Once popular dancing turn(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Once popular dancing turn”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 30th October 2025.

The answer is

T W I S T

5 letters · most recently seen on 30th October 2025

Other clues that solve to TWIST

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.

#22 down Turn (5) 4th September 2026
#10 across Coil (5) 19th August 2026
#1 down Not an honest turn (5) 8th August 2026
#29 down Tangle (5) 2nd February 2026
#38 across Coil, spin (5) 26th January 2026
#10 across Coil, spin (5) 16th December 2025
#3 across Cheat at every turn? (5) 1st December 2025
#3 across Cheat twits cleverly (5) 11th November 2025
#20 down Once popular dancing turn (5) 30th October 2025
#1 down Sharp turn by Oliver? (5) 28th September 2025
#10 down Do, when there's a surprise development (5) 5th September 2025
#1 across Twine (5) 18th June 2025
#20 down Contort (5) 13th November 2024
#18 across Contort (5) 1st November 2024
#30 across Turn (5) 25th September 2024
#1 across Wreathe (5) 26th July 2024
#11 down With the surprise in the plot, don't play fair (5) 28th June 2024
#1 down Contort (5) 31st January 2024
#31 down Do a turn as 'Oliver' (5) 10th January 2024
#21 across Wrench (5) 7th December 2023
#16 down Coil, spin (5) 17th October 2023
#20 down Don't stick at pontoon! (5) 2nd October 2023
#13 across Turn the small mug round (5) 15th September 2023
#20 down Cheat misguided twits (5) 4th September 2023
#14 across Contort (5) 23rd June 2023
#1 down Do the dance (5) 12th April 2023
#13 down A dancing turn? (5) 20th March 2023
#20 down Cheat silly twits (5) 11th October 2022
#22 down Sprain, when you turn round (5) 19th August 2022
#1 down Contort (5) 29th June 2022
#10 across Contort (5) 10th May 2022
#27 down Tangle (5) 28th April 2022
#1 across Contort (5) 15th February 2022
#1 down Cheat foolish twits (5) 27th January 2022
#1 down Loaf, perhaps, a dishonest thing to do (5) 18th November 2021
#10 across Coil (5) 27th July 2021
#1 down Not an honest turn (5) 8th July 2021
#22 down Turn (5) 7th May 2021
#38 across Coil, spin (5) 14th September 2020
#10 down Do, when there’s a surprise development (5) 4th September 2020

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 30th October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Being hunted, one imagines, breaks ranks (5)
#2 down Official accustomed to being denied (7)
#3 across Fit possibly to pass muster initially? (5)
#4 down Seem pleased, yet turn up with a growl (4)
#5 down Arranging asters looks hard (6)
#6 down Manufacturer offering no choice? (5)
#7 down Mythical charmer never quite dear to me (5)
#8 across Draw the conclusion there's no end to the fire! (5)
#9 down She may be a bit of a fool (3)
#10 across Thanks, boy, for the stories (5)
#11 across Chap in the hospital forecourt (3)