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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 16 February 2026 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 16 February 2026 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (16 February 2026) has a total of 44 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

While being unobtrusive bustle around
S
U
B
T
L
E
It's illuminating in a way during flight
F
A
N
L
I
G
H
T
The shaky rotter's rude reply
R
E
T
O
R
T
Note the new rent to put in the book
E
N
T
E
R
See art as a vehicle
C
A
R
T
Neapolitan tide?
N
E
A
P
Thus keys may be used to clear the sink
S
O
D
A
Badly short of numbers at the seaside
B
A
Y
Box for a spare part
S
P
A
R
Bend and shorten the tail
S
C
U
T
Supporters always behind you
F
O
L
L
O
W
E
R
S
An L of a place for radio communication!
L
I
M
A
She's no academician
N
O
R
A
Rock back in a big way!
G
I
B
Sailors possibly in a shipwreck
C
R
E
W
Won't you find this in the North Atlantic?
T
H
A
T
Fare for reduction?
D
I
E
T
Be a companion at Daytona say
B
E
A
C
H
Ed sets out to break horses
S
T
E
E
D
S
They're instrumental in reforming a strumpet
T
R
U
M
P
E
T
S
In which we serve gamely
T
E
N
N
I
S
Not unusually one may be out to include a share index
O
F
T
E
N
She gets Tina's back up with an article!
A
N
I
T
A
Scene of some pierrot shows
P
I
E
R
Violin in the virtuoso's tradition
S
T
R
A
D
Upturned tub tip-top for holding water
B
U
T
T
A trail possibly used by a cowboy
L
A
R
I
A
T
Rubber giving faultless service for years
E
R
A
S
E
R
Fresh directions
N
E
W
The place for new poems?
E
P
S
O
M
Uncommonly perhaps it goes to one's head
C
O
R
O
N
E
T
Girl preserved by Ted
S
A
L
Can it carry only half a bushel?
B
U
S
Having authority detectives are calm
P
L
A
C
I
D
Cater badly for boxing
C
R
A
T
E
Children's story?
F
I
B
But it's not a hit with the audiophile!
W
O
W
Tell it differently just a bit
L
I
T
T
L
E
A worn master key
M
A
C
Lies in ultimate distress possibly
R
E
S
T
S
Rushes to distribute a share
H
A
R
E
S
So wrong in the case of that which is plural!
T
H
O
S
E
Cleric who went to Dixie
D
E
A
N
How things may go in the night
B
U
M
P

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 44 clues in the 16 February 2026 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is BAY which contains 3 Characters.
  • Badly short of numbers at the seaside is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is FOLLOWERS which contains 9 Characters.
  • Supporters always behind you is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 16 February 2026 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are J,K,Q,V,X,Z