Part of a church in a state of collapse(4 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Part of a church in a state of collapse”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 12th August 2025.

The answer is

A P S E

4 letters · most recently seen on 12th August 2025

Other clues that solve to APSE

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#31 across The Church's part in a chap's education (4) 30th April 2026
#23 across Church recess (4) 23rd April 2026
#32 down Church recess (4) 9th April 2026
#2 down Recess in church (4) 9th January 2026
#33 down In church, most chaps find a little ease (4) 21st December 2025
#28 across Recess in a church (4) 28th November 2025
#17 across Part of a church in a state of collapse (4) 12th August 2025
#31 across An afterthought, note, in church (4) 14th April 2025
#31 across Alcove (4) 19th February 2025
#25 across Recess (4) 15th January 2025
#34 down Recess (4) 5th November 2024
#33 down Church recess (4) 30th April 2024
#23 down Recess (4) 29th January 2024
#24 down Some of the cheap seats in church (4) 2nd January 2024
#17 across Church recess (4) 25th December 2023
#3 down In the church, a postscript to a note (4) 12th October 2023
#24 down Partial new aspect of a church feature (4) 16th August 2023
#5 down Church recess (4) 26th April 2023
#31 across An afterthought, note, in church (4) 28th December 2022
#24 across Some of the cheap seats in church! (4) 17th November 2022
#24 down Church recess (4) 27th October 2022
#22 across Church recess (4) 5th October 2022
#31 across In church, is it partly collapsed? (4) 18th August 2022
#23 across Church recess (4) 21st February 2022
#31 across The Church's part in a chap's education (4) 10th February 2021
#23 across Church recess (4) 1st February 2021
#32 down Church recess (4) 11th January 2021
#17 across Part of a church in a state of collapse (4) 24th December 2019
#31 across An afterthought, note, in church (4) 9th January 2019
#31 across Alcove (4) 17th December 2018
#25 across Recess (4) 12th November 2018
#34 down Recess (4) 12th September 2018
#33 down Church recess (4) 15th February 2018
#23 down Recess (4) 1st January 2018

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 12th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across Accept no authority from a fatheaded oaf (5)
#2 down Sick of being kept in reserve? (4,2)
#3 down Valid way for us to get fit (6)
#4 down Instant healthy-looking colour? (3)
#5 down Singular thing to shoot on the river! (5)
#6 across A slim assortment of postal packages (5)
#6 down Somehow name the gas (7)
#7 down Like a backward, pale appearance? (4)
#8 down Would she fib about a fathead? (6)
#9 across In the wild, they don't contrive to save gas (7)
#10 across Gigantic source of taint (5)