In the throes, there are always options(6 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “In the throes, there are always options”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 21st January 2026.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to OTHERS
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.
- #20 across People who aren't themselves? (6) 20th June 2026
- #8 across In the throes, there are always options (6) 21st January 2026
- #20 across Maybe endlessly shorten the options (6) 10th June 2025
- #29 across The remainder showed hesitation in disseminating tosh (6) 11th November 2024
- #29 across They're thought of altruistically (6) 14th August 2024
- #26 across Not the only one given short change out East (6) 25th July 2024
- #12 down It is not we who are in the throes of moving (6) 19th April 2024
- #23 down Not those, in short, travelling round the East (6) 10th December 2021
- #11 across Anybody but us (6) 15th September 2021
- #20 across People who aren't themselves? (6) 27th April 2021
- #8 across In the throes, there are always options (6) 10th September 2020
- #34 across In the throes, perhaps? Not us! (6) 18th June 2020
- #29 across Alternatives may be short out East (6) 1st January 2020
- #29 across They're thought of altruistically (6) 14th August 2019
- #12 down It is not we who are in the throes of moving (6) 17th May 2019
- #20 across Maybe endlessly shorten the options (6) 5th March 2019
- #29 across The remainder showed hesitation in disseminating tosh (6) 15th August 2018
- #26 across Not the only one given short change out East (6) 7th May 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 21st January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Kind of vessel apt to sink a lot (5)
- #2 down Maybe sat on the corner again to waste time (5)
- #3 down Move various ways (4)
- #4 across Spheres, it seems, can be flat! (6)
- #4 down Knock down for consuming half a loaf (5)
- #5 down Borrowed from German, it's true (4)
- #6 down Put in the shade? (6)
- #7 across A queen's husband whose twins were healthy (8)
- #9 down Otto cunningly gets round mum for something to eat (6)
- #10 across Relieve everybody on some days (5)