Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flame(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flame”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 23rd October 2025.

The answer is

B U R S T

5 letters · most recently seen on 23rd October 2025

Other clues that solve to BURST

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#28 across Rupture (5) 18th May 2026
#13 down Rupture (5) 9th February 2026
#1 across Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flame (5) 23rd October 2025
#11 across Rupture (5) 6th September 2025
#26 down Bad rust on the bulkhead can split it! (5) 28th April 2025
#26 across Pop (5) 20th February 2025
#1 across Rupture (5) 20th February 2025
#1 down Explode or shatter outright (5) 24th December 2024
#10 down At the volley of fire, there's a sudden increase in speed (5) 19th July 2024
#28 across Split (5) 17th July 2024
#28 across Pop (5) 3rd April 2024
#1 across Rupture (5) 27th March 2023
#25 down Rupture (5) 14th February 2023
#25 down Rupture (5) 22nd November 2022
#25 down Rupture (5) 2nd November 2022
#1 down Rupture (5) 16th August 2022
#13 down Erupt (5) 13th May 2022
#27 down Rupture (5) 13th September 2021
#28 across Rupture (5) 9th March 2021
#13 down Rupture (5) 13th October 2020
#25 down Rupture (5) 26th May 2020
#1 across Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flame (5) 28th April 2020
#11 across Rupture (5) 21st January 2020
#30 down Pop (5) 10th September 2019
#10 down At the volley of fire, there’s a sudden increase in speed (5) 9th August 2019
#26 across Pop (5) 18th December 2018
#1 across Rupture (5) 6th November 2018
#1 down Explode or shatter outright (5) 27th September 2018
#28 across Split (5) 30th May 2018
#28 across Pop (5) 7th March 2018

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