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Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 124 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#
Extreme frightPANIC5Across1 StraightforwardDIRECT6Across1 Naval units?KNOTS5Across1 ToolADZE4Across5 Right in position for good healthy funSPORT5Across6 LearnSTUDY5Across6 AdditionalEXTRA5Across8 Woman of GeorgiaAUGUSTA7Across9 HatCAP3Across9 TyrosNOVICES7Across9 SuspireSIGH4Across10 SnatchesGRABS5Across10 You can bet it meant capital punishment!STAKE5Across10 ExtentSIZE4Across11 A luxurious opening for '8 Down', we hearRITZY5Across11 WireCABLE5Across11 MatchesGAMES5Across12 To objectDEMUR5Across12 He brings a bit of fire to 'New Lab.'BLAIR5Across12 BlacksmithFARRIER7Across13 Only in the bay does one find rubbishBALONEY7Across13 GirlMAIDEN6Across13 Drinks counterBAR3Across15 Advice helpful in the extreme?TIP3Across15 MoistensWETS4Across16 ParadiseEDEN4Across17 The immortal love racketODIN4Across17 It came from outer space and tore 'em to shreds!METEOR6Across18 PrincipalARCH4Across18 Photographic deviceCAMERA6Across18 Older variety of berryELDER5Across19 PugilistBOXER5Across19 PeriodSEASON6Across20 Plod along with a letter to BarnabyTRUDGE6Across20 SeedPEA3Across20 CerealOAT3Across22 No one-day building jobROME4Across22 InsectsANTS4Across22 LineLEY3Across23 Jump quietly, with a cryHOP3Across24 LargeVAST4Across24 Scottish riverTAY3Across24 Insured a customer, looking embarrassedCOVERED7Across25 VictimPREY4Across25 WearinessFATIGUE7Across25 Aquatic mammalOTTER5Across26 Is aware of money going in feesFEELS5Across26 Stinking, due to a fatheaded change of dietFETID5Across27 GazeSTARE5Across27 DevoutPIOUS5Across28 Chap I had to make nervousTIMID5Across28 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across28 Joseph's a senior citizen, just an ordinary blokeJOESOAP7Across29 Put upERECTED7Across29 A mug's surname?STEIN5Across30 Copper alloyBRASS5Across30 DramasPLAYS5Across30 DirectionNORTH5Across31 Street woman in Perry Mason storiesDELLA5Across31 FruitSLOE4Across32 TenseTAUT4Across33 VehicleVAN3Across34 HorseSTEED5Across35 PlaceSITE4Across36 CommentsASIDES6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DepartDECAMP6Down1 It's good to band together againNOTBAD6Down2 OverseasABROAD6Down2 VertebratesREPTILES8Down2 NutCASHEW6Down3 Hire, lets assumeTAKEON6Down3 CongenitalINBORN6Down3 FatiguedEXHAUSTED9Down4 She points out an about turnSUE3Down4 LettuceCOS3Down4 StoreARSENAL7Down5 Depression in the field?GULLY5Down5 SkinflintMISER5Down5 The batsman who's 'out'?STRIKER7Down6 PlatformDAIS4Down6 TemporalSECULAR7Down6 OrgansEYES4Down7 EmperorTSAR4Down7 Piano tune with cymbals, say!PAIR4Down7 US currencyDOLLAR6Down8 OvumEGG3Down8 It's in Rio, we're told, by DavidRIZZIO6Down8 She's beautiful, but can sound alarmingBELLE5Down12 English countyDEVON5Down12 Wherein a couple have nothing but a phoneBOOTH5Down13 BanquetFEAST5Down13 NovicesNEOPHYTES9Down14 Figure a sheep is sozzled!LITUP5Down14 Pass onRELAY5Down14 ColdICY3Down15 ExistenceBEING5Down15 Singer in Britten oratorioTENOR5Down15 UpliftRAISE5Down16 Looked curiously into the source of pridePRIED5Down16 SailorTAR3Down17 The Spanish join me in an Aegean islandMELOS5Down18 TreeCEDAR5Down18 AlleviatedRELIEVED8Down19 Encouraged by what can be done with a noted horseEGGEDON7Down19 Straw hatsBOATERS7Down19 BowlPAN3Down20 Religious festivalEASTER6Down21 One is ratty when the room's in a bad stateRODENT6Down21 SportspersonATHLETE7Down21 Self defenseAIKIDO6Down22 Instructions on record for pie-makingRECIPE6Down22 RiotTUMULT6Down23 Servant possibly taking the meal inMENIAL6Down23 Local cul-de-sacCLOSE5Down25 BarrierFENCE5Down25 AdolescentsYOUTHS6Down26 MineralsORES4Down26 The state many Pacific islands are inFIJI4Down26 SportTENNIS6Down27 It means very little in PortadownTAD3Down28 Female swanPEN3Down28 InquiresASKS4Down29 SituationPOST4Down30 UnhappySAD3Down31

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