It's a corking preventative!(7 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “It's a corking preventative!”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 2nd December 2024.
The answer is
S
T
O
P
P
E
R
Other clues that solve to STOPPER
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.
- #5 down Someone staying in Cork? (7) 24th April 2026
- #19 down Bung (7) 31st March 2026
- #19 down Plug, bung (7) 30th December 2025
- #21 across Bung very quietly into store, perhaps (7) 29th December 2025
- #27 down Plug (7) 19th September 2025
- #6 down Plug, bung (7) 30th April 2025
- #4 down It's a corking preventative! (7) 2nd December 2024
- #19 down Bung, plug (7) 18th June 2024
- #19 down Plug, bung (7) 25th January 2024
- #19 down Bung, plug (7) 7th December 2023
- #23 down Plug (7) 16th November 2023
- #19 down Plug (7) 9th January 2023
- #31 down Bung (7) 25th November 2022
- #34 down Bung (7) 11th November 2022
- #19 down Plug (7) 27th July 2022
- #22 down Bung (7) 8th July 2022
- #5 down Someone staying in Cork? (7) 16th April 2021
- #19 down Bung (7) 28th December 2020
- #21 across Bung very quietly into store, perhaps (7) 3rd August 2020
- #19 down Plug, bung (7) 28th July 2020
- #27 down Plug (7) 26th July 2019
- #6 down Plug, bung (7) 15th January 2019
- #4 down It's a corking preventative! (7) 5th September 2018
- #19 down Bung, plug (7) 26th March 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 2nd December 2024. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across It's a sweet Oriental vessel to an alien (6)
- #1 down Spurned, Jack's girlfriend is said to have gone with Ted (6)
- #2 down Horsy looking fellow on board (6)
- #3 down Tip it playfully over an officer! (4)
- #5 down A term for mum (5)
- #6 down We take a little boy around town (5)
- #7 across To start, tie it in a knot! (8)
- #8 across It's a bit fishy that Gillian's lost her boy (4)
- #8 down Pick up very quickly (4)
- #9 down The field to be in credit, that's clear (3)