It's heatedly destructive and that's bad(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “It's heatedly destructive and that's bad”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 24th September 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to ARSON
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.
- #27 down Bad ignition (5) 27th August 2026
- #20 down Illegal burning (5) 20th July 2026
- #8 down Fire-raising (5) 14th July 2026
- #28 down Illegal burning (5) 6th July 2026
- #12 down The crime of a hard-hearted lad (5) 30th May 2026
- #10 across Fire-raising (5) 21st May 2026
- #4 down Crime's a burning question (5) 18th April 2026
- #16 across Bad ignition (5) 29th March 2026
- #28 down Illegal burning (5) 21st March 2026
- #27 down Illegal burning (5) 17th February 2026
- #11 down Hear he abandoned the child and that's a crime (5) 13th February 2026
- #18 down Illegal burning (5) 20th January 2026
- #30 down Bad ignition (5) 13th January 2026
- #20 down The crime of a hard-hearted lad (5) 1st January 2026
- #4 down Illegal burning (5) 1st January 2026
- #22 across Fire-raising (5) 28th December 2025
- #4 down Offence of a hard-hearted youth? (5) 21st December 2025
- #26 across Illegal burning (5) 20th December 2025
- #12 down Destruction of the parsonage? (5) 15th November 2025
- #28 across Fire-raising (5) 7th November 2025
- #28 down Illegal burning (5) 29th October 2025
- #20 down Illegal burning (5) 9th October 2025
- #28 down Illegal burning (5) 28th September 2025
- #12 across It's heatedly destructive and that's bad (5) 24th September 2025
- #4 down Nora's terrible torching (5) 31st August 2025
- #10 across The crime of a hard hearted lad (5) 23rd July 2025
- #27 down Fire-raising (5) 21st July 2025
- #10 across Offence committed at lighting up time (5) 12th July 2025
- #28 down Fire-raising (5) 28th May 2025
- #8 across Bad ignition (5) 6th May 2025
- #4 down Crime of a hard hearted young fellow (5) 29th April 2025
- #12 across Is it committed in the heat of the moment? (5) 9th April 2025
- #28 down Illegal burning (5) 18th March 2025
- #1 down Bad ignition (5) 5th February 2025
- #4 down Illegal burning (5) 7th January 2025
- #4 down Bad ignition (5) 7th January 2025
- #7 down Illegal burning (5) 13th November 2024
- #20 down Illegal burning (5) 15th October 2024
- #12 across Bad ignition (5) 26th September 2024
- #15 across Fire-raising (5) 6th September 2024
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 24th September 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
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- #2 down Meant never to appear in the paper (7)
- #3 across How to address a motherly horse? (5)
- #4 down Sacred area? (4)
- #5 down Makes up for having no eats? (6)
- #6 down An artist took one in (5)
- #7 down It's spoken in urban Tunbridge Wells (5)
- #8 across The ability to make a prisoner royal (5)
- #9 down Lived in Iowa somewhere (3)
- #10 across Now play around with some darts (5)
- #11 across Chap joining 19 Across for something to eat (3)