Cleave(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Cleave”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 16th May 2026.

The answer is

S P L I T

5 letters · most recently seen on 16th May 2026

Other clues that solve to SPLIT

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#20 across Tell on, creating a rift (5) 22nd May 2026
#2 down Cleave (5) 16th May 2026
#6 down Divide (5) 9th March 2026
#2 down Cleave (5) 16th December 2025
#33 across Cleave (5) 28th July 2025
#28 down Cleave (5) 16th July 2025
#32 down Cleave (5) 14th June 2025
#6 down Divide (5) 10th May 2025
#8 across Divide (5) 8th April 2025
#35 down Squeal "Break!" (5) 31st January 2025
#2 down Cleave (5) 2nd October 2024
#12 down Cleave (5) 28th May 2024
#32 across Chap that will spill the beans (5) 22nd March 2024
#25 down Cleave (5) 19th February 2024
#5 down Cleave (5) 25th October 2023
#6 across Cleave (5) 21st February 2023
#12 across Cleave (5) 3rd January 2023
#15 down Cleave (5) 4th July 2022
#21 down Cleave (5) 23rd May 2022
#5 down Cleave (5) 26th April 2022
#1 down Leave port (5) 3rd January 2022
#7 down Cleft (5) 23rd November 2021
#2 down Cleave (5) 11th November 2021
#18 across Separate (5) 3rd September 2021
#27 across Cleave (5) 8th June 2021
#20 across Tell on, creating a rift (5) 14th May 2021
#2 down Cleave (5) 4th March 2021
#6 down Divide (5) 19th August 2020
#2 down Cleave (5) 2nd July 2020
#35 down Squeal “Break!” (5) 14th February 2020
#19 down Rent (5) 12th November 2019
#6 down Cleave (5) 28th June 2019
#37 across Divide (5) 11th June 2019
#33 across Cleave (5) 27th May 2019
#28 down Cleave (5) 15th May 2019
#32 across Chap that will spill the beans (5) 19th April 2019
#32 down Cleave (5) 1st April 2019
#8 across Divide (5) 22nd January 2019
#2 down Cleave (5) 28th June 2018
#12 down Cleave (5) 13th April 2018

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