Punctuation mark(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Punctuation mark”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 4th March 2026.

The answer is

C O L O N

5 letters · most recently seen on 4th March 2026

Other clues that solve to COLON

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.

#15 down In punctuation, does it make a point twice? (5) 11th April 2026
#18 down Punctuation mark (5) 4th March 2026
#19 across Punctuation mark (5) 10th February 2026
#12 across A personal piece of punctuation (5) 26th January 2026
#1 across Punctuation mark (5) 1st November 2025
#12 down Pass forward at a certain mark (5) 14th September 2025
#14 down Punctuation mark (5) 20th August 2025
#12 across Punctuation mark (5) 7th August 2025
#37 across Punctuation mark (5) 3rd July 2025
#21 down Mark at two points? (5) 14th June 2025
#18 down Mark with two dots (5) 9th January 2025
#12 across Punctuation mark (5) 16th October 2024
#1 down Mark goes ahead when an officer leads (5) 19th September 2024
#5 down Punctuation mark (5) 5th August 2024
#15 down Punctuation mark (5) 27th June 2024
#10 across Punctuation mark (5) 29th May 2024
#35 down The punctuation, pass over (5) 26th April 2024
#14 down Mark with two points (5) 25th April 2024
#16 across Punctuation mark (5) 8th April 2024
#32 across Punctuation mark (5) 8th December 2023
#32 down Punctuation mark (5) 29th November 2023
#16 across Punctuation mark (5) 18th April 2023
#1 down A dotty mark? (5) 30th January 2023
#26 across Dotty punctuation mark? (5) 3rd November 2022
#32 across Punctuation (5) 29th July 2022
#19 across Punctuation mark (5) 21st June 2022
#5 down Mark takes an officer ahead (5) 14th June 2022
#12 across As an officer gets advanced, this can give pause (5) 10th May 2022
#1 down Pass forward, albeit with cause to pause (5) 14th April 2022
#15 down Punctuation mark (5) 22nd March 2022
#15 down Punctuation mark (5) 20th April 2021
#15 down In punctuation, does it make a point twice? (5) 12th January 2021
#18 down Punctuation mark (5) 17th November 2020
#19 across Punctuation mark (5) 14th October 2020
#12 across A personal piece of punctuation (5) 21st September 2020
#1 across Punctuation mark (5) 28th April 2020
#12 down Pass forward at a certain mark (5) 18th February 2020
#14 down Punctuation mark (5) 24th December 2019
#19 across Mark possibly showing it's cool to the north (5) 10th December 2019
#12 across Punctuation mark (5) 9th December 2019

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