Free water(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Free water”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 2nd January 2026.

The answer is

S P R I N G

6 letters · most recently seen on 2nd January 2026

Other clues that solve to SPRING

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.

#22 down Season (6) 10th June 2026
#8 across A season (6) 30th May 2026
#1 down Season (6) 30th April 2026
#31 across Free water (6) 2nd January 2026
#22 across Season the water (6) 26th September 2025
#33 across The water jump (6) 28th April 2025
#31 across Season (6) 9th August 2024
#1 across Leap (6) 18th July 2024
#33 across The time to sing about a trouble-free April (6) 20th May 2024
#33 across Time to show resilience (6) 4th March 2024
#1 down Season (6) 5th January 2024
#1 down Spa (6) 5th January 2024
#11 across The jump season? (6) 23rd August 2023
#12 across Season (6) 28th July 2023
#8 across Time to clean up a quarter? (6) 31st May 2023
#11 across The jump season (6) 30th November 2022
#13 across Season (6) 4th November 2022
#30 down Water a water mattress won’t have! (6) 3rd June 2022
#1 across Jump (6) 8th April 2022
#27 across Bound to tell you without beating about the bush (6) 25th March 2022
#39 across Taking a few months to get well (6) 4th March 2022
#9 across Jump (6) 25th January 2022
#28 down Season (6) 20th August 2021
#22 down Season (6) 13th April 2021
#8 across A season (6) 25th March 2021
#31 across Free water (6) 25th December 2020
#1 down Season (6) 20th November 2020
#22 across Season the water (6) 25th September 2020
#8 across A season (6) 31st October 2019
#5 across Bound (6) 19th September 2019
#8 across Season (6) 27th June 2019
#31 across Season (6) 22nd June 2018
#1 across Leap (6) 31st May 2018
#33 across The time to sing about a trouble-free April (6) 14th March 2018

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 2nd January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Put the stand by the seat (6)
#2 down When it's finished, need that break (2,3,3)
#3 down To put it concisely, confined to a lunatic's inferno (2,1,8)
#4 down No singles: none at all (5,1,3)
#5 down Like the flibbertigibbet Miss Bird? (7)
#6 down Would a moored houseboat be one? (5,5)
#7 down Having taken the water cure successfully? (4)
#8 across The fate of Desmond Little (7)
#9 across High but not squeaky? (4-5)
#10 down If the lady's put the wrong map in, it won't help (6)
#11 down Don't notice that I have added to the letter (7)