Preferred to make a top name?(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Preferred to make a top name?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 20th January 2026.
The answer is
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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.
- #4 down Chose (5) 11th July 2026
- #27 down Chose to upset the top man (5) 18th June 2026
- #21 across Chose to make a work Edwardian (5) 10th March 2026
- #18 down Chose a different depot (5) 10th February 2026
- #18 down Preferred to make a top name? (5) 20th January 2026
- #23 across Chose (5) 11th March 2025
- #34 across Chose a musical production by name (5) 4th December 2024
- #18 down Chosen but not fully adopted (5) 22nd February 2023
- #14 down Chose (5) 3rd May 2022
- #4 down Chose (5) 27th May 2021
- #27 down Chose to upset the top man (5) 26th April 2021
- #21 across Chose to make a work Edwardian (5) 25th November 2020
- #18 down Chose a different depot (5) 14th October 2020
- #18 down Preferred to make a top name? (5) 9th September 2020
- #16 down Chosen as a noted new poet? (5) 7th October 2019
- #18 down Work with Edward, as chosen (5) 4th September 2019
- #23 across Chose (5) 4th January 2019
- #34 across Chose a musical production by name (5) 10th September 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 20th January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across No, it can't stop you getting nailed (6)
- #1 down Arrange loads around the nerve centre of the back (6)
- #2 down Is game to make pictures (6)
- #3 down Grant money at last (4)
- #4 down Hurry into bed when whisked away (7)
- #5 down Charlie was in debt, and subdued (5)
- #6 down Breaks that interrupt the music making? (5)
- #7 across All those noted for being truly individual (8)
- #8 across A bright start in French, perhaps (4)
- #8 down It's silly to get back with a dizzy head (4)
- #9 down The little we note (3)