A fine place for dad to do up his shoes!(6 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A fine place for dad to do up his shoes!”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 24th December 2025.
The answer is
P
A
L
A
C
E
Other clues that solve to PALACE
The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.
- #24 down Royal residence (6) 31st March 2026
- #19 across Royal residence (6) 8th March 2026
- #30 across Speed around Los Angeles, that grand place (6) 24th February 2026
- #18 down Building a place for demolition (6) 5th January 2026
- #18 down A fine place for dad to do up his shoes! (6) 24th December 2025
- #23 down A better team than Villa? (6) 11th December 2025
- #23 down A team to beat Villa? (6) 29th October 2025
- #22 down Monarch's residence (6) 28th August 2025
- #19 across Royal residence (6) 30th July 2025
- #21 down Royal residence (6) 21st November 2024
- #4 across Royal residence (6) 21st August 2024
- #23 down Royal residence (6) 27th June 2024
- #30 across A team to beat Villa? (6) 13th May 2024
- #23 down A place rebuilt as an edifice (6) 2nd April 2024
- #4 across Whence regally to send a friend a card? (6) 17th January 2024
- #33 across A better team than Villa? (6) 16th August 2023
- #24 down A team to beat Villa? (6) 15th June 2023
- #23 across Royal building (6) 28th April 2023
- #5 down Monarch's residence (6) 20th April 2023
- #23 down Posher team than Villa? (6) 17th November 2022
- #23 down Posh place for dad to do up (6) 2nd September 2021
- #30 across A big house for dad to do up (6) 7th July 2021
- #24 down Royal residence (6) 28th December 2020
- #19 across Royal residence (6) 23rd November 2020
- #30 across Speed around Los Angeles, that grand place (6) 4th November 2020
- #18 down Building a place for demolition (6) 13th August 2020
- #18 down A fine place for dad to do up his shoes! (6) 23rd July 2020
- #23 down A better team than Villa? (6) 8th July 2020
- #23 down A team to beat Villa? (6) 7th May 2020
- #22 down Monarch’s residence (6) 7th January 2020
- #19 across Royal residence (6) 9th September 2019
- #19 across Royal residence (6) 20th May 2019
- #21 down Royal residence (6) 14th August 2018
- #4 across Royal residence (6) 17th May 2018
- #23 down Royal residence (6) 4th April 2018
- #30 across A team to beat Villa? (6) 7th March 2018
- #23 down A place rebuilt as an edifice (6) 25th January 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 24th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down An American, to the French, is athletic (5)
- #2 down Artist, to some degree Anglo Saxon (5)
- #3 down Formerly in concealment (4)
- #4 across They may well be only human (6)
- #4 down One place where bachelors can join the artillery (5)
- #5 down Support for the small business owner (4)
- #6 down Out East, the couple watched what they ate (6)
- #7 across A drink for the inexperienced? (5,3)
- #8 across Utterly audible! (6)
- #9 down A bit of a bloomer (6)
- #10 across Let money relieve matters (5)