Idly look through a book under a tree?(4 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Idly look through a book under a tree?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 16th January 2026.
The answer is
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F
Other clues that solve to LEAF
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- #18 across Petal (4) 4th August 2026
- #13 across Petal (4) 22nd July 2026
- #25 down Petal (4) 14th June 2026
- #25 down Petal (4) 30th January 2026
- #22 across Plant part (4) 24th January 2026
- #37 across Idly look through a book under a tree? (4) 16th January 2026
- #5 down Petal (4) 12th January 2026
- #5 down Petal (4) 6th January 2026
- #5 down Petal (4) 31st December 2025
- #29 down Petal (4) 30th November 2025
- #17 across Trees may be in this meadow at Flamborough Head (4) 26th October 2025
- #31 across Petal (4) 3rd September 2025
- #25 down Petal (4) 28th August 2025
- #24 across Petal (4) 18th August 2025
- #32 across Petal (4) 27th January 2025
- #16 down Page (4) 2nd January 2024
- #29 across Plant part (4) 6th December 2023
- #24 across Petal (4) 8th August 2023
- #17 across Gold contribution to considerable affluence (4) 26th April 2023
- #32 down A couple of pages back to back (4) 20th September 2022
- #1 across Petal (4) 19th August 2022
- #23 across Petal (4) 21st June 2022
- #25 down Petal (4) 3rd June 2022
- #10 down Petal (4) 24th December 2021
- #25 down Petal (4) 3rd December 2021
- #25 down Petal (4) 29th October 2021
- #18 across Petal (4) 5th April 2021
- #13 across Petal (4) 17th March 2021
- #25 down Petal (4) 22nd January 2021
- #37 across Idly look through a book under a tree? (4) 8th January 2021
- #22 across Plant part (4) 8th September 2020
- #32 down Can be green as a meadow at Flamborough Head (4) 20th July 2020
- #5 down Petal (4) 12th June 2020
- #29 down Petal (4) 14th May 2020
- #17 across Trees may be in this meadow at Flamborough Head (4) 30th April 2020
- #31 across Petal (4) 13th January 2020
- #25 down Petal (4) 3rd January 2020
- #24 across Petal (4) 20th December 2019
- #4 down Two pages back to back (4) 11th November 2019
- #33 down Plant part (4) 10th September 2019
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 16th January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Not much evidence that there's a horse around (4,1,3)
- #2 down It's meaningless for those without nous (7,5)
- #3 down Succeeds in cutting a sliver on the quiet (8)
- #4 down We'd mistaken one girl for another (6)
- #5 down Give up because you promise to (8)
- #6 down When specified, Ted and Tim will be in the East, travelling (6,4)
- #7 down Are prancing into the arena and standing on their hind legs (7)
- #8 down With "Before two, ideally," is in really good form (2,4,4)
- #9 across Just the same, later comes out in the nude, dancing (9)
- #10 across He's not preparing the cannabis there and then (2,3,4)
- #11 down "Set for fish," you say (5)