A handy thing to eat!(6 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A handy thing to eat!”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 17th December 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to BANANA
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.
- #23 down Fruit (6) 31st August 2026
- #30 across Fruit (6) 23rd July 2026
- #30 across Fruit (6) 16th June 2026
- #1 across Fruit (6) 30th April 2026
- #24 down Couldn't you put one straight on the boat? (6) 14th April 2026
- #1 down Fruit (6) 29th March 2026
- #1 down Fruit (6) 1st March 2026
- #19 across Fruit (6) 31st January 2026
- #24 down Fruit (6) 14th January 2026
- #19 across A handy thing to eat! (6) 17th December 2025
- #1 across Yellow fruit (6) 25th November 2025
- #30 across Fruit (6) 10th October 2025
- #30 across One of a handy bunch? (6) 10th September 2025
- #23 down You couldn't give one straight to a monkey (6) 13th August 2025
- #23 down You couldn't give one straight to a monkey (6) 27th July 2025
- #11 across Fruit type (6) 11th June 2025
- #21 down Fruit (6) 19th May 2025
- #21 down Fruit (6) 18th May 2025
- #19 across Fruit (6) 2nd April 2025
- #24 down Fruit (6) 22nd January 2025
- #1 down Fruit (6) 30th December 2024
- #24 down Fruit (6) 11th December 2024
- #29 across Fruit (6) 22nd November 2024
- #4 across Fruit (6) 5th November 2024
- #18 across Fruit (6) 19th August 2024
- #24 down Fruit (6) 25th July 2024
- #23 down Fruit (6) 10th May 2024
- #23 down Fruit (6) 6th May 2024
- #18 across Split fruit? (6) 18th December 2023
- #1 across Fruit (6) 21st November 2023
- #24 down Fruit (6) 2nd October 2023
- #24 down Fruit (6) 25th July 2023
- #19 across Fruit (6) 11th July 2023
- #23 down Fruit (6) 20th June 2023
- #11 across Fruit (6) 18th April 2023
- #22 down Fruit (6) 20th March 2023
- #19 across Fruit (6) 6th March 2023
- #19 across Fruit (6) 1st November 2022
- #18 across Fruit (6) 24th August 2022
- #30 across Fruit (6) 8th June 2022
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 17th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Coffee can put a hotheaded in a coma! (5)
- #2 down Show the direction to Ayr, possibly? (7)
- #3 across Parts of the Far East (5)
- #4 down Part of Montreal associated with Madrid (4)
- #5 down Does every star have such a body? (6)
- #6 down Poles touring the States with a girl (5)
- #7 down No bare-headed bird, it would seem (5)
- #8 across Flashy perhaps, but maybe of mechanical efficiency (5)
- #9 down A snake around grandma's neck? (3)
- #10 across Looking back, one finds sweetness in asparagus (5)
- #11 across An exclamation of scorn? (3)