Being simply whacked, unable to avoid defeat(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Being simply whacked, unable to avoid defeat”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 25th November 2024.

The answer is

B E A T E N

6 letters · most recently seen on 25th November 2024

Other clues that solve to BEATEN

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#35 across Defeated (6) 12th June 2026
#35 across Defeated (6) 12th June 2026
#35 across Defeated (6) 12th June 2026
#10 across Defeated (6) 24th March 2026
#18 across Defeated (6) 15th January 2026
#4 down Be taking on a number only to get vanquished (6) 19th December 2025
#10 across Defeated (6) 18th September 2025
#34 across Defeated (6) 3rd August 2025
#36 across Defeated (6) 29th April 2025
#28 down Vanquished (6) 14th January 2025
#10 across Being simply whacked, unable to avoid defeat (6) 25th November 2024
#23 across Having been caught at, is punished (6) 17th May 2024
#2 down By a thumping good score? (6) 20th February 2024
#35 across Defeated (6) 7th June 2023
#10 across Live with a number when vanquished (6) 9th May 2023
#35 across Defeated (6) 27th April 2023
#2 down Defeated (6) 18th April 2023
#13 across Having been got at inside, is defeated (6) 24th March 2023
#10 across Defeated (6) 22nd February 2023
#36 across Defeated (6) 29th December 2022
#17 across Defeated (6) 15th September 2022
#32 across Defeated (6) 14th June 2022
#23 down Defeated (6) 11th May 2022
#36 across Defeated (6) 7th April 2022
#6 down Defeated (6) 14th March 2022
#13 across Having been caught at, is punished (6) 4th February 2022
#35 across Defeated (6) 20th January 2021
#10 across Defeated (6) 16th December 2020
#4 down Be taking on a number only to get vanquished (6) 11th December 2020
#10 across What eggs must be when you need something battered? (6) 30th September 2020
#18 across Defeated (6) 25th August 2020
#10 across Defeated (6) 12th February 2020
#10 across Thrashed soundly by 2 Down (6) 11th September 2019
#29 down Defeated (6) 12th August 2019
#23 across Having been caught at, is punished (6) 7th June 2019
#34 across Defeated (6) 23rd May 2019
#36 across Defeated (6) 10th January 2019
#28 down Vanquished (6) 9th November 2018
#10 across Being simply whacked, unable to avoid defeat (6) 29th August 2018
#13 across Having been got at inside, is defeated (6) 20th April 2018

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 25th November 2024. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across Fish for the trout swimming around Birkenhead (6)
#1 down Voice of a boy of three? (6)
#2 down Teased a bit, maybe by the Editor (6)
#3 down Rent to some sailors (4)
#4 down How a mortise and tenon can be considered (7)
#5 down Such defence is obviously inoffensive (5)
#6 down Tryingly irritable (5)
#7 across One's little mate with a place across the road (8)
#8 across A frontier row? (4)
#8 down Perfect ending to "King Kong," as on old-fashioned video (4)
#9 down Always five short (3)