Defeat(4 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Defeat”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 14th April 2026.

The answer is

R O U T

4 letters · most recently seen on 14th April 2026

Other clues that solve to ROUT

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#12 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 15th May 2026
#4 down Defeat (4) 14th April 2026
#10 down Vanquish (4) 31st January 2026
#27 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 21st January 2026
#20 across Vanquish (4) 9th June 2025
#13 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 18th March 2025
#27 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 11th February 2025
#40 down Overwhelming defeat (4) 9th August 2024
#31 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 16th January 2024
#32 down Utter defeat (4) 7th June 2023
#32 across Vanquish (4) 4th May 2023
#1 across Vanquish (4) 31st March 2023
#26 down Defeat (4) 15th November 2022
#27 across In a rut, a bad score means heavy defeat! (4) 22nd August 2022
#37 across Vanquish (4) 7th July 2022
#22 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 21st March 2022
#22 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 24th January 2022
#3 down Defeat right away (4) 15th December 2021
#37 across Vanquish (4) 4th October 2021
#13 across Vanquish (4) 2nd August 2021
#4 down Defeat (4) 18th January 2021
#12 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 15th January 2021
#27 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 3rd September 2020
#10 down Vanquish (4) 20th July 2020
#27 across In a rut, there's nothing but defeat (4) 5th December 2019
#19 across An absolute shambles of a tour? (4) 19th September 2019
#20 across Vanquish (4) 25th March 2019
#13 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 29th November 2018
#27 across Overwhelming defeat (4) 1st November 2018
#40 down Overwhelming defeat (4) 22nd June 2018

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