A first attempt at fighting outside the ring(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A first attempt at fighting outside the ring”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st October 2025.
The answer is
F
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R
A
Y
Other clues that solve to FORAY
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.
- #22 across Raid (5) 13th July 2026
- #37 across Attack or invasion for less than a day (5) 31st May 2026
- #25 down Fight and fight again, nothing less (5) 9th March 2026
- #10 across A first attempt at fighting outside the ring (5) 1st October 2025
- #25 down Venture for half days (5) 6th September 2025
- #16 across Raid, inroad (5) 21st October 2024
- #21 across Raid, inroad (5) 27th August 2024
- #30 down Raid (5) 27th August 2024
- #14 down Sally's first attempt (5) 13th August 2024
- #21 across Raid, inroad (5) 1st April 2024
- #37 across Raid (5) 10th January 2024
- #15 down Inroad (5) 27th September 2023
- #19 across Inroad (5) 13th July 2023
- #21 across Raid, inroad (5) 4th April 2023
- #22 across Raid (5) 21st March 2023
- #19 across Sally, also Fay, concealing her love for Romeo (5) 3rd November 2022
- #15 down Raid (5) 27th October 2022
- #1 down Sally's love for getting into the fight! (5) 6th June 2022
- #1 down Raid (5) 3rd February 2022
- #19 across Sally's love for getting into a fight (5) 22nd December 2021
- #5 down Incursion (5) 8th December 2021
- #36 across Raid (5) 27th October 2021
- #37 across Attack or invasion for less than a day (5) 29th March 2021
- #22 across Raid (5) 4th March 2021
- #25 down Fight and fight again, nothing less (5) 24th November 2020
- #10 across A first attempt at fighting outside the ring (5) 19th March 2020
- #25 down Venture for half days (5) 4th February 2020
- #14 down Sally's first attempt (5) 13th August 2019
- #8 across Raid (5) 9th July 2019
- #30 down Raid (5) 10th July 2018
- #21 across Raid, inroad (5) 23rd May 2018
- #21 across Raid, inroad (5) 17th January 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Polish workers, sturdy and straight! (5)
- #2 down Ran into a bit of trouble on the tube (5)
- #3 down Name the chap to get past (4)
- #4 across Means trouble, though the damage is slight (6)
- #4 down To thieve, we hear, is something hard (5)
- #5 down Can they break softly out of traps? (4)
- #6 down Shot up to the top before Ted (6)
- #7 across What no winner is out for (3,5)
- #8 across Property in eye-opening condition (6)
- #9 down Dishes a chap in the SAS (6)