It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025.

The answer is

M A T T E R

6 letters · most recently seen on 1st August 2025

Other clues that solve to MATTER

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.

#9 down The business of a mare being unfortunately out of a race (6) 22nd June 2026
#34 down An affair that does have importance (6) 12th December 2025
#38 across Affair (6) 9th December 2025
#23 down Business will always be important (6) 9th October 2025
#1 down It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong (6) 1st August 2025
#8 down The question of how mother holds a tin opener (6) 14th May 2025
#9 across Stuff (6) 1st October 2024
#35 across Affair (6) 12th July 2024
#27 down Substance (6) 19th April 2024
#19 across Affair (6) 17th April 2024
#9 down Count as business (6) 24th January 2024
#9 down Anything of substance or importance (6) 17th August 2023
#32 across Concern (6) 24th May 2023
#18 across Concern (6) 26th April 2023
#35 down In substance, that’s what’s wrong (6) 16th September 2022
#24 down Concern (6) 20th January 2022
#7 down He gets terribly involved in the affair (6) 3rd December 2021
#10 down Affair (6) 1st October 2021
#26 down Affair (6) 3rd May 2021
#9 down The business of a mare being unfortunately out of a race (6) 29th April 2021
#34 down An affair that does have importance (6) 4th December 2020
#1 down It’s even more lacklustre: that’s what’s wrong (6) 31st July 2020
#38 across Affair (6) 27th May 2020
#23 down Business will always be important (6) 2nd April 2020
#30 across Piece of business of substance (6) 27th November 2019
#35 down Substance (6) 20th September 2019
#23 down Substance that could put a mare out of a race (6) 21st February 2019
#8 down The question of how mother holds a tin opener (6) 29th January 2019
#9 across Stuff (6) 8th August 2018
#35 across Affair (6) 25th May 2018
#19 across Affair (6) 5th February 2018

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#2 down Mark the urban area where there's shortage (8)
#3 down Drink you having during flight when it's cold? (3,2,3,3)
#4 down Well, then I got confused and embarrassed (2,3,4)
#5 down They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots! (7)
#6 down Keeps a close eye on, though there's no longer any resistance (6,4)
#7 down So you take leave at the end of September (4)
#8 across Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girl (5,2)
#9 across Going off then to pack a kind of vase (2,3,4)
#10 down Having the salesman walk up to is smart (6)
#11 down Argument coming back I'd got terribly upset by (7)