If there's friction, they're apt to flare up(6 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “If there's friction, they're apt to flare up”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 3rd June 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to VESTAS
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.
- #8 down If there's friction, they're apt to flare up (6) 3rd June 2025
- #8 down Figure to fiddle seats for the matches (6) 6th March 2025
- #9 down Can staves provide the matchwood for them? (6) 25th February 2025
- #9 down For which shattered staves are matchwood? (6) 7th November 2024
- #9 down Flaming redheads (6) 10th June 2024
- #9 down Potentially flaming redheads (6) 5th March 2024
- #9 down Matches made from staves? (6) 19th October 2023
- #9 down Broken staves usable for starting the fire (6) 2nd March 2023
- #9 down Do they use staves for matchwood? (6) 16th February 2023
- #26 across Staves split up to make matches (6) 7th March 2022
- #9 down Figure broken seats to have been made with matchwood! (6) 29th July 2021
- #9 down Arrange five seats for the matches (6) 1st July 2021
- #9 down For which shattered staves are matchwood? (6) 7th November 2019
- #9 down A goddess's illuminants (6) 18th July 2019
- #8 down If there's friction, they're apt to flare up (6) 26th February 2019
- #8 down Figure to fiddle seats for the matches (6) 4th December 2018
- #9 down Can staves provide the matchwood for them? (6) 22nd November 2018
- #9 down Flaming redheads (6) 22nd March 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 3rd June 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Was he devilish quick to go out of turn? (5)
- #2 down Unconscious of messing up '18 Across' (6)
- #3 down Took ladies for a boat trip (6)
- #4 down An element of procrastination (3)
- #5 down Do they hold things up on stage? (5)
- #6 across Yes, woman is a riddle (5)
- #6 down Do they mean slang is having an upsurge? (7)
- #7 down I name the day in March, say (4)
- #9 across In an attack, a top class car will help (3,4)
- #10 across Not pretty clear? (5)