He could be simply saintly(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “He could be simply saintly”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 26th June 2025.

The answer is

S I M O N

5 letters · most recently seen on 26th June 2025

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#8 across He is back on Monday (5) 26th May 2026
#1 down Is he simply saintly? (5) 7th May 2026
#28 across Though saintly, is wrong one day (5) 14th March 2026
#27 down Nominal mode of operating in crime (5) 5th March 2026
#8 across A saint, yet almost a sin (5) 3rd February 2026
#8 across Simple saint? (5) 27th November 2025
#25 down He could be simply saintly (5) 26th June 2025
#26 across Boy's name (5) 4th June 2025
#34 across Boy's name (5) 16th April 2025
#26 across He has his own way of working in crime (5) 9th January 2025
#1 down In crime, he has his own way of operating (5) 8th May 2024
#34 across Pure he may be, but not necessarily simple (5) 23rd November 2023
#6 down Nominal mode of operating in crime (5) 16th October 2023
#19 across Nominally a way of working in crime (5) 17th April 2023
#28 across Boy's name (5) 27th March 2023
#26 across Is he saintly? Yes, if only on Monday! (5) 25th January 2023
#31 across Simply a saint (5) 5th December 2022
#16 down In his wickedness, there's not much remorse (5) 10th August 2022
#21 down In crime, he has his own way of operating (5) 13th June 2022
#31 across Simple saint? (5) 2nd May 2022
#19 across Saint with his own method of penetrating evil (5) 5th April 2022
#26 across He has his own way of working in crime (5) 16th February 2022
#5 down He may be simply saintly (5) 14th July 2021
#8 across He is back on Monday (5) 22nd March 2021
#1 down Is he simply saintly? (5) 22nd February 2021
#28 across Though saintly, is wrong one day (5) 1st December 2020
#27 down Nominal mode of operating in crime (5) 18th November 2020
#8 across A saint, yet almost a sin (5) 5th October 2020
#8 across Simple saint? (5) 15th June 2020
#8 across He has his own way of working in crime (5) 7th October 2019
#19 across Simple saint? (5) 24th September 2019
#19 across Boy's name (5) 30th July 2019
#6 down Pure, perhaps, if not simple (5) 3rd June 2019
#25 down He could be simply saintly (5) 2nd April 2019
#34 across Boy's name (5) 31st December 2018
#26 across He has his own way of working in crime (5) 16th October 2018
#1 down In crime, he has his own way of operating (5) 5th March 2018

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#3 down There's many a dance in his music (6)
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#6 across Weakling who hisses a lot? (5)
#6 down When Rosie's mad with us, it's no laughing matter (7)
#7 down Something hard to make a novel mask of (4)
#8 down Something sweet for the weekend, say? (6)
#9 across Nevertheless, it's the way a woman gets a Romeo (7)
#10 across Boat negotiating turbulent pools (5)