Drying while you're phoning(9 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Drying while you're phoning”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 15th August 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to ON THE LINE
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 Telephoning to say where the train is (2,3,4) 12th September 2025
- #15 across At risk when telephoning (2,3,4) 22nd August 2025
- #9 across Drying while you're phoning (2,3,4) 15th August 2025
- #9 across Having a telephone conversation while the clothes are drying? (2,3,4) 12th April 2024
- #10 across Where the newly-washed clothes are, while one's telephoning? (2,3,4) 17th June 2022
- #9 across Hanging up or not having yet hung up (2,3,4) 25th March 2022
- #10 across Telephoning to say where the train is (2,3,4) 11th September 2020
- #15 across At risk when telephoning (2,3,4) 21st August 2020
- #9 across Drying while you’re phoning (2,3,4) 14th August 2020
- #9 across Having a telephone conversation while the clothes are drying? (2,3,4) 10th May 2019
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 15th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Deem to be deliberate (8)
- #2 down What happened when the flag was hoisted showing a flower? (8,4)
- #3 down Smiled when the spider got me agitated (8)
- #4 down The girl's been stood up again and that's tough (6)
- #5 down Speak ill of as "a ruddy awful paper" (8)
- #6 down Prepared the bed for sleeping in - didn't like it (6,4)
- #7 down Downcast and carrying an instrument, said hello (7)
- #8 down The old man, like myself, had so healthy an upbringing (10)
- #10 across Better than, when it comes to barbering? (1,3,5)
- #11 down Misses one most, being crazy about (5)