Communicate by taxi with the French(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Communicate by taxi with the French”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 12th August 2025.

The answer is

C A B L E

5 letters · most recently seen on 12th August 2025

Other clues that solve to CABLE

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.

#19 across Message from the conductor (5) 27th July 2026
#28 down Wire (5) 24th July 2026
#25 down Send half a mile for a taxi (5) 20th April 2026
#21 across Message airily taken by car (5) 2nd April 2026
#8 across Inexplicable message? (5) 8th March 2026
#15 down Send a taxi half a mile (5) 5th March 2026
#11 across Wire (5) 23rd February 2026
#8 across Strong thick rope (5) 6th December 2025
#11 across Communication by car? (5) 15th October 2025
#25 down See fit to communicate (5) 25th September 2025
#41 across Wire (5) 14th September 2025
#19 across Communicate by taxi with the French (5) 12th August 2025
#12 across Strong thick rope (5) 15th July 2025
#15 down Send a couple of letters by taxi (5) 10th February 2025
#1 down Wire (5) 25th November 2024
#12 across Wire (5) 13th November 2024
#18 down A ropy kind of car? (5) 24th October 2024
#1 down Telegram (5) 4th March 2024
#11 across See fit to send a message (5) 27th November 2023
#35 down Wire (5) 17th November 2023
#21 down Send half a mile by taxi (5) 23rd October 2023
#11 across A ropy sort of stitch? (5) 19th September 2023
#36 across Wire (5) 9th February 2023
#19 across Send a taxi half a mile (5) 7th February 2023
#38 across Wire (5) 1st November 2022
#1 down Wire (5) 26th October 2022
#3 across Wire (5) 30th September 2022
#4 down See fit to send a message (5) 29th August 2022
#19 across Strong rope (5) 8th June 2022
#28 across A number fit to send (5) 17th May 2022
#4 across Wire (5) 29th March 2022
#41 across Wire (5) 16th March 2022
#26 across Send for a taxi to Mile End (5) 1st February 2022
#6 down Wire (5) 13th January 2022
#19 across Send a taxi half a mile (5) 31st August 2021
#19 across Message from the conductor (5) 22nd June 2021
#28 down Wire (5) 19th March 2021
#25 down Send half a mile for a taxi (5) 26th January 2021
#21 across Message airily taken by car (5) 30th December 2020
#8 across Inexplicable message? (5) 23rd November 2020

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 12th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across Accept no authority from a fatheaded oaf (5)
#2 down Sick of being kept in reserve? (4,2)
#3 down Valid way for us to get fit (6)
#4 down Instant healthy-looking colour? (3)
#5 down Singular thing to shoot on the river! (5)
#6 across A slim assortment of postal packages (5)
#6 down Somehow name the gas (7)
#7 down Like a backward, pale appearance? (4)
#8 down Would she fib about a fathead? (6)
#9 across In the wild, they don't contrive to save gas (7)
#10 across Gigantic source of taint (5)