Measure taken by the police again(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Measure taken by the police again”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 21st February 2024.
The answer is
M
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Other clues that solve to METRE
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.
- #37 across Length (5) 18th March 2026
- #12 down Wrong term for a quarter mile! (5) 13th December 2025
- #11 across A measure you can get by the kilo (5) 10th December 2025
- #21 down A measure of home treatment (5) 7th July 2025
- #6 down It's not far from being just about a perfect ending (5) 8th June 2025
- #19 across For the police, again, it's not exactly the Yard (5) 26th May 2025
- #4 down Only about half of it is over a yard (5) 11th March 2025
- #4 down It's just outside central Acton, not far (5) 11th February 2025
- #12 across Got together again for just so long (5) 22nd January 2025
- #12 down Over a yard, but just about a quarter of a foot! (5) 12th November 2024
- #19 across By railway, again, it's not far (5) 2nd September 2024
- #12 down Joined the regiment in time (5) 29th July 2024
- #16 down Short line, about a yard and a bit (5) 22nd July 2024
- #21 across A measure that means a bit of a treat for me (5) 11th July 2024
- #30 across Unit of length (5) 3rd July 2024
- #16 down Rhythm (5) 25th June 2024
- #26 across Measure just about half of it (5) 16th May 2024
- #12 across Rhythm (5) 10th May 2024
- #37 across Measure (5) 26th April 2024
- #2 down Just to go round the West End, is not far (5) 19th March 2024
- #12 down Measure taken by police and engineers (5) 12th March 2024
- #2 down Measure taken by the police again (5) 21st February 2024
- #30 across Measure taken by police and engineers (5) 29th January 2024
- #12 down Unit of length (5) 10th August 2023
- #12 down It's not far, only just around the end of the street (5) 24th July 2023
- #10 across Length of time in the lake? (5) 1st May 2023
- #18 down Unit of length (5) 18th April 2023
- #5 down In the distance, one gets it by the kilo (5) 17th April 2023
- #37 across Rhythm (5) 14th March 2023
- #1 down Encountered a bit of resistance, at length (5) 2nd January 2023
- #12 across Unit of length (5) 28th November 2022
- #4 down Satisfied, once more, by a certain measure (5) 17th October 2022
- #37 across Measure (5) 8th July 2022
- #2 down Measure used by the police once more (5) 2nd June 2022
- #8 across Unit of length (5) 31st March 2022
- #6 down Measure (5) 16th March 2022
- #12 down Encountered engineers in the distance (5) 30th December 2021
- #12 down Unit of length (5) 7th December 2021
- #32 down Distance (5) 10th August 2021
- #12 down Being only out to start trouble will not get you far (5) 8th July 2021
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 21st February 2024. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Cook gave nothing for the tars to get upset about (5)
- #3 down Grab a bag (4)
- #4 across Make plain that the river contains fish (6)
- #4 down Lived up to a bad name (5)
- #5 down Demand to see everything (4)
- #6 down I'm dead upset by the crown! (6)
- #7 across Judge too highly the speed of the bowling (8)
- #8 across A fraction low? (6)
- #9 down Shortage giving a bully heart for a time (6)
- #10 across One keeping watch close at hand? (5)