How to say dammit when you've got the wind up(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “How to say dammit when you've got the wind up”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 16th December 2025.

The answer is

B L A S T

5 letters · most recently seen on 16th December 2025

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#30 down Blow up a dam? (5) 7th May 2026
#31 down An explosive utterance (5) 8th April 2026
#20 down Use explosive to finish the job, finally (5) 8th February 2026
#12 across The wind's high, confound it! (5) 18th December 2025
#1 down How to say dammit when you've got the wind up (5) 16th December 2025
#4 across Explosion (5) 17th November 2025
#5 down Explosion (5) 8th November 2025
#3 across Explosion (5) 30th October 2025
#20 down Explosion (5) 7th July 2025
#2 down Curse a bighead to the very end (5) 24th June 2025
#2 down Explosion (5) 20th June 2025
#1 down A bad start, ultimately, is a big blow (5) 12th May 2025
#10 across Explosion (5) 29th April 2025
#15 across Curse that combination bottle opener and salt shaker! (5) 5th September 2024
#14 across With an exclamation of annoyance, blow up (5) 9th August 2024
#1 down For a bighead, the ultimate blow (5) 1st July 2024
#13 down Explosion (5) 11th April 2024
#1 across Gust (5) 2nd February 2024
#11 down That’s a blow, darn it! (5) 24th November 2023
#10 down It’s an explosion, darn it! (5) 17th November 2023
#1 across High wind Ð dammit! (5) 12th June 2023
#14 across Confound that wind! (5) 28th April 2023
#1 across Oh, blow it! (5) 7th March 2023
#10 across Explosion (5) 29th December 2022
#20 down A blockhead to the very end, dammit! (5) 21st November 2022
#10 down Explosion (5) 19th September 2022
#14 across Confound that wind! (5) 11th February 2022
#20 down The blowing up of a dam? (5) 15th November 2021
#30 down Blow up a dam? (5) 22nd February 2021
#31 down An explosive utterance (5) 7th January 2021
#20 down Use explosive to finish the job, finally (5) 12th October 2020
#20 down At Beachy Head, the most recent high wind (5) 20th July 2020
#12 down Explosion (5) 16th July 2020
#1 down How to say dammit when you’ve got the wind up (5) 16th July 2020
#32 down Explosion (5) 6th July 2020
#4 across Explosion (5) 27th April 2020
#3 across Explosion (5) 27th April 2020
#5 down Explosion (5) 14th April 2020
#1 across Explosion (5) 19th November 2019
#14 across With an exclamation of annoyance, blow up (5) 30th August 2019

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 16th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

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#6 down Economical fur, perhaps, for the girl (6)
#7 across Not much to pay to prowl around on the rink (3,5)
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#10 across Ascend note by note? (5)