Bad mark for a boy getting out of line(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Bad mark for a boy getting out of line”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 30th December 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to STAIN
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.
- #2 down Blemish (5) 30th June 2026
- #13 down Mark and Stanley getting out of line (5) 27th May 2026
- #2 down Blemish (5) 21st May 2026
- #16 down Tarnish (5) 21st May 2026
- #7 down Blemish (5) 3rd April 2026
- #6 down Mark and Ian wandering on the street (5) 31st March 2026
- #34 across It looks bad when a chap gets out of line (5) 17th March 2026
- #4 across Blemish (5) 12th March 2026
- #21 down It can spoil satin (5) 8th March 2026
- #10 across Mark and Stanley getting out of line (5) 7th March 2026
- #26 across Tarnish (5) 4th March 2026
- #4 down Discolour (5) 28th February 2026
- #8 across Tarnish (5) 11th January 2026
- #12 across Tarnish (5) 4th January 2026
- #12 down Thanks to participating in crime, a bad mark (5) 1st January 2026
- #27 across Bad mark for a boy getting out of line (5) 30th December 2025
- #2 down Tarnish (5) 26th October 2025
- #4 down Tarnish (5) 28th September 2025
- #42 across Blemish (5) 26th September 2025
- #31 across Bad mark for a boy getting out of line (5) 24th September 2025
- #5 down A bad mark (5) 17th August 2025
- #25 down It can blemish satin badly (5) 15th June 2025
- #2 down Tarnish (5) 28th March 2025
- #5 down Tarnish (5) 27th March 2025
- #8 down Mark (5) 25th March 2025
- #14 down Blemish (5) 7th February 2025
- #4 across Mark (5) 29th November 2024
- #19 across Something bad about terriers being the wrong colour! (5) 17th October 2024
- #27 across Tarnish (5) 3rd October 2024
- #2 down Soil (5) 24th September 2024
- #11 down Blemish (5) 4th September 2024
- #19 across Black mark for a chap getting out of line (5) 26th August 2024
- #38 across Mark (5) 5th August 2024
- #5 down Tarnish (5) 29th July 2024
- #12 down It can, of course, spoil satin (5) 8th July 2024
- #5 down Mark and I interrupt Stanley (5) 26th June 2024
- #26 across Tarnish (5) 19th June 2024
- #26 across Tarnish (5) 16th May 2024
- #26 down Blot on the character of a chap getting out of line (5) 13th May 2024
- #10 across Bad mark for a boy getting out of line (5) 4th April 2024
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 30th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across It's rough when a raw beginner gets in a mess (5)
- #2 down Such figures are not Roman (6)
- #3 down Fairy showing malice outright! (6)
- #4 down There's a street market for it in London (3)
- #5 down Bind or untie, possibly (5)
- #6 across Because a gloss finish can be nice (5)
- #6 down Vendors holding twice the cash as prophets (7)
- #7 down One much admired though said to be idle (4)
- #8 down One side of Glasgow (6)
- #9 across Maybe one has gasped about such a lady! (7)
- #10 across What a couple can do when, again, there's an R in the month (5)