Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 21 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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Skirt61 AcrossReveal answer → Canvas shelter64 AcrossReveal answer → Elects to change for the best64 AcrossReveal answer → Origin65 AcrossReveal answer → Where there's room, but it's tough87 AcrossReveal answer → House87 AcrossReveal answer → Charm68 AcrossReveal answer → Not a leg side stroke? Well, just a bit68 AcrossReveal answer → Duck59 AcrossReveal answer → With military detachment, the doctor's stern510 AcrossReveal answer → Entreaty610 AcrossReveal answer → Melts510 AcrossReveal answer → Wood611 AcrossReveal answer → Tag512 AcrossReveal answer → Tom's not in love with this garment413 AcrossReveal answer → Grain husks413 AcrossReveal answer → Card game414 AcrossReveal answer → Just414 AcrossReveal answer → Scream for the fifty quid414 AcrossReveal answer → Appear415 AcrossReveal answer → Toilet product in a dental clinic415 AcrossReveal answer → Beer316 AcrossReveal answer → Tantrum, just a bit of petulance316 AcrossReveal answer → Composition for a learner, but it's still hard417 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle317 AcrossReveal answer → Chief417 AcrossReveal answer → Ripped418 AcrossReveal answer → Units forming a reserve419 AcrossReveal answer → Naked419 AcrossReveal answer → Strop520 AcrossReveal answer → Used a bent ploy in betting?921 AcrossReveal answer → Frantic921 AcrossReveal answer → Equipped522 AcrossReveal answer → Many a service the housewife can do423 AcrossReveal answer → Shade423 AcrossReveal answer → House723 AcrossReveal answer → Not slow424 AcrossReveal answer → Suffered in terrible distress424 AcrossReveal answer → Plunged524 AcrossReveal answer → Female326 AcrossReveal answer → Penetrate526 AcrossReveal answer → Major, often in a hole326 AcrossReveal answer → Destroy427 AcrossReveal answer → To approve what's removed427 AcrossReveal answer → Religious image429 AcrossReveal answer → Tart429 AcrossReveal answer → Many a bird would see it as food429 AcrossReveal answer → Curve330 AcrossReveal answer → Only half delivery, it's true432 AcrossReveal answer → Challenge432 AcrossReveal answer → Condiment432 AcrossReveal answer → Make a feast of a bone533 AcrossReveal answer → Design533 AcrossReveal answer → Sharp533 AcrossReveal answer → See red about a rotten rag634 AcrossReveal answer → Offend634 AcrossReveal answer → The plane crash one never forgets835 AcrossReveal answer → Pistol835 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable635 AcrossReveal answer → Brimmed hat636 AcrossReveal answer → Mental dullness leads to much faulty posture636 AcrossReveal answer → Senior636 AcrossReveal answer → Items537 AcrossReveal answer → Cure638 AcrossReveal answer → Warmed639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Adjoins51 DownReveal answer → Close enough to breathe on a chap51 DownReveal answer → Belittles61 DownReveal answer → Chronicle52 DownReveal answer → Get free and go quietly52 DownReveal answer → Fix62 DownReveal answer → No votes43 DownReveal answer → One of a pair of socks43 DownReveal answer → Agreement43 DownReveal answer → Informed54 DownReveal answer → Shrub54 DownReveal answer → There may be a film on it54 DownReveal answer → Drain55 DownReveal answer → Naming word45 DownReveal answer → Hit up a half century, frequently45 DownReveal answer → Spoken46 DownReveal answer → Stylus66 DownReveal answer → Grounds that have a hundred and one uses66 DownReveal answer → Haphazard67 DownReveal answer → Stretch68 DownReveal answer → Front put up by a soccer rebel?69 DownReveal answer → Snakes69 DownReveal answer → Jump311 DownReveal answer → Textile salesman?311 DownReveal answer → Adult females512 DownReveal answer → Confound the girl - she gets nothing right!512 DownReveal answer → Beating713 DownReveal answer → In the theatre, a chap with a vocation?713 DownReveal answer → Advantage713 DownReveal answer → Bill picked up in mistake for a bat!315 DownReveal answer → Room515 DownReveal answer → Drink315 DownReveal answer → Go out of shape, possibly316 DownReveal answer → Sped516 DownReveal answer → Plural of is316 DownReveal answer → Fashion518 DownReveal answer → Waterborne gambler?618 DownReveal answer → Of the stars618 DownReveal answer → Allude519 DownReveal answer → Barnaby's a character520 DownReveal answer → Garret520 DownReveal answer → Seedcase321 DownReveal answer → Cease living321 DownReveal answer → It gets an early break321 DownReveal answer → Managed322 DownReveal answer → It has a camel's tail and a kangaroo's head!322 DownReveal answer → Period322 DownReveal answer → From there623 DownReveal answer → Kind of French coin!623 DownReveal answer → Smart624 DownReveal answer → Toddler325 DownReveal answer → Some tribunal at Chelsea, perhaps325 DownReveal answer → Dupe625 DownReveal answer → Skill627 DownReveal answer → Extreme528 DownReveal answer → Relaxed628 DownReveal answer → Mandatory method?528 DownReveal answer → Arc530 DownReveal answer → Navigational aid for a woman in a car530 DownReveal answer → Slackness530 DownReveal answer → Stolen property (like footwear?)531 DownReveal answer → Approaches531 DownReveal answer → Material531 DownReveal answer → Japanese wrestling432 DownReveal answer → Simply accompany a seductive woman432 DownReveal answer → As eaten by a bachelor as an afterthought?433 DownReveal answer → Fastener433 DownReveal answer → Soon433 DownReveal answer → Besides434 DownReveal answer →

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