Not quite surrounding(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Not quite surrounding”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 22nd November 2024.

The answer is

A B O U T

5 letters · most recently seen on 22nd November 2024

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#28 down Concerning (5) 14th March 2025
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#3 across Concerning (5) 24th January 2025
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#22 down Not quite surrounding (5) 22nd November 2024
#26 across Concerning (5) 15th October 2024
#3 across Concerning (5) 8th October 2024
#31 across To do with a contest (5) 8th August 2024
#13 down Concerning (5) 22nd July 2024
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#22 down Approximately (5) 10th May 2024
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#18 across Ringing in relation to (5) 22nd March 2024
#10 across Concerning (5) 7th February 2024
#18 down Concerning (5) 6th November 2023
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#11 across Concerning (5) 4th August 2023
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#28 across Concerning (5) 29th May 2023
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#20 down Approximately (5) 20th January 2023
#41 across Dealing with roughly (5) 13th January 2023
#28 down Concerning (5) 28th December 2022

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 22nd November 2024. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Said unfortunately the rest had collapsed: a catastrophe (8)
#2 down Girl with a figure males are driven crazy by (6)
#3 down Not so wonderful that you can't leave behind? (8)
#4 down In view of the fact that one's dating (6)
#5 down The judge is the twit with the bunch of roses (8)
#6 down Stops by, though a toll is exacted from? (4,1,5)
#7 down Keeping the strong obstreperous one inside (7)
#8 down What the dressmaker of yore would busy herself making? (6)
#9 across Whatever happens with whichever patient (2,3,4)
#10 across "Take the First Step" is a best seller (5,3)
#11 down The Asian child I had seen running by (7)