Listen for the funny word in it: "travail"(8 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Listen for the funny word in it: "travail"”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 3rd October 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to HARD WORK
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.
- #31 down Listen for the funny word in it: "travail" (4,4) 3rd October 2025
- #31 down Listen for the funny word in it: "travail" (4,4) 2nd October 2020
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 3rd October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Getting the ticket a long time after for the trips (8)
- #2 down Puzzled to find oneself on the ground beside the horse? (6)
- #3 down Topless is best of all (8)
- #4 down Dear girl, come back in for a little sustenance (6)
- #5 down Room for more in the nursery (5,3)
- #6 down Din in to the groom that's where he should eat (6,4)
- #7 down Join the English diplomat (7)
- #8 down "A broken flute", I put in, "is useless" (6)
- #9 across The fairest of the fair (3,6)
- #10 across To hide it, put on an overcoat (5,3)
- #11 down Go back? Just the opposite! (7)