Offence, however slight?(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Offence, however slight?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st October 2025.

The answer is

I N S U L T

6 letters · most recently seen on 1st October 2025

Other clues that solve to INSULT

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#34 across Offend (6) 21st February 2026
#36 across Offend (6) 5th December 2025
#34 across Offence, however slight? (6) 1st October 2025
#38 down Affront (6) 16th May 2025
#20 across Offend (6) 28th February 2025
#20 across Affront (6) 7th June 2024
#23 across Affront (6) 26th May 2023
#8 across Affront (6) 19th January 2023
#8 across Affront (6) 10th May 2022
#20 across Affront (6) 17th March 2022
#9 across Affront (6) 8th February 2022
#22 across Affront (6) 1st October 2021
#20 across Affront (6) 26th March 2021
#34 across Offend (6) 29th October 2020
#11 across Affront (6) 17th July 2020
#36 across Offend (6) 21st May 2020
#34 across Offence, however slight? (6) 19th March 2020
#13 across Affront (6) 24th January 2020
#20 across Offence (6) 7th August 2019
#38 down Affront (6) 22nd March 2019
#20 across Offend (6) 26th December 2018
#20 across Affront (6) 25th April 2018

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Polish workers, sturdy and straight! (5)
#2 down Ran into a bit of trouble on the tube (5)
#3 down Name the chap to get past (4)
#4 across Means trouble, though the damage is slight (6)
#4 down To thieve, we hear, is something hard (5)
#5 down Can they break softly out of traps? (4)
#6 down Shot up to the top before Ted (6)
#7 across What no winner is out for (3,5)
#8 across Property in eye-opening condition (6)
#9 down Dishes a chap in the SAS (6)
#10 across A first attempt at fighting outside the ring (5)