Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 5 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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Is bound to have a net return if you hurry61 AcrossReveal answer → Needle61 AcrossReveal answer → Rescued54 AcrossReveal answer → Baker's dozen87 AcrossReveal answer → Bully67 AcrossReveal answer → Happened to be the person commanding a dog, like a setter87 AcrossReveal answer → Perfidious producer of pork pies48 AcrossReveal answer → Not at home48 AcrossReveal answer → Evil39 AcrossReveal answer → Cold dessert610 AcrossReveal answer → Compete with a backward girl for a place610 AcrossReveal answer → Performed310 AcrossReveal answer → Work up611 AcrossReveal answer → As seen by the couple about to back us611 AcrossReveal answer → Madness512 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze413 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly end for many a Russian314 AcrossReveal answer → Owing314 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade515 AcrossReveal answer → Like the doubtful activities of a shark516 AcrossReveal answer → Hostel516 AcrossReveal answer → Crazy contribution to diet?417 AcrossReveal answer → Christmas417 AcrossReveal answer → Calm617 AcrossReveal answer → Lily-like creature?519 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman419 AcrossReveal answer → Refund519 AcrossReveal answer → Lariat520 AcrossReveal answer → One eating a piece of celery with too much noise521 AcrossReveal answer → Tribunal521 AcrossReveal answer → Broaden522 AcrossReveal answer → The bulletin's incomplete, you'll admit522 AcrossReveal answer → Sick322 AcrossReveal answer → Assist in crime423 AcrossReveal answer → Driven crazy by the English423 AcrossReveal answer → Twisted724 AcrossReveal answer → Nut526 AcrossReveal answer → To mature, a bit of a writer needs a pen526 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil327 AcrossReveal answer → Falsehood328 AcrossReveal answer → Penniless528 AcrossReveal answer → Bird fabled to devastate much corn328 AcrossReveal answer → Waterproof jacket629 AcrossReveal answer → Really trying to get the opposition dismissed629 AcrossReveal answer → Compares630 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared to be feathered630 AcrossReveal answer → Go back again with a man-eater431 AcrossReveal answer → Revise431 AcrossReveal answer → Overlook431 AcrossReveal answer → Be inclined to rely rashly on going carefully!832 AcrossReveal answer → Tyrant832 AcrossReveal answer → Conquer633 AcrossReveal answer → Soldiers633 AcrossReveal answer → Joining up the southeastern flank633 AcrossReveal answer → Cogs535 AcrossReveal answer → Chessman437 AcrossReveal answer → Bird538 AcrossReveal answer → Fish339 AcrossReveal answer → Consume341 AcrossReveal answer → Erase642 AcrossReveal answer → Long543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Lovely place, this port out East61 DownReveal answer → Exactly correct61 DownReveal answer → Tool61 DownReveal answer → Considers the endless requirements in printing62 DownReveal answer → Legal62 DownReveal answer → Entry62 DownReveal answer → Deity33 DownReveal answer → Eyelid inflammation43 DownReveal answer → Batty TV character?43 DownReveal answer → Secure44 DownReveal answer → If cruel, could be the devil!74 DownReveal answer → Welsh town74 DownReveal answer → Worship55 DownReveal answer → Giant visibly very different from Cyclops!55 DownReveal answer → Deserve55 DownReveal answer → Amplified86 DownReveal answer → Not even fully finished, strangely enough56 DownReveal answer → Heavenly messenger56 DownReveal answer → Assistant48 DownReveal answer → Travel48 DownReveal answer → In a terrible struggle, it's for fear48 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic drink39 DownReveal answer → Some article on New York39 DownReveal answer → Defame911 DownReveal answer → Shy312 DownReveal answer → Title of various Iranians312 DownReveal answer → Steam needed to get forward513 DownReveal answer → Taut513 DownReveal answer → Plague414 DownReveal answer → Brimless cap515 DownReveal answer → A car for James Bond's boss, note515 DownReveal answer → Inform416 DownReveal answer → Wander418 DownReveal answer → Possibly unlit before518 DownReveal answer → Frequently518 DownReveal answer → Great, maybe, but still a small bird319 DownReveal answer → Stick319 DownReveal answer → Genetic information?320 DownReveal answer → Play on words320 DownReveal answer → Height821 DownReveal answer → Fund721 DownReveal answer → Study an eccentric dude getting stripped721 DownReveal answer → The French love this forename322 DownReveal answer → Conflict322 DownReveal answer → Self-defence623 DownReveal answer → Loaned423 DownReveal answer → Next day, a more shortened line623 DownReveal answer → In one unit of land, see another!424 DownReveal answer → Sugar plant424 DownReveal answer → Title425 DownReveal answer → Samples625 DownReveal answer → Ultimately a happy one?625 DownReveal answer → Intense426 DownReveal answer → Heathen526 DownReveal answer → Displeased, being infested?526 DownReveal answer → A sound, if cheap, drink527 DownReveal answer → Prices527 DownReveal answer → Cover328 DownReveal answer → Cloth or paper328 DownReveal answer → Rubber629 DownReveal answer → Little things of Toyah's? Ah, no!430 DownReveal answer → Latvian430 DownReveal answer → Pulled630 DownReveal answer → Guide532 DownReveal answer → Cast434 DownReveal answer → Dash436 DownReveal answer → Meadow340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 5, 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.