Peter the painter?(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Peter the painter?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 21st August 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to SCOTT
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.
- #36 across Greatly exclamatory novelist? (5) 6th October 2025
- #5 down Peter the painter? (5) 21st August 2025
- #1 down Writer of Caledonian tales initially (5) 12th November 2024
- #20 down That great explorer (5) 9th July 2024
- #12 across He was of remarkable greatness (5) 14th March 2024
- #20 down Boy's name (5) 18th September 2023
- #25 down His very greatness occasioned exclamation (5) 26th October 2022
- #6 across Boy's name (5) 17th August 2022
- #20 down He provided Ivan with an agricultural implement (5) 31st January 2022
- #1 down His Lady was of the Lake (5) 11th November 2021
- #1 across Great novelist said to be what he was (5) 12th October 2021
- #36 across Greatly exclamatory novelist? (5) 30th March 2020
- #5 down Peter the painter? (5) 8th January 2020
- #7 down Like Sir Walter, Robert was remarkably great (5) 2nd December 2019
- #1 down Writer of Caledonian tales initially (5) 16th August 2018
- #20 down That great explorer (5) 23rd April 2018
- #12 across He was of remarkable greatness (5) 9th January 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 21st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Hot music? (6)
- #1 down The word for freedom (6)
- #2 down Ladies may have high ones (6)
- #3 down An entrance one can get out of (4)
- #4 down The way bread is cooked (7)
- #6 down Look around for a spoon? (5)
- #7 across A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?) (8)
- #8 across One's holiday in the balance? (4)
- #8 down Like fire spreading all over the place (4)
- #9 down Not a nice place to stay around mid-day (3)