A little liquid, methinks not writing fluid(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A little liquid, methinks not writing fluid”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 30th June 2025.

The answer is

M E T H S

5 letters · most recently seen on 30th June 2025

Other clues that solve to METHS

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#26 down It's short of spirit! (5) 30th June 2026
#13 down Methinks there's no ink that contains a violet dye (5) 19th May 2026
#25 down Methinks not writing fluid (5) 22nd December 2025
#17 down An ill-tasting drink makes them hiss! (5) 27th August 2025
#30 across A little liquid, methinks not writing fluid (5) 30th June 2025
#8 across Short of spirit (5) 18th December 2024
#4 down Manuscript about the mysterious spirits (5) 3rd December 2024
#31 across The spirit moves them to take safety first (5) 13th August 2024
#31 across Liquid, methinks not ink (5) 3rd July 2024
#12 down A fluid, but methinks not writing fluid (5) 20th December 2023
#26 down Drinking it would make me thus 'non-U' (5) 6th September 2023
#12 down Lacking fluid, methinks you shouldn't drink it! (5) 17th July 2023
#6 down Coloured liquid, methinks not ink (5) 8th March 2023
#31 across Shouldn't be drunk, so ought to be dismissed from some thoughts (5) 28th February 2023
#12 down Spirit of the alteration in a manuscript (5) 5th January 2023
#12 down It's liquid, but methinks not writing fluid (5) 1st December 2022
#31 across The lads (but not you) join me for something alcoholic (5) 24th August 2022
#14 down A short drink, not a good one (5) 11th July 2022
#7 down Methinks there's no writing fluid. (Somebody's drunk it?) (5) 2nd May 2022
#28 across A short drink and a bad one (5) 15th March 2022
#3 across A short drink, not a good one (5) 24th January 2022
#6 down It contains a dye, but methinks no ink (5) 25th August 2021
#26 down It's short of spirit! (5) 12th May 2021
#13 down Methinks there's no ink that contains a violet dye (5) 10th March 2021
#25 down Methinks not writing fluid (5) 21st July 2020
#17 down An ill-tasting drink makes them hiss! (5) 20th January 2020
#37 across It can make them drunk at Ponders End (5) 7th October 2019
#31 across The spirit moves them to take safety first (5) 13th August 2019
#30 across A little liquid, methinks not writing fluid (5) 9th April 2019
#8 across Short of spirit (5) 24th September 2018
#4 down Manuscript about the mysterious spirits (5) 6th September 2018
#31 across Liquid, methinks not ink (5) 17th April 2018

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 30th June 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across Wild enthusiasm for a player, a first-class back? (5)
#2 down Advanced in date, perhaps, as made up (6)
#3 down There's nothing in changing a rule, so take no notice (6)
#4 down To get one right takes skill (3)
#5 down Like people who sing with some bands (5)
#6 across Passage to a water-girt land (5)
#6 down Affectionate as Dora, tipsy on gin maybe (7)
#7 down Across the water, is only half a mile! (4)
#8 down Being ardent, yearn to embrace a girl (6)
#9 across Justification for a deposit (7)
#10 across Nobleman (a French one in bed?) (5)