DownReveal answer → Many have a proclivity for working as chars831 DownReveal answer → Aroma532 DownReveal answer → French loaf832 DownReveal answer → Understand the meaning of "Be reasonable"832 DownReveal answer → He prepared tea, the child went outside with the cat733 DownReveal answer → Propriety733 DownReveal answer → Stick434 DownReveal answer → Being brave, is now returning to the arena635 DownReveal answer → Pub635 DownReveal answer → Express admiration for636 DownReveal answer → Means the half of bitter sent in is weak and insipid636 DownReveal answer → Burden436 DownReveal answer → Had I not gone out to work from choice?637 DownReveal answer → Mildly sarcastic637 DownReveal answer → Container340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 20, 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.