Obscurity leads to half the errors(4 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Obscurity leads to half the errors”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 6th November 2025.

The answer is

M I S T

4 letters · most recently seen on 6th November 2025

Other clues that solve to MIST

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#25 across Haze (4) 3rd April 2026
#13 across Thin fog (4) 7th February 2026
#30 down Thin fog (4) 30th November 2025
#23 across Obscurity leads to half the errors (4) 6th November 2025
#22 across Thin fog (4) 23rd October 2025
#36 across Is going into the mountain due to bad visibility (4) 17th October 2025
#6 down Haze (4) 26th September 2025
#24 across Haze (4) 11th September 2025
#25 across Haze (4) 16th August 2025
#30 down Fog drifting in from Istanbul? (4) 10th August 2025
#8 down Thin fog (4) 26th July 2025
#36 across Haze (4) 17th July 2025
#8 down It clouds one's vision of a road and a street (4) 10th May 2025
#30 down Thin fog (4) 14th April 2025
#30 down Thin fog (4) 10th March 2025
#5 down Fog (4) 29th April 2024
#8 down It clouds one's vision of a road and a street (4) 13th February 2024
#36 across Fog (4) 1st February 2024
#23 across Thin fog (4) 1st February 2024
#22 across Said to be missed due to poor visibility (4) 8th August 2023
#15 across Fog (4) 30th June 2023
#23 across Thin fog (4) 21st March 2023
#30 down Haze (4) 27th January 2023
#3 down Thin fog (4) 18th January 2023
#32 down Fog (4) 10th October 2022
#7 down Haze (4) 29th July 2022
#26 down That tearful impediment of vision due to some mistake? (4) 17th May 2022
#1 across Fog (4) 28th April 2022
#32 down It contributes to the obscurity of palmistry (4) 3rd March 2022
#26 down In one, love can grow beautifully (4) 1st March 2022
#2 down Figure seen at first in a haze (4) 3rd December 2021
#31 across Fog (4) 13th September 2021
#25 across Haze (4) 14th October 2020
#36 across Is going into the mountain due to bad visibility (4) 9th October 2020
#13 across Thin fog (4) 8th October 2020
#6 down Haze (4) 2nd July 2020
#23 across Obscurity leads to half the errors (4) 21st May 2020
#22 across Thin fog (4) 14th April 2020
#6 down Haze (4) 13th February 2020
#24 across Haze (4) 23rd January 2020

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 6th November 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Break into a jumbled mass on the top of the heap (5)
#2 down Nurse Lange, possibly? (5)
#3 down A name in patriotism (4)
#4 across My rise cannot possibly bring happiness (6)
#4 down Like the tough guy who almost came up to the house (5)
#5 down A game of quick decision (4)
#6 down Firing at it, you'll never hit it (6)
#7 across Where the boatman gets badly out of line (8)
#8 across Charles keeps in fetters! (6)
#9 down In a pious way, I'm reformed by its moralising (6)
#10 across Points out some hate is simmering (5)