Cool headed flier involved in crime(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Cool headed flier involved in crime”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 4th December 2025.

The answer is

C R O O K

5 letters · most recently seen on 4th December 2025

Other clues that solve to CROOK

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.

#30 down One bent on crime (5) 28th June 2026
#10 across See a flier as a criminal (5) 2nd March 2026
#10 across Cool headed flier involved in crime (5) 4th December 2025
#12 across See a bird as a criminal (5) 16th September 2025
#12 across Bad character or chicken-hearted flier (5) 16th April 2025
#18 down One bent on villainy (5) 20th March 2025
#19 across See a flier as a villain! (5) 17th March 2025
#21 down Villainous Aussie bounder in the outskirts of Cork (5) 12th February 2025
#10 across He gets credit for nothing good (5) 31st December 2024
#30 down One bent on blagging? (5) 10th January 2024
#21 down Type of person to credit with nothing good (5) 7th December 2023
#21 down Shepherd's dishonest associate? (5) 25th September 2023
#30 across Criminal (5) 5th September 2023
#1 down Can one ever go straight? (5) 25th July 2023
#4 across Thief (5) 29th May 2023
#12 across Se a flier as a criminal (5) 17th January 2022
#25 down It's right to give a roasting about being a rascal! (5) 28th December 2021
#12 down Figure a flier is not one to be trusted (5) 16th September 2021
#30 down One bent on crime (5) 10th May 2021
#10 across See a flier as a criminal (5) 12th November 2020
#10 across Cool headed flier involved in crime (5) 25th June 2020
#12 across See a bird as a criminal (5) 24th February 2020
#12 across Bad character or chicken-hearted flier (5) 14th January 2019
#18 down One bent on villainy (5) 18th December 2018
#19 across See a flier as a villain! (5) 12th December 2018
#21 down Villainous Aussie bounder in the outskirts of Cork (5) 12th November 2018
#10 across He gets credit for nothing good (5) 4th October 2018

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 4th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Walk for weeks (5)
#2 down Some sign of a former beastly presence (5)
#3 down Play half-back in hospital! (4)
#4 across Deeply impressed by the impact (6)
#4 down Many swimmers love to lash out wildly! (5)
#5 down Those dashingly scored? (4)
#6 down A bird dog by name (6)
#7 across Speak to a very quiet swimmer (8)
#8 across Do they confess to a proprietorial interest? (6)
#9 down Did Billy make more madcap movies? (6)