Pieces of land, possibly one less(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Pieces of land, possibly one less”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 8th January 2026.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to ISLES
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.
- #6 down Pieces of land, possibly one less (5) 8th January 2026
- #18 down Lives with the French, as in the Channel (5) 22nd November 2025
- #16 down Do ours exemplify British insularity? (5) 17th June 2025
- #10 across British ones are insular (5) 18th June 2024
- #5 down Of land, one maybe gets less separate pieces (5) 4th December 2023
- #30 across Is little Leslie possibly British? (5) 26th June 2023
- #5 down Though out at sea, there's a noted road to them (5) 2nd November 2022
- #19 across Being British, perhaps, lives with a man (5) 8th March 2022
- #27 across Pieces of land in Lisle Street (5) 15th February 2022
- #6 down Lives with the French in insular places (5) 22nd September 2021
- #6 down Pieces of land, possibly one less (5) 19th August 2020
- #16 down Do ours exemplify British insularity? (5) 18th March 2019
- #10 across British ones are insular (5) 2nd April 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 8th January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Clever bighead, never wrong (6)
- #1 down Bawl, i.e., in miserable style (6)
- #2 down A leading lady and good Scots queen (6)
- #3 down The ones to take a little money from a Poet Laureate (4)
- #4 down Funnily, he and his son found fame on TV (7)
- #5 down A proud walk in support of something (5)
- #7 across Ancient people with successful record it set out for (8)
- #8 across Part of cow I fed partner (4)
- #8 down Points out half of it is alcoholic! (4)
- #9 down She gave Ziegfeld a start (3)