Piece of writing for the Standard, say?(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Piece of writing for the Standard, say?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 12th August 2025.
The answer is
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Y
Other clues that solve to ESSAY
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.
- #17 down Prose composition (5) 9th June 2026
- #3 across Composition (5) 27th May 2026
- #1 down Think you can write one? Have a go! (5) 28th April 2026
- #11 across Composition (5) 22nd April 2026
- #14 down Composition (5) 3rd April 2026
- #21 across Composition (5) 31st March 2026
- #17 down Prose composition (5) 12th March 2026
- #17 down Try (5) 25th February 2026
- #12 across Composition (5) 18th February 2026
- #38 across A shot at emulating Charlie Lamb (5) 26th January 2026
- #14 down Composition (5) 7th January 2026
- #11 across You can write it if you try (5) 18th December 2025
- #6 across Try something terribly easy around the leisure centre (5) 24th November 2025
- #33 down Composition (5) 13th November 2025
- #11 across Prose composition (5) 4th November 2025
- #12 across Composition (5) 31st October 2025
- #12 across Composition (5) 11th October 2025
- #12 across Composition (5) 1st October 2025
- #12 across Composition (5) 11th September 2025
- #38 across Prose composition (5) 8th September 2025
- #14 down Piece of writing for the Standard, say? (5) 12th August 2025
- #10 across A scholarly effort (5) 24th June 2025
- #12 down You can write one if you try (5) 16th June 2025
- #4 across Composition (5) 14th June 2025
- #27 down Try two ways, say (5) 25th May 2025
- #38 across Prose composition (5) 17th May 2025
- #17 down Composition (5) 8th May 2025
- #1 down Would you write one like a shot? (5) 23rd April 2025
- #31 across Prose composition (5) 9th April 2025
- #4 down A shot at writing (5) 4th February 2025
- #18 down Composition (5) 12th December 2024
- #11 across Composition (5) 3rd December 2024
- #17 down Prose composition (5) 5th September 2024
- #16 down Try the Evening Standard, for instance (5) 5th August 2024
- #18 down Would you write one like a shot? (5) 13th June 2024
- #13 down Prose composition (5) 13th June 2024
- #33 down Composition (5) 23rd May 2024
- #12 down Can you get shot for writing one? (5) 14th May 2024
- #4 across Composition (5) 9th May 2024
- #17 down The writing of letters, for instance (5) 17th April 2024
More clues from this puzzle
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)