A refusal, in any case, will displease(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A refusal, in any case, will displease”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st September 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to ANNOY
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.
- #16 down Refusal, in any case, to be a nuisance (5) 4th February 2026
- #17 down Irritate (5) 12th November 2025
- #27 across A refusal, in any case, will displease (5) 1st September 2025
- #18 down Irritate, displease (5) 20th August 2025
- #27 down Displease a number in any case (5) 17th July 2025
- #14 down Irritate, displease (5) 16th July 2025
- #40 across Vex (5) 10th July 2025
- #30 down Irritate (5) 11th September 2024
- #28 across Any number intruding can be a nuisance (5) 9th September 2024
- #7 down Vex (5) 26th June 2024
- #17 down Vex (5) 5th April 2024
- #37 across A refusal, in any case, will displease (5) 15th February 2024
- #8 across In any case, a refusal will offend (5) 21st August 2023
- #5 down Irritate (5) 13th June 2023
- #10 across Irritate (5) 13th March 2023
- #28 down Irritate (5) 26th January 2023
- #27 down In any case, a refusal will displease (5) 13th September 2022
- #14 down Irritate (5) 4th July 2022
- #30 across Vex a girl and some boys (5) 19th April 2022
- #16 down Irritate (5) 26th January 2022
- #5 down Irritate (5) 25th August 2021
- #16 down Refusal, in any case, to be a nuisance (5) 6th October 2020
- #17 down Irritate (5) 20th April 2020
- #27 across A refusal, in any case, will displease (5) 28th January 2020
- #41 across Irk (5) 10th January 2020
- #18 down Irritate, displease (5) 24th December 2019
- #27 down Vex (5) 8th August 2019
- #27 down Displease a number in any case (5) 8th May 2019
- #40 across Vex (5) 7th May 2019
- #14 down Irritate, displease (5) 23rd April 2019
- #28 across Any number intruding can be a nuisance (5) 19th June 2018
- #30 down Irritate (5) 7th June 2018
- #7 down Vex (5) 9th May 2018
- #17 down Vex (5) 9th March 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st September 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
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