Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2026 Answers

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Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 23 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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Extreme fright51 AcrossReveal answer → Straightforward61 AcrossReveal answer → Naval units?51 AcrossReveal answer → Tool45 AcrossReveal answer → Right in position for good healthy fun56 AcrossReveal answer → Learn56 AcrossReveal answer → Additional58 AcrossReveal answer → Woman of Georgia79 AcrossReveal answer → Hat39 AcrossReveal answer → Tyros79 AcrossReveal answer → Suspire410 AcrossReveal answer → Snatches510 AcrossReveal answer → You can bet it meant capital punishment!510 AcrossReveal answer → Extent411 AcrossReveal answer → A luxurious opening for '8 Down', we hear511 AcrossReveal answer → Wire511 AcrossReveal answer → Matches512 AcrossReveal answer → To object512 AcrossReveal answer → He brings a bit of fire to 'New Lab.'512 AcrossReveal answer → Blacksmith713 AcrossReveal answer → Only in the bay does one find rubbish713 AcrossReveal answer → Girl613 AcrossReveal answer → Drinks counter315 AcrossReveal answer → Advice helpful in the extreme?315 AcrossReveal answer → Moistens416 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise417 AcrossReveal answer → The immortal love racket417 AcrossReveal answer → It came from outer space and tore 'em to shreds!618 AcrossReveal answer → Principal418 AcrossReveal answer → Photographic device618 AcrossReveal answer → Older variety of berry519 AcrossReveal answer → Pugilist519 AcrossReveal answer → Period620 AcrossReveal answer → Plod along with a letter to Barnaby620 AcrossReveal answer → Seed320 AcrossReveal answer → Cereal322 AcrossReveal answer → No one-day building job422 AcrossReveal answer → Insects422 AcrossReveal answer → Line323 AcrossReveal answer → Jump quietly, with a cry324 AcrossReveal answer → Large424 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish river324 AcrossReveal answer → Insured a customer, looking embarrassed725 AcrossReveal answer → Victim425 AcrossReveal answer → Weariness725 AcrossReveal answer → Aquatic mammal526 AcrossReveal answer → Is aware of money going in fees526 AcrossReveal answer → Stinking, due to a fatheaded change of diet527 AcrossReveal answer → Gaze527 AcrossReveal answer → Devout528 AcrossReveal answer → Chap I had to make nervous528 AcrossReveal answer → Submissive628 AcrossReveal answer → Joseph's a senior citizen, just an ordinary bloke729 AcrossReveal answer → Put up729 AcrossReveal answer → A mug's surname?530 AcrossReveal answer → Copper alloy530 AcrossReveal answer → Dramas530 AcrossReveal answer → Direction531 AcrossReveal answer → Street woman in Perry Mason stories531 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit432 AcrossReveal answer → Tense433 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle334 AcrossReveal answer → Horse535 AcrossReveal answer → Place436 AcrossReveal answer → Comments637 AcrossReveal answer →

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Depart61 DownReveal answer → It's good to band together again62 DownReveal answer → Overseas62 DownReveal answer → Vertebrates82 DownReveal answer → Nut63 DownReveal answer → Hire, lets assume63 DownReveal answer → Congenital63 DownReveal answer → Fatigued94 DownReveal answer → She points out an about turn34 DownReveal answer → Lettuce34 DownReveal answer → Store75 DownReveal answer → Depression in the field?55 DownReveal answer → Skinflint55 DownReveal answer → The batsman who's 'out'?76 DownReveal answer → Platform46 DownReveal answer → Temporal76 DownReveal answer → Organs47 DownReveal answer → Emperor47 DownReveal answer → Piano tune with cymbals, say!47 DownReveal answer → US currency68 DownReveal answer → Ovum38 DownReveal answer → It's in Rio, we're told, by David68 DownReveal answer → She's beautiful, but can sound alarming512 DownReveal answer → English county512 DownReveal answer → Wherein a couple have nothing but a phone513 DownReveal answer → Banquet513 DownReveal answer → Novices914 DownReveal answer → Figure a sheep is sozzled!514 DownReveal answer → Pass on514 DownReveal answer → Cold315 DownReveal answer → Existence515 DownReveal answer → Singer in Britten oratorio515 DownReveal answer → Uplift516 DownReveal answer → Looked curiously into the source of pride516 DownReveal answer → Sailor317 DownReveal answer → The Spanish join me in an Aegean island518 DownReveal answer → Tree518 DownReveal answer → Alleviated819 DownReveal answer → Encouraged by what can be done with a noted horse719 DownReveal answer → Straw hats719 DownReveal answer → Bowl320 DownReveal answer → Religious festival621 DownReveal answer → One is ratty when the room's in a bad state621 DownReveal answer → Sportsperson721 DownReveal answer → Self defense622 DownReveal answer → Instructions on record for pie-making622 DownReveal answer → Riot623 DownReveal answer → Servant possibly taking the meal in623 DownReveal answer → Local cul-de-sac525 DownReveal answer → Barrier525 DownReveal answer → Adolescents626 DownReveal answer → Minerals426 DownReveal answer → The state many Pacific islands are in426 DownReveal answer → Sport627 DownReveal answer → It means very little in Portadown328 DownReveal answer → Female swan328 DownReveal answer → Inquires429 DownReveal answer → Situation430 DownReveal answer → Unhappy331 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 23, 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.