It takes time to get to know one well(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “It takes time to get to know one well”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 23rd January 2026.

The answer is

P R I S O N

6 letters · most recently seen on 23rd January 2026

Other clues that solve to PRISON

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.

#36 across Jail (6) 22nd June 2026
#36 across Jail (6) 22nd April 2026
#8 across Gaol (6) 19th March 2026
#13 across It takes time to get to know one well (6) 23rd January 2026
#20 across Chokey (6) 15th January 2026
#36 across Jail (6) 29th October 2025
#2 down Jug for coppers? No sir! (6) 30th August 2025
#1 across Stir the porridge (6) 26th July 2025
#10 across Jail (6) 26th July 2025
#20 across Jail (6) 18th June 2025
#37 across Jail (6) 17th June 2025
#26 across Slade, the place for porridge? (6) 13th May 2025
#36 across Jail (6) 8th April 2025
#5 down Jug of porridge (6) 5th February 2025
#10 across Jail (6) 13th January 2025
#32 across Jail (6) 26th September 2024
#29 across Jail (6) 7th June 2024
#18 down Jail (6) 23rd April 2024
#3 down The slammer (6) 19th February 2024
#5 down The nick of time (6) 1st February 2024
#26 across Jail (6) 23rd November 2023
#10 across Jail (6) 9th August 2023
#7 down Rip off a child and that's the punishment (6) 2nd June 2023
#5 down The nick of time (6) 16th January 2023
#35 down Jail (6) 4th November 2022
#36 across Jail (6) 26th September 2022
#10 across A jug of porridge in the nick of time (6) 15th August 2022
#18 down Jail (6) 5th May 2022
#6 down The clink of a jug (6) 24th March 2022
#2 down Jug of porridge (6) 11th January 2022
#2 down The nick of time (6) 17th November 2021
#3 down Gaol (6) 12th July 2021
#36 across Jail (6) 29th April 2021
#36 across Jail (6) 28th January 2021
#13 across It takes time to get to know one well (6) 15th January 2021
#8 across Gaol (6) 2nd September 2020
#20 across Chokey (6) 25th August 2020
#36 across Jail (6) 23rd April 2020
#2 down Jug for coppers? No sir! (6) 22nd January 2020
#2 down Jail (6) 6th November 2019

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 23rd January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Got better when given a lift (6,2)
#2 down Develop a liking for when you accompany there (4,2)
#3 down The occasional cop's raid eradicates it (8)
#4 down Had cropped up when an increment came through (6)
#5 down Attack the old-fashioned means of heating (4,4)
#6 down Brand is the tail-ender (4,6)
#7 down Say the soldiers got into trouble (7)
#8 down The tree I myself planted outside the club (6)
#9 across Angry, I meant somehow to get through (2,1,6)
#10 across Didn't take seriously a delay apt to cause havoc (6,2)
#11 down Is not wrong about its being yet to come (2,5)