Like a fielder's foolish point?(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Like a fielder's foolish point?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 17th September 2025.

The answer is

S I L L Y

5 letters · most recently seen on 17th September 2025

Other clues that solve to SILLY

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 across Foolish (5) 29th June 2026
#34 across It's foolish to be foxy about just one pound (5) 23rd April 2026
#27 down Foolish (5) 19th April 2026
#29 down Inane (5) 16th April 2026
#19 across Foolish (5) 1st February 2026
#35 down Lacking sense (5) 14th November 2025
#15 across Inane (5) 5th October 2025
#19 across Like a fielder's foolish point? (5) 17th September 2025
#27 down Foolish (5) 10th September 2025
#10 across Foolish (5) 25th June 2025
#31 down Inane (5) 16th June 2025
#16 down Pointless, maybe, but having point in cricket (5) 3rd May 2025
#14 down Foolishly close to the bat (5) 17th April 2025
#34 across It's stupid to be crafty about just one pound (5) 19th February 2025
#6 across Billy's stupid rhyme (5) 23rd September 2024
#18 down Foolish (5) 16th September 2024
#16 down Pointless, maybe, but having point in cricket (5) 8th February 2024
#26 across Foolishly close to the bat? (5) 24th October 2023
#6 across Is such a point pointless? (5) 17th October 2023
#28 down Foolish (5) 9th October 2023
#31 down Inane (5) 5th October 2023
#34 across It's daft to be so close to the bat (5) 18th September 2023
#27 down Foolish (5) 11th May 2023
#12 down Foolish (5) 3rd January 2023
#18 down Does fielding close to the bat have such point? (5) 29th November 2022
#28 down Foolish (5) 29th August 2022
#5 down Foolish (5) 28th March 2022
#12 down Foolish (5) 26th October 2021
#11 across It's foolish to be very close to the bat (5) 5th October 2021
#38 across Foolish (5) 13th July 2021
#19 across Foolish (5) 11th May 2021
#34 across It's foolish to be foxy about just one pound (5) 1st February 2021
#27 down Foolish (5) 25th January 2021
#29 down Inane (5) 2nd November 2020
#19 across Foolish (5) 29th September 2020
#15 across Inane (5) 26th February 2020
#19 across Like a fielder’s foolish point? (5) 25th February 2020
#27 down Foolish (5) 29th January 2020
#38 across Foolish (5) 13th January 2020
#26 across Foolishly close to the bat (5) 26th November 2019

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