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Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2026 answers. The Saturday 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#
SkirtDIRNDL6Across1 Canvas shelterAWNING6Across4 Elects to change for the bestSELECT6Across4 OriginSOURCE6Across5 Where there's room, but it's toughATTHETOP8Across7 HouseBUNGALOW8Across7 CharmAMULET6Across8 Not a leg side stroke? Well, just a bitOFFCUT6Across8 DuckEIDER5Across9 With military detachment, the doctor's sternDRAFT5Across10 EntreatyAPPEAL6Across10 MeltsTHAWS5Across10 WoodWALNUT6Across11 TagLABEL5Across12 Tom's not in love with this garmentCOAT4Across13 Grain husksBRAN4Across13 Card gameSOLO4Across14 JustFAIR4Across14 Scream for the fifty quidYELL4Across14 AppearSEEM4Across15 Toilet product in a dental clinicTALC4Across15 BeerALE3Across16 Tantrum, just a bit of petulancePET3Across16 Composition for a learner, but it's still hardOPAL4Across17 VehicleCAR3Across17 ChiefMAIN4Across17 RippedTORN4Across18 Units forming a reserveARES4Across19 NakedBARE4Across19 StropSTRAP5Across20 Used a bent ploy in betting?DOUBLEDUP9Across21 FranticDESPERATE9Across21 EquippedARMED5Across22 Many a service the housewife can doDARN4Across23 ShadeTINT4Across23 HouseCOTTAGE7Across23 Not slowFAST4Across24 Suffered in terrible distressBLED4Across24 PlungedDIVED5Across24 FemaleSHE3Across26 PenetrateENTER5Across26 Major, often in a holeKEY3Across26 DestroyRUIN4Across27 To approve what's removedTOOK4Across27 Religious imageICON4Across29 TartACID4Across29 Many a bird would see it as foodGRUB4Across29 CurveARC3Across30 Only half delivery, it's trueVERY4Across32 ChallengeDARE4Across32 CondimentSALT4Across32 Make a feast of a boneBEANO5Across33 DesignSTYLE5Across33 SharpACUTE5Across33 See red about a rotten ragREGARD6Across34 OffendINSULT6Across34 The plane crash one never forgetsELEPHANT8Across35 PistolREVOLVER8Across35 VegetablePOTATO6Across35 Brimmed hatFEDORA6Across36 Mental dullness leads to much faulty postureSTUPOR6Across36 SeniorOLDEST6Across36 ItemsUNITS5Across37 CureREMEDY6Across38 WarmedHEATED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AdjoinsABUTS5Down1 Close enough to breathe on a chapHANDY5Down1 BelittlesDWARFS6Down1 ChronicleANNAL5Down2 Get free and go quietlySTEAL5Down2 FixREPAIR6Down2 No votesNAYS4Down3 One of a pair of socksLEFT4Down3 AgreementDEAL4Down3 InformedAWARE5Down4 ShrubLILAC5Down4 There may be a film on itSPOOL5Down4 DrainSEWER5Down5 Naming wordNOUN4Down5 Hit up a half century, frequentlyLOFT4Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 StylusNEEDLE6Down6 Grounds that have a hundred and one usesCAUSES6Down6 HaphazardRANDOM6Down7 StretchEXTEND6Down8 Front put up by a soccer rebel?FACADE6Down9 SnakesMAMBAS6Down9 JumpHOP3Down11 Textile salesman?REP3Down11 Adult femalesWOMEN5Down12 Confound the girl - she gets nothing right!FLOOR5Down12 BeatingBATTERY7Down13 In the theatre, a chap with a vocation?CALLBOY7Down13 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down13 Bill picked up in mistake for a bat!TAB3Down15 RoomATTIC5Down15 DrinkSIP3Down15 Go out of shape, possiblyPEP3Down16 SpedRACED5Down16 Plural of isARE3Down16 FashionTREND5Down18 Waterborne gambler?PUNTER6Down18 Of the starsASTRAL6Down18 AlludeREFER5Down19 Barnaby's a characterRUDGE5Down20 GarretATTIC5Down20 SeedcasePOD3Down21 Cease livingDIE3Down21 It gets an early breakDAY3Down21 ManagedRAN3Down22 It has a camel's tail and a kangaroo's head!ELK3Down22 PeriodAGE3Down22 From thereTHENCE6Down23 Kind of French coin!DECENT6Down23 SmartDAPPER6Down24 ToddlerTOT3Down25 Some tribunal at Chelsea, perhapsBUN3Down25 DupeVICTIM6Down25 SkillTALENT6Down27 ExtremeULTRA5Down28 RelaxedRESTED6Down28 Mandatory method?ORDER5Down28 ArcCURVE5Down30 Navigational aid for a woman in a carRADAR5Down30 SlacknessATONY5Down30 Stolen property (like footwear?)BOOTY5Down31 ApproachesNEARS5Down31 MaterialCLOTH5Down31 Japanese wrestlingSUMO4Down32 Simply accompany a seductive womanVAMP4Down32 As eaten by a bachelor as an afterthought?BAPS4Down33 FastenerSTUD4Down33 SoonANON4Down33 BesidesELSE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, February 21, 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.