Being wrong is only the first thing to do!(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Being wrong is only the first thing to do!”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 27th August 2025.
The answer is
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N
Other clues that solve to BEGIN
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.
- #1 down Start (5) 26th June 2026
- #7 down Start (5) 23rd June 2026
- #30 across Open and endlessly benign, perhaps (5) 13th May 2026
- #18 down Start to live on drink (5) 28th March 2026
- #5 down Start being maladjusted (5) 28th January 2026
- #36 across Start (5) 29th December 2025
- #40 across Start (5) 23rd December 2025
- #30 across Start (5) 18th December 2025
- #17 down Start (5) 26th November 2025
- #15 down Start (5) 12th November 2025
- #18 down To start with, Ben embraces Joe (5) 12th October 2025
- #14 down Start being clever (5) 25th September 2025
- #13 across Start (5) 14th September 2025
- #12 down Start (5) 6th September 2025
- #28 down Being wrong is only the first thing to do! (5) 27th August 2025
- #4 down Start to live with spirit (5) 14th August 2025
- #12 across Start (5) 24th July 2025
- #37 across Start, commence (5) 15th July 2025
- #15 across Possibly being open (5) 7th July 2025
- #8 across Start a wild binge (5) 25th June 2025
- #15 across Start to live on drink (5) 2nd June 2025
- #21 across Start (5) 27th May 2025
- #22 across Start (5) 18th November 2024
- #27 across Start (5) 24th October 2024
- #2 across Start (5) 11th October 2024
- #19 down Start (5) 7th October 2024
- #15 down Start (5) 5th September 2024
- #1 down Start (5) 30th July 2024
- #1 down Commence (5) 6th June 2024
- #4 down Start to live on drink (5) 23rd April 2024
- #8 across Start (5) 27th December 2023
- #36 across Start (5) 30th November 2023
- #12 across Give a start (5) 20th November 2023
- #2 down Start (5) 15th November 2023
- #17 down Start (5) 31st October 2023
- #12 across Do something original (5) 10th October 2023
- #18 down Start (5) 3rd October 2023
- #29 down Start (5) 17th August 2023
- #7 down Appeal, only to be given 'not out', at the start (5) 14th August 2023
- #25 down Start a drunken binge (5) 12th June 2023
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 27th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Run it around town (5)
- #2 down A hairy turn (7)
- #3 across A takeaway sign (5)
- #4 down As a report, it takes me aback (4)
- #5 down He takes too much interest (6)
- #6 down Shooting at flying saucers! (5)
- #7 down It can be boring for the soldiers (5)
- #8 across It took a turn in forming a link with the Moon (5)
- #9 down She makes not a single sound! (3)
- #10 across Sound that may come from the pipes (5)
- #11 across Be quick to change ends (3)