Dismiss with a difficult question?(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Dismiss with a difficult question?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st September 2025.
The answer is
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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.
- #10 across Confuse (5) 3rd August 2026
- #17 down Defeat and dismiss (5) 14th April 2026
- #5 down Dismiss the remainder (5) 25th January 2026
- #13 down Dismiss with a difficult question? (5) 1st September 2025
- #1 down Baffle a half stupid politician (5) 14th July 2025
- #25 down Baffle, confuse (5) 26th December 2024
- #26 across Dismiss the remainder (5) 15th October 2024
- #8 down Stub (5) 10th September 2024
- #38 across Baffle the batsman? (5) 11th April 2022
- #26 down The remainder must be changed, on the quiet (5) 29th March 2022
- #9 across Stub (5) 18th February 2022
- #40 across Stub (5) 20th January 2022
- #10 across Confuse (5) 1st July 2021
- #17 down Defeat and dismiss (5) 18th January 2021
- #5 down Dismiss the remainder (5) 16th September 2020
- #13 down Dismiss with a difficult question? (5) 28th January 2020
- #26 across Dismiss the remainder (5) 15th October 2019
- #30 across Stub (5) 12th September 2019
- #1 down Baffle a half stupid politician (5) 2nd May 2019
- #25 down Baffle, confuse (5) 18th September 2018
- #8 down Stub (5) 18th July 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st September 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
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- #2 down Moonlight music? (6)
- #3 down More work from Sir Thomas (6)
- #4 down One must do so or die in the attempt (3)
- #5 down A spare part is capital! (5)
- #6 across Assume you'll get a pint at a party (5)
- #6 down Changed 'alerted' to 'related', perhaps? (7)
- #7 down How to address an expensive woman (4)
- #8 down Simper stupidly as one prepares (6)
- #9 across To burden the fit, fiscally (7)
- #10 across To call it a conk is not so funny (5)