Lordly lad capturing the heart of a girl(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Lordly lad capturing the heart of a girl”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 20th August 2025.

The answer is

L A I R D

5 letters · most recently seen on 20th August 2025

Other clues that solve to LAIRD

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.

#11 across His lordly, upright figure has a covering of fat (5) 8th July 2026
#21 down Lordly Scots lad taking in the tax people (5) 31st March 2026
#10 across Scottish landowner (5) 14th March 2026
#26 across Lordly lad capturing the heart of a girl (5) 20th August 2025
#30 down As a landowner, one is outwardly fat (5) 21st June 2025
#31 down Lordly lad taking the tax people in (5) 4th February 2025
#10 down Scottish landowner (5) 11th October 2024
#11 across Scottish proprietary line in cooking fat (5) 19th August 2024
#10 across Scottish landowner (5) 22nd November 2023
#10 across Scottish landowner (5) 1st May 2023
#11 across Scottish landowner (5) 27th March 2023
#35 across Landowner (5) 3rd October 2022
#14 down Scottish landowner (5) 7th September 2022
#10 across Landowner with his own little place at the end of the road (5) 28th July 2022
#31 down He's lordly, with an upright figure and a covering of fat (5) 30th March 2022
#30 across He owns a fair bit in the outskirts of Loch Lomond (5) 24th August 2021
#11 across His lordly, upright figure has a covering of fat (5) 25th May 2021
#21 down Lordly Scots lad taking in the tax people (5) 28th December 2020
#10 across Scottish landowner (5) 1st December 2020
#26 across Lordly lad capturing the heart of a girl (5) 7th January 2020
#30 across Lordly lad taking in the tax people (5) 3rd December 2019
#26 down Landowner (5) 19th June 2019
#30 down As a landowner, one is outwardly fat (5) 21st March 2019
#10 down Scottish landowner (5) 17th August 2018
#11 across Scottish proprietary line in cooking fat (5) 29th May 2018

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 20th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across Fast transport for a quiet country road (5)
#2 down Sort of proprietor who got the job? (6)
#3 down It tastes heavenly with ambrosia (6)
#4 down No longer noted as a river? (3)
#5 down Material authority I had (5)
#6 across Geese to look up to? (5)
#6 down Observed to be soundly located (7)
#7 down One tied at speed? (4)
#8 down The incursion Dorian made (6)
#9 across Tell how the axle pin broke (7)
#10 across Kept cool (2,3)