Plead to play the piano part(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Plead to play the piano part”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 30th October 2025.

The answer is

P E D A L

5 letters · most recently seen on 30th October 2025

Other clues that solve to PEDAL

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#12 across Foot-operated lever (5) 27th August 2026
#16 down Foot-operated lever (5) 24th June 2026
#1 down Foot-lever (5) 9th June 2026
#15 down Lever (5) 25th April 2026
#3 across Foot-lever (5) 24th March 2026
#33 across Foot-lever (5) 25th January 2026
#14 down Foot-lever (5) 10th January 2026
#14 down Foot-lever (5) 4th January 2026
#16 across Of the foot (5) 28th December 2025
#27 down Of the foot (5) 15th December 2025
#26 across Foot-lever (5) 8th November 2025
#16 down Plead to play the piano part (5) 30th October 2025
#16 down Something afoot for the cyclist (5) 12th October 2025
#31 down Foot-lever (5) 9th October 2025
#18 down Of the foot (5) 4th October 2025
#16 down Foot lever (5) 19th September 2025
#37 across Cycle (5) 30th June 2025
#33 across Foot-lever (5) 15th April 2025
#15 down Of the foot (5) 20th March 2025
#21 down For the pianist, it can be sustaining (5) 12th March 2025
#25 down Foot lever (5) 27th February 2025
#1 across When many ring out, there's something afoot (5) 6th February 2025
#16 down Foot lever (5) 6th February 2025
#12 across Foot-lever (5) 27th January 2025
#20 across Foot-lever (5) 9th January 2025
#16 down Cycle (5) 6th December 2024
#8 down Foot lever (5) 3rd October 2024
#15 across Of the foot (5) 12th September 2024
#26 across Cycle (5) 23rd July 2024
#12 down Cycle (5) 4th July 2024
#31 across Plead wildly for less than a penny-farthing! (5) 11th June 2024
#14 down Cycle (5) 6th May 2024
#28 down Part of a cycle (5) 13th March 2024
#11 across Of the foot (5) 7th March 2024
#10 down Foot-lever (5) 25th January 2024
#6 down Something afoot? (5) 2nd January 2024
#31 down Cycle (5) 8th November 2023
#26 across The organ part, though possibly on the piano? (5) 12th September 2023
#15 down Of the foot (5) 6th September 2023
#28 down Of the foot (5) 3rd August 2023

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