Evening Standard Crossword February 8 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 8 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 129 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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PlacardPOSTER6Across1 InexpensiveCHEAP5Across3 See hams carved in deep spaceCHASM5Across3 JumpLEAP4Across5 CommandORDER5Across8 Point out a number removed from the ground!DIVOT5Across8 Plant lifeFLORA5Across8 TearRIP3Across9 Bird bringing a brave person to a mistaken conclusionHERON5Across10 Fry lightlySAUTE5Across10 CornetCONE4Across10 Cervantes's vehicleVAN3Across11 Girl's nameADA3Across11 SoonANON4Across11 A substitute's placeSTEAD5Across12 AvoidEVADE5Across12 FriendshipAMITY5Across12 Leslie's after James for fencingWATTLES7Across13 FatedDOOMED6Across13 QuiverTREMBLE7Across13 CuresHEALS5Across15 Two rivers understood to rhymePOEMS5Across15 DaybreakDAWN4Across16 CloseNEAR4Across18 Wet groundBOG3Across18 Having taken a knock?OUT3Across18 StinkingSMELLY6Across19 Consider you can do sumsRECKON6Across19 Bound to be suffering a beastly impedimentHOGTIED7Across21 Canadian provinceALBERTA7Across21 Bee structureHIVE4Across22 CribCOT3Across22 Advance sterling on a possibilityLOAN4Across22 Brave personHERO4Across23 BreachGAP3Across23 Refuse to accept buns backSNUB4Across23 It carries weight in navigationBEARING7Across24 Gun partTRIGGER7Across24 Board gameLUDO4Across24 RespectHEED4Across25 Cooked with some haste, we figureSTEWED6Across26 Petty detailsTRIVIA6Across26 God-likeDIVINE6Across28 He'll always have a good shotACE3Across29 JewelGEM3Across29 SuppleLITHE5Across30 Medicine not dispensed at the rear of the clinicTONIC5Across31 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Across31 Relating to a lot of water, I seeOCEANIC7Across32 SurfeitGLUT4Across32 Commercial successSELLOUT7Across32 GroupUNIT4Across33 Put off by the deputy head being one of the familyDAUNT5Across34 SheepEWE3Across34 LoaferIDLER5Across34 Gear used in ski trainingKIT3Across35 CircularROUND5Across35 TreeOAK3Across35 Wherein the women are again embraced by an actorHAREM5Across36 CaribouDEER4Across36 Female relativeNIECE5Across36 Such charges are made to be droppedDEPTH5Across37 ShutCLOSED6Across37 TwistSCREW5Across37 Burns for some wild caressesSEARS5Across38 Burst outERUPT5Across38

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ProcessionPARADE6Down1 Backless couch with a double frontDIVAN5Down1 GlowerGLARE5Down1 AssumedSUPPOSED8Down2 Game of bridge?PONTOON7Down2 BlackberryBRAMBLE7Down2 SurpassEXCEED6Down3 Topping things to wearHATS4Down4 StoppedPREVENTED9Down4 HouseHOME4Down4 AheadLEADING7Down5 Made a piano in the shedSHAPED6Down5 Respiratory disorderASTHMA6Down5 BeneficiaryPAYEE5Down6 Sea eagleERNE4Down6 Wine for me and the medicoMEDOC5Down6 LongPINE4Down7 Coral reefATOLL5Down7 A name for the top officer's way of workingCOSMO5Down7 IndividualONE3Down8 Lyric poemODE3Down9 Tax hidden by the ConservativesVAT3Down9 Branch of mathsALGEBRA7Down12 Determined to be paidSETTLED7Down12 Sausage dogDACHSHUND9Down14 Pull by the earLUG3Down14 HairstyleBOB3Down14 BeretCAP3Down15 Lengthening a letter to the monarchEKING5Down16 ChangeALTER5Down16 Their classy ideas are not admiredSNOBS5Down17 MiseryWOE3Down17 Church councilSYNOD5Down17 SimplicityEASINESS8Down19 Take back what you said the undercarriage would doRETRACT7Down19 AstoundSTAGGER7Down19 Use explosive to finish the job, finallyBLAST5Down20 FirearmGUN3Down20 ClosesSHUTS5Down20 New one on the south coast?HAVEN5Down21 Check onMONITOR7Down21 Be of useAVAIL5Down21 One going quietly on foot?SNEAKER7Down23 Poisonous plantHEMLOCK7Down23 FirewoodTINDER6Down24 Suited a busy type going across a riverBECAME6Down24 CongealGEL3Down25 Sufficient reticence to have a chilling effectICE3Down25 PurifyDISTIL6Down26 All the drink a learner driver can have!TOTAL5Down27 ProportionRATIO5Down27 GuardDEFEND6Down27 SpeechVOICE5Down28 Extra runs for the West Indies, boy!WIDES5Down28 ElderlyAGED4Down29 NoblemenDUKES5Down30 EnticeLURE4Down30 The girl in the poolKITTY5Down30 FinishEND3Down31 It's singularly strikingONER4Down32 OozeSEEP4Down32 Drink with a pin-upNIP3Down33 Rowing bladeOAR3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, February 8, 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.