Left a piece of land for cotton(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Left a piece of land for cotton”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 8th July 2025.

The answer is

L I S L E

5 letters · most recently seen on 8th July 2025

Other clues that solve to LISLE

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 Sort of thread Leslie endlessly tangles (5) 9th August 2026
#34 across Cotton thread (5) 16th July 2026
#12 across Cotton thread (5) 4th July 2026
#8 across Leslie endlessly unravels the thread (5) 4th June 2026
#36 across Thread I sell knotted! (5) 12th February 2026
#4 down Smooth cotton thread (5) 13th October 2025
#27 down Sort of thread Leslie endlessly tangles (5) 21st September 2025
#12 down The kind of stockings I sell? (5) 15th September 2025
#27 across Left a piece of land for cotton (5) 8th July 2025
#8 across Smooth cotton thread (5) 9th April 2025
#27 down Strong cotton thread (5) 18th November 2024
#34 across Strong cotton thread (5) 8th August 2024
#15 down Cotton thread (5) 25th December 2023
#36 across The kind of thread I sell for weaving (5) 14th December 2023
#28 across Thread (5) 5th December 2023
#31 across Thread that ties up with “29”, somewhere in Cumbria (5) 30th October 2023
#28 down Cotton thread (5) 12th January 2023
#15 down The kind of thread I sell specially (5) 23rd November 2022
#11 across Cotton thread (5) 22nd November 2022
#6 down Cotton thread (5) 23rd August 2022
#36 across Cotton thread (5) 17th January 2022
#28 down Thread one can possibly sell out of (5) 23rd December 2021
#5 down Cotton thread (5) 21st December 2021
#27 down Sort of thread Leslie endlessly tangles (5) 12th July 2021
#34 across Cotton thread (5) 7th June 2021
#12 across Cotton thread (5) 18th May 2021
#8 across Leslie endlessly unravels the thread (5) 5th April 2021
#36 across Thread I sell knotted! (5) 19th October 2020
#4 down Smooth cotton thread (5) 26th March 2020
#27 down Sort of thread Leslie endlessly tangles (5) 2nd March 2020
#12 down The kind of stockings I sell? (5) 20th February 2020
#27 across Left a piece of land for cotton (5) 23rd April 2019
#8 across Smooth cotton thread (5) 24th December 2018
#27 down Strong cotton thread (5) 8th August 2018
#34 across Strong cotton thread (5) 7th May 2018

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