A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?)(8 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?)”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 21st August 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to AMERICAN
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.
- #7 across The quiet one is novel (8) 17th August 2026
- #35 across That quiet, bookish New Yorker? (8) 7th February 2026
- #7 across Like Cinerama, possibly? (8) 25th October 2025
- #28 down New Yorker, for example (8) 17th October 2025
- #7 across A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?) (8) 21st August 2025
- #7 across Western, possibly in Cinerama (8) 31st March 2025
- #35 across Cinerama was of such origin (8) 8th July 2024
- #28 down Transatlantic (8) 20th January 2023
- #7 across The quiet one is novel (8) 22nd July 2021
- #28 down New Yorker, for example (8) 9th October 2020
- #35 across That quiet, bookish Yank? (8) 8th October 2020
- #7 across Like Cinerama, possibly? (8) 29th April 2020
- #7 across A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?) (8) 8th January 2020
- #7 across Transatlantic source of Cinerama (8) 3rd July 2019
- #7 across Western, possibly in Cinerama (8) 26th December 2018
- #35 across Cinerama was of such origin (8) 19th April 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 21st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
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- #2 down Ladies may have high ones (6)
- #3 down An entrance one can get out of (4)
- #4 down The way bread is cooked (7)
- #5 down Peter the painter? (5)
- #6 down Look around for a spoon? (5)
- #8 across One's holiday in the balance? (4)
- #8 down Like fire spreading all over the place (4)
- #9 down Not a nice place to stay around mid-day (3)