Less than rancorous exclamation(3 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Less than rancorous exclamation”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 21st August 2025.
The answer is
C
O
R
Other clues that solve to COR
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.
- #19 down What cockneys say when they see gold? (3) 14th May 2026
- #25 down Informal exclamation in a business letter (3) 13th April 2026
- #16 down Cockney expression of scorn? (3) 30th March 2026
- #14 down Utterance duplicated in the Coroner's records (3) 26th January 2026
- #11 across An exclamation of scorn? (3) 17th December 2025
- #19 down Less than rancorous exclamation (3) 21st August 2025
- #25 down An exclamation, not really of scorn! (3) 7th August 2024
- #25 down How remarkable, a French horn! (3) 27th December 2023
- #9 down Gosh - a French horn! (3) 2nd October 2023
- #15 down Crikey, a French horn! (3) 21st June 2023
- #15 down Indecorous utterance? (3) 26th May 2022
- #33 down Indecorous exclamation? (3) 14th February 2022
- #19 down A common exclamation when some crockery's broken! (3) 1st December 2021
- #19 down What cockneys say when they see gold? (3) 3rd March 2021
- #25 down Informal exclamation in a business letter (3) 14th January 2021
- #16 down Cockney expression of scorn? (3) 24th December 2020
- #14 down Utterance duplicated in the Coroner’s records (3) 21st September 2020
- #33 down An indecorous utterance? (3) 7th September 2020
- #19 down Less than rancorous exclamation (3) 8th January 2020
- #14 down Indecorous exclamation? (3) 19th August 2019
- #33 down Gosh, a French horn! (3) 13th August 2018
- #25 down An exclamation, not really of scorn! (3) 17th May 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 21st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Hot music? (6)
- #1 down The word for freedom (6)
- #2 down Ladies may have high ones (6)
- #3 down An entrance one can get out of (4)
- #4 down The way bread is cooked (7)
- #5 down Peter the painter? (5)
- #6 down Look around for a spoon? (5)
- #7 across A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?) (8)
- #8 across One's holiday in the balance? (4)
- #8 down Like fire spreading all over the place (4)
- #9 down Not a nice place to stay around mid-day (3)