Promise to distribute wares(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Promise to distribute wares”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 10th November 2025.

The answer is

S W E A R

5 letters · most recently seen on 10th November 2025

Other clues that solve to SWEAR

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#20 down Curse (5) 2nd July 2026
#19 across One way for a listener to use bad language (5) 6th April 2026
#30 across Curse (5) 23rd March 2026
#10 across Use bad language in the witness box? (5) 23rd March 2026
#5 down Curse (5) 28th February 2026
#26 across Use bad language (5) 12th November 2025
#1 down Promise to distribute wares (5) 10th November 2025
#2 across Curse (5) 3rd November 2025
#2 across Curse (5) 14th September 2025
#26 across I avow it's a southern river! (5) 28th August 2025
#28 down Curse (5) 12th July 2025
#3 across Promise on oath (5) 25th June 2025
#3 across Curse (5) 3rd May 2025
#10 across Use bad language in the witness box? (5) 30th January 2025
#19 across Undertake seriously to use bad language (5) 5th December 2024
#10 across Curse (5) 19th August 2024
#5 down Curse (5) 10th June 2024
#3 across Curse (5) 8th February 2024
#5 down Men do so, roughly speaking, in gents' clothing (5) 21st November 2023
#5 down Vow to give attention to certain points (5) 5th September 2023
#29 down Curse (5) 14th March 2023
#26 across Curse (5) 21st February 2023
#32 down Curse (5) 20th December 2022
#1 across Small clothes, I do declare! (5) 31st May 2022
#32 down Curse (5) 27th May 2022
#1 across Curse (5) 14th March 2022
#38 across Curse (5) 31st December 2021
#1 down Curse (5) 18th November 2021
#32 down Curse (5) 22nd June 2021
#20 down Curse (5) 17th May 2021
#19 across One way for a listener to use bad language (5) 5th January 2021
#10 across Use bad language in the witness box? (5) 15th December 2020
#30 across Curse (5) 15th December 2020
#5 down Curse (5) 10th November 2020
#1 down Promise to distribute wares (5) 28th May 2020
#26 across Use bad language (5) 19th May 2020
#2 across Curse (5) 7th April 2020
#2 across Curse (5) 28th January 2020
#26 across I avow it’s a southern river! (5) 21st January 2020
#25 down Curse (5) 26th September 2019

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 10th November 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#2 down The infection I had was watery (5)
#3 down Nothing but sweetness (4)
#4 across Staring into a ruddy great hole? (6)
#4 down Fourpenceworth of history (5)
#5 down Strip off like a swimmer, on the quiet (4)
#6 down Turner of a blind eye (6)
#7 across Stroll across to pick up the prize? (4,4)
#8 across Candidly, it's only about half ripe (6)
#9 down Go into a price change that's an eye-opener (6)
#10 across As said by some seasider on stage? (5)