Never hit an unmarried woman(4 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Never hit an unmarried woman”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 22nd September 2025.

The answer is

M I S S

4 letters · most recently seen on 22nd September 2025

Other clues that solve to MISS

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.

#30 down Is she a bit permissive? (4) 21st June 2026
#23 across Fail to hit (4) 21st May 2026
#28 down Overlook (4) 19th May 2026
#29 down Overlook (4) 4th April 2026
#23 across State schoolteacher (4) 19th March 2026
#31 across Overlook (4) 5th February 2026
#22 across Overlook (4) 13th October 2025
#17 across Unmarried woman (4) 8th October 2025
#3 down Unmarried woman (4) 27th September 2025
#23 across Never hit an unmarried woman (4) 22nd September 2025
#21 across Lack (4) 19th September 2025
#8 across Is in manuscript form for a teacher (4) 30th August 2025
#10 across Overlook (4) 27th August 2025
#26 down In America, the unmarried state (4) 14th May 2025
#22 across Overlook (4) 21st April 2025
#15 across Spinster in a state? (4) 10th December 2024
#31 across Overlook (4) 18th October 2024
#28 across Overlook (4) 19th August 2024
#23 across A state of failure (4) 10th June 2024
#8 across Fail to hit (4) 8th April 2024
#14 down Overlook (4) 25th March 2024
#31 across Overlook (4) 26th February 2024
#23 across Unmarried state in America? (4) 31st January 2024
#30 down A failure as a stateswoman? (4) 16th January 2024
#8 down Notice the absence of a young woman (4) 12th December 2023
#16 across Overlook (4) 24th November 2023
#3 down A failure as a school teacher? (4) 23rd August 2023
#22 across Young lady in a state? (4) 22nd August 2023
#8 across Unmarried woman (4) 16th August 2023
#30 down Does it not strike you as a stately abbreviation? (4) 27th June 2023
#31 across Overlook (4) 27th June 2023
#30 down Briefly, a state of failure? (4) 21st March 2023
#22 across Fail to hit (4) 14th February 2023
#23 across Briefly, the state Elvis Presley was in at first (4) 5th January 2023
#40 across Don’t include a single girl (4) 27th May 2022
#28 across Overlook (4) 26th April 2022
#15 across Never hit a maiden lady (4) 17th February 2022
#37 across A girl to avoid (4) 31st December 2021
#14 across She opens and closes shops on the motorway (4) 2nd December 2021
#3 down Fail to hit (4) 4th November 2021

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 22nd September 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across Complain against the repetitiveness? (6)
#1 down She has many an alternative choice (6)
#2 down Chiefly sorts the NY mail (6)
#3 down A trusty heart can be a bad thing! (4)
#4 down New medical system? (7)
#5 down Sharp instruments? (5)
#6 down Condemn a railway after one short month (5)
#7 across Short of time? (5,3)
#8 across They're useful when moulding a new side (4)
#8 down To a doctor and sailor, it's dull (4)
#9 down It can easily get out of hand (3)