Hardly a finishing school!(4 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Hardly a finishing school!”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 11th December 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to PREP
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.
- #23 across Hardly a finishing school! (4) 11th December 2025
- #8 across Homework of the school kind (4) 2nd August 2025
- #27 across About to be surrounded by coppers (at school?) (4) 2nd July 2025
- #29 across Such a school is not completely educational (4) 12th May 2025
- #8 down Quietly representative sort of school? (4) 11th November 2024
- #27 across In short, school work (4) 10th May 2023
- #8 across Sort of school for a piano salesman? (4) 1st August 2022
- #23 across Hardly a finishing school! (4) 8th July 2020
- #8 across Homework of the school kind (4) 29th May 2019
- #27 across About to be surrounded by coppers (at school?) (4) 11th April 2019
- #29 across Such a school is not completely educational (4) 24th January 2019
- #8 down Quietly representative sort of school? (4) 15th August 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 11th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Of such music, a piece is of questionable length (6)
- #1 down Food constituent that can make a saint roguish! (6)
- #2 down Mean to indent anew (6)
- #3 down Give the dentist an astonished look? (4)
- #4 down Looks embarrassed when left in the shrubbery (7)
- #5 down Spotted one being rushed outside (5)
- #6 down Are they best sorted out with Danish capital? (5)
- #7 across Can one order such a bed? (5,3)
- #8 across Pack up for post, possibly (4)
- #8 down A blemish to the borough, up North? (4)
- #9 down To do wrong to a good end, seems strange (3)