Being soft on Enid, perhaps, carried a torch(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Being soft on Enid, perhaps, carried a torch”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 2nd December 2024.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to PINED
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.
- #14 down Yearned (5) 23rd May 2026
- #16 across Longed to be a good boy (5) 26th July 2025
- #22 across Being soft on Enid, perhaps, carried a torch (5) 2nd December 2024
- #12 down Longed to fix the editor! (5) 23rd May 2024
- #21 across Languished (5) 21st May 2024
- #16 down Longed to fix some need (5) 7th December 2023
- #28 across Longed to be a good boy? (5) 26th June 2023
- #13 down Being soft on Enid, perhaps, was moody (5) 24th January 2023
- #16 down Longed to have half a pint with Edward (5) 30th August 2022
- #21 across Longed to be a good little boy (5) 22nd September 2021
- #21 across Longed to be a good boy (5) 26th May 2021
- #25 down Longed to be a good little boy (5) 11th May 2021
- #14 down Yearned (5) 16th March 2021
- #21 across Languished (5) 28th June 2019
- #16 across Longed to be a good boy (5) 22nd May 2019
- #22 across Being soft on Enid, perhaps, carried a torch (5) 5th September 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 2nd December 2024. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across It's a sweet Oriental vessel to an alien (6)
- #1 down Spurned, Jack's girlfriend is said to have gone with Ted (6)
- #2 down Horsy looking fellow on board (6)
- #3 down Tip it playfully over an officer! (4)
- #4 down It's a corking preventative! (7)
- #5 down A term for mum (5)
- #6 down We take a little boy around town (5)
- #7 across To start, tie it in a knot! (8)
- #8 across It's a bit fishy that Gillian's lost her boy (4)
- #8 down Pick up very quickly (4)
- #9 down The field to be in credit, that's clear (3)