Finish the asparagus off, darling(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Finish the asparagus off, darling”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025.

The answer is

S U G A R

5 letters · most recently seen on 1st August 2025

Other clues that solve to SUGAR

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.

#30 down Sweetener (5) 26th May 2026
#25 down Sweetener (5) 11th April 2026
#2 down Sweeten (5) 22nd February 2026
#27 down Sweetener (5) 12th February 2026
#18 down Sucrose (5) 27th December 2025
#21 across Sucrose (5) 20th December 2025
#10 across Looking back, one finds sweetness in asparagus (5) 17th December 2025
#18 down Sucrose (5) 12th November 2025
#31 across Sweet, warm hearted, silly Gus (5) 11th November 2025
#5 down Exotic product brought back from Ragusa (5) 14th September 2025
#29 down Sweetener (5) 29th August 2025
#13 down To tease us up is sweet! (5) 28th August 2025
#18 across Finish the asparagus off, darling (5) 1st August 2025
#28 across Sucrose (5) 3rd June 2025
#31 across Return from Ragusa with something sweet (5) 29th May 2025
#27 across Sweet extract of asparagus, possibly (5) 30th April 2025
#27 down Sweetener (5) 12th February 2025
#21 across It's refined (5) 20th January 2025
#18 down When refined, is it dearest? (5) 6th January 2025
#12 across Sucrose (5) 26th August 2024
#21 down In this puzzle, the second lump! (5) 12th August 2024
#1 down To tease us up can be sweet! (5) 12th August 2024
#25 down Outer coat, perhaps, used by Argus (5) 18th April 2024
#15 down Sucrose (5) 8th April 2024
#12 across Sweeten (5) 16th January 2024
#19 across Sucrose (5) 2nd January 2024
#11 across It's refined and tasteful (5) 25th December 2023
#14 down Sweetener (5) 1st November 2023
#13 down Something refined brought back from Ragusa (5) 5th September 2023
#18 down Sucrose (5) 22nd August 2023
#6 across Sucrose (5) 26th July 2023
#20 down Sucrose (5) 29th June 2023
#37 across Sucrose (5) 18th May 2023
#15 down Sucrose (5) 1st May 2023
#8 across Sweetener (5) 7th April 2023
#26 across Sweet substance needed for upstart in rags, possibly (5) 10th January 2023
#37 across Sucrose (5) 12th December 2022
#1 across Sucrose (5) 22nd November 2022
#21 across It's like honey, dear (5) 16th November 2022
#30 down Sucrose (5) 27th September 2022

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong (6)
#2 down Mark the urban area where there's shortage (8)
#3 down Drink you having during flight when it's cold? (3,2,3,3)
#4 down Well, then I got confused and embarrassed (2,3,4)
#5 down They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots! (7)
#6 down Keeps a close eye on, though there's no longer any resistance (6,4)
#7 down So you take leave at the end of September (4)
#8 across Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girl (5,2)
#9 across Going off then to pack a kind of vase (2,3,4)
#10 down Having the salesman walk up to is smart (6)
#11 down Argument coming back I'd got terribly upset by (7)