Be ill disposed to commit an offence(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Be ill disposed to commit an offence”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 9th April 2026.
The answer is
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L
Other clues that solve to LIBEL
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.
- #26 across A possibly expensive publication! (5) 16th June 2026
- #2 down Defame (5) 2nd May 2026
- #7 down Be ill disposed to commit an offence (5) 9th April 2026
- #13 down Defame falsely (5) 30th November 2025
- #15 down To be ill can be against the law (5) 25th September 2025
- #8 across Defame (5) 1st January 2025
- #22 across Be ill, perhaps, due to transgression (5) 11th November 2024
- #34 across New bill about ultimate justice, a legal consideration (5) 23rd October 2024
- #12 across Slander (5) 9th July 2024
- #1 across Defame (5) 26th June 2024
- #18 down Slander (5) 6th May 2024
- #26 across Defame (5) 31st October 2023
- #12 across Be ill, perhaps, due to defamation (5) 26th September 2023
- #21 across Defame (5) 21st March 2023
- #7 down It's an offence to be ill, possibly! (5) 30th August 2022
- #15 down It's an offence to tear up a bill out East (5) 24th August 2022
- #26 across A possibly expensive publication! (5) 21st April 2021
- #2 down Defame (5) 11th February 2021
- #7 down Be ill disposed to commit an offence (5) 11th January 2021
- #15 down To be ill can be against the law (5) 10th March 2020
- #8 across Defame (5) 24th September 2018
- #22 across Be ill, perhaps, due to transgression (5) 15th August 2018
- #14 down Wrong use of words (5) 14th August 2018
- #34 across New bill about ultimate justice, a legal consideration (5) 30th July 2018
- #12 across Slander (5) 22nd May 2018
- #1 across Defame (5) 3rd April 2018
- #18 down Slander (5) 28th March 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 9th April 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Official of county Roscommon, initially (5)
- #2 down Coming out of their shell, they give the French a saucy look! (7)
- #3 across Move fast, causing confusion in the kitchen (5)
- #4 down A funny noise? (4)
- #5 down Replacements may be sparse (6)
- #6 down The glory that was Greek (5)
- #8 across Bad stain in cloth (5)
- #9 down Show an inclination to be generous (3)
- #10 across Make an application, or joke about it, possibly (3,2)
- #11 across Every country inn has a Scottish one (3)