In school, Derek became so inevitably(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “In school, Derek became so inevitably”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 19th August 2025.
The answer is
O
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D
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R
Other clues that solve to OLDER
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.
- #18 down Having been around more (5) 11th August 2026
- #28 down Senior (5) 2nd July 2026
- #28 down More senior (5) 6th May 2026
- #26 across Of greater age (5) 18th March 2026
- #15 across Senior (5) 2nd March 2026
- #13 down Elder (5) 23rd December 2025
- #38 across Elder (5) 11th October 2025
- #37 across In school, Derek became so inevitably (5) 19th August 2025
- #30 down Some petrol derivative that's been around longer (5) 7th July 2025
- #36 across Relatively mature, or about to be led astray (5) 29th August 2024
- #18 down Elder (5) 30th July 2024
- #9 across Senior (5) 15th July 2024
- #15 down Elder (5) 19th June 2024
- #18 down Earlier extract of petrol, derv, etc. (5) 25th March 2024
- #25 down Elder (5) 26th February 2024
- #17 down Of greater age (5) 2nd October 2023
- #11 across Of greater age (5) 5th September 2023
- #12 across Senior citizens are relatively so (5) 4th September 2023
- #27 down Elder (5) 18th July 2023
- #18 down Elder (5) 3rd July 2023
- #31 down Some petrol derivative we all live to get (5) 28th June 2023
- #30 down Senior (5) 7th December 2022
- #6 across Some petrol derivatives of earlier origin (5) 17th May 2022
- #20 down Senior (5) 9th December 2021
- #18 down We get it all the time! (5) 10th November 2021
- #18 down Having been around more (5) 14th July 2021
- #28 down Senior (5) 17th May 2021
- #28 down More senior (5) 18th February 2021
- #26 across Of greater age (5) 8th December 2020
- #15 across Senior (5) 21st September 2020
- #13 down Elder (5) 15th July 2020
- #18 down One gets it in time (5) 1st July 2020
- #38 across Elder (5) 23rd March 2020
- #37 across In school, Derek became so inevitably (5) 6th January 2020
- #33 down Senior (5) 26th November 2019
- #20 down One thing you can look forward to getting (5) 3rd October 2019
- #38 across Less modern ingredient of petrol, derv, etc. (5) 23rd September 2019
- #33 across Senior lord, perhaps, out East (5) 25th July 2019
- #30 down Some petrol derivative that's been around longer (5) 22nd April 2019
- #36 across Relatively mature, or about to be led astray (5) 11th June 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 19th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Swim round the pierhead and drive off (5)
- #2 down See intricate detail as something strongly defensible (7)
- #3 across Something written with diplomacy about the ruling head (5)
- #4 down Unusually meaty? (4)
- #5 down A good house converted cheap at Leatherhead (6)
- #6 down Processed, some nicotine is medicinal (5)
- #7 down Diminish what the seaman had to eat (5)
- #8 across Cat man? (5)
- #9 down Boy in trouble, naturally (3)
- #10 across Pursuit, possibly on a horse (5)
- #11 across A favourite trumpet piece (3)