Kick in the rear?(4 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Kick in the rear?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 14th August 2025.
The answer is
B
O
O
T
Other clues that solve to BOOT
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 Kick (4) 1st March 2026
- #5 down There's nothing in a half bottle to give you a kick (4) 18th August 2025
- #17 across Kick in the rear? (4) 14th August 2025
- #19 across Kick in the back for the motorist! (4) 19th July 2025
- #27 across Kick, informally (4) 24th July 2024
- #23 across Something afoot in the back of the car (4) 11th March 2024
- #17 across A kick (4) 28th June 2023
- #32 down Sort of sale of footwear? (4) 8th June 2023
- #32 across Footwear (4) 9th December 2022
- #32 across Footwear (4) 1st June 2022
- #32 down A kick (4) 21st February 2022
- #13 across Kick (4) 16th September 2021
- #5 down Kick (4) 18th September 2020
- #5 down There’s nothing in a half bottle to give you a kick (4) 2nd January 2020
- #17 across Kick in the rear? (4) 26th December 2019
- #23 across Something afoot in the back of the car (4) 20th November 2019
- #19 across Kick in the back for the motorist! (4) 9th May 2019
- #27 across Kick, informally (4) 26th April 2018
- #23 across Something afoot in the back of the car (4) 3rd January 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 14th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Food they bake badly at Birkenhead? (5)
- #2 down Material may be mined (5)
- #3 down Make a little love with a light touch (4)
- #4 across Get to suit (6)
- #4 down Start to live with spirit (5)
- #5 down Is incapable of hypocrisy? (4)
- #6 down The terrorists twice gave mum a turn (3,3)
- #7 across In optics, a bit of looker? (8)
- #8 across Get together against backing a dog and a horse (4,2)
- #9 down Liquid maybe, but a mug will take only half (6)
- #10 across Nominally you'll find a clue in central Dakar (5)