It is to the point, showing intelligence(3 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “It is to the point, showing intelligence”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 15th August 2025.

The answer is

W I T

3 letters · most recently seen on 15th August 2025

Other clues that solve to WIT

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#26 across A clever chap takes whiskey with it (3) 8th June 2026
#4 across Intelligence (3) 17th May 2026
#30 across Intelligence (3) 6th May 2026
#25 down Wag (3) 11th February 2026
#28 down White? Not he, the clever fellow! (3) 9th February 2026
#19 down Intelligence (3) 29th November 2025
#3 down Intelligence (3) 8th September 2025
#25 down It is to the point, showing intelligence (3) 15th August 2025
#27 down Intelligence (3) 10th August 2025
#19 down Intelligence (3) 16th July 2025
#20 down Intelligence (3) 17th April 2025
#40 down Intelligence (3) 5th February 2025
#35 across Wag (3) 15th January 2025
#27 across Intelligence (3) 8th January 2025
#9 down Intelligence (3) 23rd December 2024
#10 across Intelligence (3) 29th November 2024
#13 across Intelligence (3) 25th October 2024
#17 across Intelligence (3) 7th October 2024
#4 down Intelligence (3) 13th September 2024
#21 down White? Not he, the clever fellow! (3) 7th August 2024
#22 down With breathless humour! (3) 24th July 2024
#19 down Intelligence (3) 24th July 2024
#21 down With being breathless, one can be amusing (3) 24th June 2024
#4 down Wag (3) 9th May 2024
#22 down The sense to take a little water with it (3) 1st April 2024
#18 across Intelligence (3) 29th March 2024
#28 down Wag (3) 27th November 2023
#16 down In comedy, it has point (3) 19th October 2023
#5 down Intelligence (3) 17th October 2023
#25 down Being typically sharp, it has a point (3) 12th October 2023
#19 down Intelligence (3) 5th October 2023
#32 down Intelligence (3) 26th September 2023
#4 across Intelligence (3) 15th September 2023
#18 across Intelligence (3) 29th August 2023
#11 down Few items show humour (3) 4th July 2023
#32 down Intelligence (3) 14th June 2023
#14 across Wag (3) 30th May 2023
#20 down Wag (3) 9th May 2023
#5 down Intelligence (3) 8th May 2023
#5 down Intelligence (3) 10th April 2023

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 15th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Deem to be deliberate (8)
#2 down What happened when the flag was hoisted showing a flower? (8,4)
#3 down Smiled when the spider got me agitated (8)
#4 down The girl's been stood up again and that's tough (6)
#5 down Speak ill of as "a ruddy awful paper" (8)
#6 down Prepared the bed for sleeping in - didn't like it (6,4)
#7 down Downcast and carrying an instrument, said hello (7)
#8 down The old man, like myself, had so healthy an upbringing (10)
#9 across Drying while you're phoning (2,3,4)
#10 across Better than, when it comes to barbering? (1,3,5)
#11 down Misses one most, being crazy about (5)