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Evening Standard Crossword February 9 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 9 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#
AxiomMAXIM5Across1 PurloinSTEAL5Across1 One of the beer drinker's overheads?FROTH5Across1 RegionSECTOR6Across5 Unfairly shut out for nothing, in a waySOUTH5Across6 Climb upSCALE5Across6 CapBERET5Across8 ColourMAGENTA7Across9 Exciting or possibly exploitingROUSING7Across9 JourneyVOYAGE6Across10 QuickNIPPY5Across10 Be curiously intrusiveSNOOP5Across10 EachEVERY5Across11 Fear of not having a right arm?ALARM5Across11 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 Open a page mistakenlyAGAPE5Across12 TwentySCORE5Across12 Breakdown of French cable systemDEBACLE7Across13 EnchantBEWITCH7Across13 HelpingRATION6Across14 StitchSEW3Across15 Deception by the FBI?FIB3Across15 DeclinedREFUSED7Across15 OperatorUSER4Across17 An element of helpfulness in dietIRON4Across17 FavouritePET3Across18 SheenLUSTRE6Across18 Appeal to a person to buzz offBEGONE6Across18 MaterialREP3Across19 BesomBROOM5Across19 Spared some terrible devastationSAVED5Across19 Fatheads' afterthought for a friendCHUMPS6Across20 PartitionSCREEN6Across20 PeruseREAD4Across21 She's built rather like Mimi or GigiFIFI4Across22 FinishedOVER4Across22 RevoltREBEL5Across23 Small amountTAD3Across24 JoinSEAM4Across24 Her denial helped make historyHIS3Across24 Great skillMASTERY7Across25 One sustained by so much hot air?BALLOON7Across25 Boy's nameERROL5Across26 Where you can get torn to pieces out of the ring!TROON5Across26 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across27 Drift aloft, perhapsFLOAT5Across27 NoiseDIN3Across27 Points to the fully finished bootWELLY5Across28 Female servantsMAIDS5Across28 Tending to calm waterPACIFIC7Across29 TetanusLOCKJAW7Across29 RotterCAD3Across29 Woods, in two senses, may be seen near oneGREEN5Across30 Muslim religionISLAM5Across30 Stuffy fellow possibly cuddled a lotTEDDY5Across31 BreakPAUSE5Across31 SoilTARNISH7Across31 FrustratedFOILED6Across32 EatDINE4Across34 PangTWINGE6Across35 StratumLAYER5Across38 DiscloseREVEAL6Across39 IrritableTESTY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ToleratesABIDES6Down2 AlsoTOO3Down2 Substitute campanologist?RINGER6Down2 One who worked like a horse?TROJAN6Down3 Counting frameABACUS6Down3 WeakenIMPAIR6Down3 The flight of Sancho PanzaHOP3Down4 LimbLEG3Down4 MonthMAY3Down4 AsteriskSTAR4Down5 Superior and wise custom?USAGE5Down5 SeatBENCH5Down5 Bomb holeCRATER6Down6 What the cur did when photographedSNAPPED7Down6 BreastboneSTERNUM7Down6 DestroyedRUINED6Down7 GrottoCAVE4Down7 Look round to leg, perhaps?OGLE4Down7 A highwayman, but did he turn out pious?TURPIN6Down8 PantryLARDER6Down8 RespectedREVERED7Down9 DerisionSCORN5Down12 CircuitLAP3Down12 Passing under the name of 'Aka'?ALIAS5Down12 LocationSITE4Down13 Dump at the roadsideDITCH5Down13 RuptureBURST5Down13 EerieWEIRD5Down14 Benefit of getting ahead in transportBONUS5Down14 What's been written of oil spillage?FOLIO5Down15 CookerSTOVE5Down15 RelaxEASE4Down16 As a statesman, Ernest ...BEVIN5Down16 JadedWEARY5Down16 LiabilityDEBIT5Down17 ProvincialLOCAL5Down18 ... was rather like AneurinBEVAN5Down18 Sleeping placeBEDROOM7Down19 Ancient skill in bridge buildingSPARTAN7Down19 ForfeitPENALTY7Down20 Dictator affected by the French Revolution, initiallyHITLER6Down21 FondleCARESS6Down21 Turning-pointAXIS4Down22 Canadian capitalOTTAWA6Down22 Rob of a coatFLEECE6Down22 The rotten fellow tripped up!FOULED6Down23 Wears awayERODES6Down23 UndergoSUFFER6Down24 Kind of knife with a curve, that isBOWIE5Down25 ScoffsMOCKS5Down25 TartACID4Down25 Something binding on record?TAPE4Down26 Girl's nameELLA4Down26 SpiteMALICE6Down26 White? Not he, the clever fellow!WIT3Down28 WholeENTIRE6Down28 ChartMAP3Down28 LairDEN3Down30 HollowDELL4Down33 DampWET3Down36 ObtainedGOT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 9, 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.