Is in the balance when you fight(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Is in the balance when you fight”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st September 2025.

The answer is

R E S I S T

6 letters · most recently seen on 1st September 2025

Other clues that solve to RESIST

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#31 across Oppose (6) 21st May 2026
#17 across Oppose (6) 30th April 2026
#18 across Oppose one's eccentric sister (6) 1st April 2026
#1 across Oppose (6) 25th January 2026
#21 down Oppose? Yes, among other things (6) 27th December 2025
#2 down Oppose (6) 9th September 2025
#1 across Oppose (6) 4th September 2025
#18 across Is in the balance when you fight (6) 1st September 2025
#39 across Retaining one's balance, don't give in to (6) 22nd August 2025
#1 across Oppose (6) 20th February 2025
#1 across Oppose (6) 23rd January 2025
#24 down Withstand (6) 16th October 2024
#10 across Oppose (6) 23rd September 2024
#5 across Oppose (6) 20th June 2024
#34 across Oppose the freeing of one's sister? (6) 17th January 2024
#13 across Support, when one's introduced, or oppose (6) 29th September 2023
#34 across Oppose the resettlement of one's sister (6) 31st July 2023
#19 across Withstand (6) 18th July 2023
#1 across Oppose (6) 8th June 2023
#19 across Oppose one's misguided sister (6) 18th May 2023
#24 down Forbear to upset one's sister (6) 19th December 2022
#8 down Support is coming through. Don't give in (6) 4th November 2022
#1 across Oppose (6) 2nd November 2022
#13 across Fight against the sleep one’s engulfed by (6) 7th October 2022
#24 down Be unwilling to take time off to tour the island (6) 13th June 2022
#34 down Oppose (6) 25th February 2022
#1 down Oppose (6) 31st January 2022
#27 across Oppose (6) 17th September 2021
#18 across Oppose one's eccentric sister (6) 29th December 2020
#31 across Oppose (6) 21st December 2020
#17 across Oppose (6) 20th November 2020
#39 across Retaining one’s balance, don’t give in to (6) 21st August 2020
#21 down Oppose? Yes, among other things (6) 28th July 2020
#26 down Oppose (6) 10th July 2020
#18 across Is in the balance when you fight (6) 28th January 2020
#2 down Oppose (6) 21st January 2020
#1 across Oppose (6) 14th January 2020
#24 down Withstand (6) 14th January 2019
#1 across Oppose (6) 18th December 2018
#1 across Oppose (6) 20th November 2018

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#3 down More work from Sir Thomas (6)
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#5 down A spare part is capital! (5)
#6 across Assume you'll get a pint at a party (5)
#6 down Changed 'alerted' to 'related', perhaps? (7)
#7 down How to address an expensive woman (4)
#8 down Simper stupidly as one prepares (6)
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