Deplorably shifty about publicity(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Deplorably shifty about publicity”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 29th December 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to SADLY
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- #22 across Guess about 550, dolefully (5) 23rd July 2026
- #6 down Deplorably shifty about publicity (5) 29th December 2025
- #5 down Alas (5) 20th February 2025
- #26 down Unhappily (5) 20th November 2023
- #29 down Unfortunately (5) 18th August 2022
- #22 across Unfortunately (5) 17th August 2021
- #22 across Guess about 550, dolefully (5) 16th June 2021
- #6 down Deplorably shifty about publicity (5) 3rd August 2020
- #32 down Unfortunately (5) 23rd July 2019
- #5 down Alas (5) 18th December 2018
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