It hurts if you miss it and hit it(4 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “It hurts if you miss it and hit it”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 26th November 2024.
The answer is
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- #17 across It hurts if you miss it and hit it (4) 26th November 2024
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- #37 across Spike (4) 25th March 2024
- #32 across It hurts if you miss it and hit it (4) 28th February 2024
- #21 across Spike (4) 25th December 2023
- #29 across Unguis (4) 10th July 2023
- #29 across Unguis (4) 31st May 2023
- #17 across Unguis (4) 9th March 2023
- #14 across Catch (4) 17th February 2023
- #29 across Unguis (4) 16th February 2023
- #19 across Unguis (4) 14th November 2022
- #5 down Tack (4) 19th September 2022
- #17 across Unguis (4) 6th July 2022
- #12 across Spike, catch! (4) 19th November 2021
- #29 across Unguis (4) 29th July 2021
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 26th November 2024. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
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- #3 down New name for a hair style (4)
- #4 across With no heart for farm work, a building job's the answer (6)
- #4 down Musical quality means a lot to a learner (5)
- #5 down Weakest show on TV? (4)
- #6 down It crops up in middling time, this thought (6)
- #7 across Working with Noel, Dora has the makings of an artist (8)
- #8 across An age of high speed (6)
- #9 down That earned in business by me (6)
- #10 across A handy sort of puppet (5)