Remains while the female hides inside(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Remains while the female hides inside”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 20th June 2025.

The answer is

A S H E S

5 letters · most recently seen on 20th June 2025

Other clues that solve to ASHES

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#30 across Burnt remains (5) 20th June 2026
#16 down Embers (5) 27th May 2026
#2 down A woman's reminders of past warmth (5) 16th March 2026
#16 down A woman's possible reminder of an old flame (5) 4th March 2026
#14 down Remains of a fire (5) 27th January 2026
#36 across Something a woman's burnt? (5) 22nd October 2025
#26 down Fire remains (5) 20th October 2025
#4 down A female's cricket trophy? (5) 3rd September 2025
#38 across Fire remains (5) 20th July 2025
#20 down Remains while the female hides inside (5) 20th June 2025
#31 across Fire remains (5) 14th May 2025
#7 down Burnt remains (5) 16th April 2025
#10 across Trophy worth some cash, essentially? (5) 2nd April 2025
#28 down Remains of a fire (5) 17th December 2024
#6 down Trophy hotly contested (5) 9th December 2024
#28 down Burnt remains (5) 5th November 2024
#12 down Remains (5) 31st October 2024
#5 down Remains as he is (5) 19th June 2024
#13 down They can hardly be flammable (5) 5th June 2024
#16 down Fire remains (5) 15th February 2024
#18 down Fire remains (5) 29th January 2024
#7 down Remains (5) 21st December 2023
#11 across Burnt remains (5) 18th December 2023
#34 across Fire remains (5) 23rd November 2023
#38 across A female's what some cricketers dream of (5) 23rd November 2023
#31 across Burnt remains (5) 6th November 2023
#11 across Fire remains (5) 3rd October 2023
#1 down All that's left of English cricket? (5) 21st September 2023
#5 down A female's sporting trophy? (5) 12th July 2023
#19 across The cricket trophy, but not to be seen (5) 17th January 2023
#27 down Points to the wood after the fire's gone out (5) 16th January 2023
#31 across Those of a cricket body? (5) 12th December 2022
#20 down Burnt remains (5) 27th September 2022
#30 across Burnt remains (5) 5th April 2022
#30 across Cremated cricket (5) 8th February 2022
#1 down A female's a trophy, in a sense (5) 23rd December 2021
#20 down Embers (5) 2nd December 2021
#31 down Cricket remains of burning interest to some (5) 21st October 2021
#26 across Remains of a female's fire? (5) 20th July 2021
#30 across Burnt remains (5) 27th April 2021

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 20th June 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Mad to find one's accounts not coming out even? (10)
#2 down Some net return (4)
#3 down Undertook, though enraged, to mend the hole in (6,2)
#4 down Scold for always standing around (7)
#5 down "Being more successful than is good for you" is overstating it (5,3,3)
#6 down First agree about its being in keeping with (10)
#7 down Spill the beans, when back, about her (6)
#8 down Show on the record that you are beaten by (8)
#9 across Snarl up the net badly that you fish with (8)
#10 across Overstated the number (3)
#10 down Customer the pub gets the highest return from? (5)