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Evening Standard Crossword February 27 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 27 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
DuoPAIR4Across1 TapPAT3Across4 ContainersBAGS4Across6 FixedSTABLE6Across8 Early days of the young RobinBOYHOOD7Across8 DispleasedANNOYED7Across8 SquealSQUEAK6Across9 Well, well! So it's only imagination!JUSTFANCY9Across9 Cheerfully irresponsibleSLAPHAPPY9Across9 ExpectASK3Across10 ExhaustDRAIN5Across12 A small coop by a treeASPEN5Across13 ScoundrelROGUE5Across13 I think I've got it working!BRAIN5Across14 CorpulentSTOUT5Across14 Rested against supportLEANT5Across14 The second delivery?REBIRTH7Across15 With an oblique glanceASKANCE7Across15 AntitoxinSERUM5Across15 SwaggerBRAVADO7Across16 Detective who leaves sticky footprints behind him?GUMSHOE7Across16 Machine used to shape metalLATHE5Across17 Fur auction the British go in forSABLE5Across17 IllustriousNOBLE5Across18 StrongMIGHTY6Across18 In getting a plant substance, commit another offenceRESIN5Across18 When returning with money to get the materialSATIN5Across20 IncapableUNABLE6Across20 Sailing vesselYACHT5Across20 Insignificant personNOBODY6Across22 A ticking off for the sailorRATING6Across22 Public show of respectHOMAGE6Across23 In lieu, I have fishPLAICE6Across23 SidledEDGED5Across24 Ineptly doneBOTCHED7Across25 For a semi-detached, shows potentialPROMISE7Across25 PerceiveSENSE5Across26 Sharp cutting toolMACHETE7Across27 A lot of water in a fissure on the hillTORRENT7Across27 PlanetWORLD5Across28 The lawyer's employer has the right to appear in courtCLIENT6Across30 VoraciousGREEDY6Across30 WaterDEW3Across30 Angelic childCHERUB6Across31 Leave floating on the river for showREVEAL6Across31 A setter making a rowLAYER5Across32 Form of designSTYLE5Across32 ExpeditionSAFARI6Across32 RealACTUAL6Across33 PaymentsFEES4Across34 Ramon after the sex change?NORMA5Across35 Cat's cryMIAOW5Across35 OffspringSON3Across35 Beat the most easily beatenWORST5Across36 RunDASH4Across36 Eject violentlyERUPT5Across36 Result of making a debut?OUTCOME7Across37 VigorousROUSING7Across37 Let everybody out, do we?ALLOWED7Across39 Partly coincide in timeOVERLAP7Across39 So, if he were given only half a chance...HENCE5Across41 DefectFAULT5Across41 Open up, man!LANCE5Across42 Soft sweetFUDGE5Across42 Rush the papers through that were held backREPRESSED9Across43 Skilled storytellerRACONTEUR9Across43 The artist in "The Rope"PAINTER7Across44 Medicated tabletLOZENGE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mysterious situationENIGMA6Down1 Gun dogs - two of themPOMPOM6Down1 Binding agreementCOVENANT8Down2 Cheers! A double feature!CHINCHIN8Down2 BehindAFTER5Down2 Full, varied and satisfyingWELLROUNDED11Down3 Cheat a score of RomansDOUBLECROSS11Down3 NonsenseRUBBISH7Down3 Obvious remarkPLATITUDE9Down4 Is it a rib-tickler?FUNNYBONE9Down4 RequestPLEA4Down4 ClothingAPPAREL7Down5 ToothTUSK4Down5 People run when he shootsSTARTER7Down5 OutspokenBLUNT5Down6 Waterproof raincoatMACKINTOSH10Down6 Criminal who would be quite happy to get birdCATBURGLAR10Down6 GentleGRADUAL7Down7 Distance between two pointsSPAN4Down7 Mark, the fellow with the mufflerSCAR4Down7 Bad-temperedCRABBY6Down10 Bad guess - not US emblemsBADGES6Down10 CoinSOU3Down11 Dogs from British possessionsBASSETS7Down11 Herbivorous marsupialWALLABY7Down11 Transmute into silver?CHANGE6Down12 TranquilSERENE6Down12 DullDIM3Down12 MeshNET3Down13 WhiskyRYE3Down16 CupMUG3Down17 DisagreeableBEASTLY7Down19 A wood on the borders of a local riverSPINNEY7Down19 RepeatITERATE7Down19 Acute intestinal infectionCHOLERA7Down21 ModernNEW3Down21 A dog trained to fightTERRIER7Down21 AssumedADOPTED7Down22 FinishEND3Down23 Try one's level best to swindle as many as possibleDOALLONECAN11Down24 Part of petrol engineCARBURETTOR11Down24 RabbitDOE3Down25 NonsenseCODSWALLOP10Down26 Playing the organ as a job?MANUALWORK10Down26 BreaksSNAPS5Down27 Money of which finders are keepersSEARCHFEE9Down28 Professional driverCHAUFFEUR9Down28 We had got the gun in central LondonWESTEND7Down29 GuidesLEADS5Down29 PeevishFRETFUL7Down29 ExpiresDIES4Down30 Are capable of duplicating the danceCANCAN6Down30 Smoked hamGAMMON6Down30 CautionWARN4Down31 Not to mention the claw, in general sheathedLETALONE8Down32 Breathes noisilySNUFFLES8Down32 Swam round the fish, angryREELED6Down33 Young bird of preyEAGLET6Down33 The foreign editor, in plush surroundingsSWEDISH7Down34 Pause from exertionRESPITE7Down34 Blue vat dyeINDIGO6Down38 Animals in poundsOUNCES6Down38 Misled a number of GermansLIED4Down40 Educational testEXAM4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 27, 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.