Hit(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Hit”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 16th January 2026.

The answer is

S T R I K E

6 letters · most recently seen on 16th January 2026

Other clues that solve to STRIKE

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#4 down "Industrial action" does ring a bell (6) 13th February 2026
#4 down Hit (6) 16th January 2026
#33 across Hit (6) 3rd December 2025
#24 down How to reach a bargain without working on it? (6) 16th November 2025
#2 down Hit (6) 28th September 2025
#4 down Won't work when you try to light it (6) 22nd August 2025
#23 down Hit (6) 24th July 2025
#24 down Crash into the school head on a tricycle (6) 22nd May 2025
#2 down Go out when you light up (6) 9th May 2025
#11 across Stop work to play ball? (6) 17th February 2025
#36 across Hit (6) 8th November 2024
#4 across Hit (6) 17th July 2024
#20 across Lash out when you get luck as a prospector (6) 5th July 2024
#31 across Bump into as you walk out (6) 14th June 2024
#23 down A blow to put you off work? (6) 11th December 2023
#8 down Are out? Blow! (6) 1st December 2023
#4 down Enter one's mind to give up work (6) 29th September 2023
#1 across Hit (6) 20th September 2023
#4 down Industrial dispute (6) 1st September 2023
#4 down Do nothing to give you the impression (6) 11th August 2023
#4 down Are out to attack (6) 4th August 2023
#11 across Industrial protest (6) 20th July 2023
#22 down Hit (6) 24th February 2023
#13 across Go out with a bang (6) 6th January 2023
#23 down Hit (6) 29th April 2022
#27 across Hit (6) 25th March 2022
#33 down Run into when you go out (6) 14th January 2022
#13 across Go out to get some more bread (6) 10th December 2021
#13 across Give the impression, as you walk out (6) 19th November 2021
#8 across Hit (6) 1st July 2021
#4 down "Industrial action" does ring a bell (6) 5th February 2021
#4 down Hit (6) 8th January 2021
#4 down Won’t work when you try to light it (6) 21st August 2020
#4 down Find mine won’t work (6) 24th July 2020
#33 across Hit (6) 10th June 2020
#2 down Go out when you light up (6) 22nd May 2020
#2 down Hit (6) 17th February 2020
#11 across To down tools can be a blow (6) 30th October 2019
#36 across Hit (6) 5th August 2019
#18 across What a batsman takes when the ball hits him? (6) 30th July 2019

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