Poles always scoff, it seems!(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Poles always scoff, it seems!”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 30th December 2025.

The answer is

S N E E R

5 letters · most recently seen on 30th December 2025

Other clues that solve to SNEER

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#6 down Scornful expression (5) 8th October 2026
#26 across Scoff (5) 6th October 2026
#12 down Poles always scoff, it seems (5) 30th September 2026
#16 down Snigger at a soothsayer having a bit of fun! (5) 16th September 2026
#17 down Rene's wrong to scoff! (5) 10th September 2026
#28 down Scornful expression (5) 17th August 2026
#34 across Scornful expression (5) 26th July 2026
#16 down Scornful expression (5) 13th July 2026
#26 across Scornful expression (5) 9th May 2026
#19 across Look disdainfully both ways, always? (5) 15th January 2026
#14 down Poles always scoff, it seems! (5) 30th December 2025
#17 down Scornful expression (5) 11th November 2025
#33 across Scoff (5) 23rd October 2025
#30 across Scornful expression (5) 29th September 2025
#26 across Scornful expression (5) 18th September 2025
#31 across Scornful expression (5) 26th June 2025
#8 across Scoff (5) 23rd May 2025
#19 across Scornful expression (5) 10th April 2025
#15 down Scornful expression (5) 13th March 2025
#25 down Poles always seem unimpressed! (5) 31st October 2024
#8 down Gibe (5) 19th September 2024
#23 across Scoff (5) 30th August 2024
#40 across Scoff (5) 28th June 2024
#19 across Scornful expression (5) 18th April 2024
#15 down Show contempt of an out-of-the-way visionary (5) 1st January 2024
#40 across Scoff (5) 14th September 2023
#19 across Scornful expression (5) 12th September 2023
#19 down Scoff (5) 20th July 2023
#26 across There are different ways perpetually to show contempt (5) 12th June 2023
#15 down Scoff (5) 25th May 2023
#26 across In different ways, always show contempt (5) 28th February 2023
#31 across Scornful expression (5) 27th February 2023
#26 across Scornful expression (5) 3rd January 2023
#13 down Scoff (5) 26th October 2022
#41 across Scoff (5) 22nd September 2022
#19 across Scornful expression (5) 21st September 2022
#25 down Contradictory points always bring a show of contempt (5) 17th August 2022
#33 across Scoff (5) 20th July 2022
#5 down Scornful expression (5) 7th June 2022
#30 down Scornful expression (5) 18th April 2022

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 30th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across It's rough when a raw beginner gets in a mess (5)
#2 down Such figures are not Roman (6)
#3 down Fairy showing malice outright! (6)
#4 down There's a street market for it in London (3)
#5 down Bind or untie, possibly (5)
#6 across Because a gloss finish can be nice (5)
#6 down Vendors holding twice the cash as prophets (7)
#7 down One much admired though said to be idle (4)
#8 down One side of Glasgow (6)
#9 across Maybe one has gasped about such a lady! (7)
#10 across What a couple can do when, again, there's an R in the month (5)