A spare part is capital!(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “A spare part is capital!”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st September 2025.

The answer is

P A R I S

5 letters · most recently seen on 1st September 2025

Other clues that solve to PARIS

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.

#6 down Where the standard is capital (5) 8th October 2026
#21 across A spare part is capital! (5) 1st October 2026
#7 down French capital (5) 23rd August 2026
#6 down Capital arrangement of airs for the piano (5) 18th August 2026
#12 down Where grisettes go around in pairs? (5) 25th July 2026
#34 across Where a standard exists for gaiety? (5) 12th July 2026
#28 down Capital arrangement of airs for the piano (5) 7th July 2026
#14 down The place to get a girl as standard issue? (5) 9th May 2026
#21 down On average, is capital (5) 17th March 2026
#26 across French capital (5) 8th January 2026
#12 across Where grisettes went around in pairs (5) 19th November 2025
#19 across Continental capitalists can congregate here (5) 13th November 2025
#5 down A spare part is capital! (5) 1st September 2025
#15 across Where equality is capital (5) 24th August 2025
#7 down French capital (5) 19th August 2025
#27 across Where continental capitalists can get endless praise (5) 18th June 2025
#30 down French capital (5) 14th June 2025
#21 across French capital (5) 24th March 2025
#2 down Where a spare part is capital (5) 14th January 2025
#34 across Capital place to get plastered? (5) 27th November 2024
#21 down Where dad's on the right island (in the Seine?) (5) 13th November 2024
#16 down Where a capital standard exists (5) 12th September 2024
#12 down A centre for continental capitalists (5) 21st August 2024
#6 down Where the standard remains capital (5) 18th July 2024
#18 down Dad taking a bit of a risk with capital (5) 18th April 2024
#5 down Where grisettes went around in pairs? (5) 15th April 2024
#15 down Where Europeans promenade in pairs (5) 7th November 2023
#2 down French capital (5) 26th October 2023
#18 down Where Continental capitalists take much soluble aspirin? (5) 3rd October 2023
#27 across Where a capital standard exists (5) 8th August 2023
#1 down French capital (5) 22nd June 2023
#15 down Where grisettes went around in pairs (5) 25th April 2023
#5 down A standard spare part is simply capital (5) 14th December 2022
#19 across French capital (5) 15th November 2022
#14 across Capital (5) 23rd September 2022
#18 down Did Helen of Troy find him capital? (5) 7th September 2022
#32 across Mean the i, small, should be a capital (5) 26th August 2022
#26 across Start aspiring to build up capital (5) 15th August 2022
#19 across French capital (5) 1st August 2022
#21 down The capital given to little Susan as standard issue (5) 27th July 2022

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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.

#1 across Is to prosecute as the outcome (5)
#2 down Moonlight music? (6)
#3 down More work from Sir Thomas (6)
#4 down One must do so or die in the attempt (3)
#6 across Assume you'll get a pint at a party (5)
#6 down Changed 'alerted' to 'related', perhaps? (7)
#7 down How to address an expensive woman (4)
#8 down Simper stupidly as one prepares (6)
#9 across To burden the fit, fiscally (7)
#10 across To call it a conk is not so funny (5)