Discredited medical assistant taking shelter at church(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Discredited medical assistant taking shelter at church”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 28th May 2025.

The answer is

L E E C H

5 letters · most recently seen on 28th May 2025

Other clues that solve to LEECH

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#30 down Old doctor's general companion? (5) 7th February 2026
#6 across Bloodsucker (5) 20th November 2025
#31 down Out-of-date doctor's assistant (5) 18th November 2025
#28 down Bloodsucker (5) 10th July 2025
#20 down Discredited medical assistant taking shelter at church (5) 28th May 2025
#13 down Bloodsucker (5) 30th January 2025
#20 down Creature said to be used in bleaching (5) 14th January 2025
#31 down Bloodsucker (5) 18th September 2024
#20 down Bloodsucker (5) 7th August 2024
#16 across Bloodsucker (5) 20th May 2024
#31 down Bloodsucker (5) 12th March 2024
#32 down Bloodsucker (5) 4th January 2024
#30 down Predatory type who's tasted blood? (5) 15th June 2023
#31 down Bloodsucker (5) 31st May 2023
#10 across Bloodsucker (5) 23rd March 2023
#6 down Bloodsucker (5) 27th October 2022
#18 down Ancient doctor's assistant taking shelter at church (5) 26th October 2022
#28 down Bloodsucker (5) 24th March 2022
#20 down Bloodsucker (5) 10th February 2022
#30 down Old doctor's general companion? (5) 8th October 2020
#6 across Bloodsucker (5) 2nd June 2020
#28 down Bloodsucker (5) 11th April 2019
#31 down Bloodsucker (5) 21st February 2019
#13 down Bloodsucker (5) 23rd October 2018
#20 down Creature said to be used in bleaching (5) 18th October 2018
#31 down Bloodsucker (5) 14th June 2018
#20 down Bloodsucker (5) 3rd May 2018
#16 across Bloodsucker (5) 7th March 2018

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#1 down German town orchestra (5)
#2 down The quality of many a mug (5)
#3 down Previous women? (4)
#4 across He was princely and watchful about British capital (6)
#4 down Being unapproachable, loaf around receiving nothing (5)
#5 down Is a bigheaded person so idle? (4)
#6 down Rely on having a spare part very occasionally (6)
#7 across Often a plain description (8)
#8 across It's what they have that makes them what they are (6)
#9 down Seizes violently and strews around (6)
#10 across Keeps going with a girl round the West End (5)