See intricate detail as something strongly defensible(7 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “See intricate detail as something strongly defensible”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 19th August 2025.

The answer is

C I T A D E L

7 letters · most recently seen on 19th August 2025

Other clues that solve to CITADEL

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.

#2 down City fortress (7) 28th April 2026
#19 down Fortified building (7) 11th January 2026
#19 down See intricate detail as a strong point (7) 11th January 2026
#13 down Fortified building (7) 8th December 2025
#17 across Fortress (7) 19th November 2025
#19 down Fortified building (7) 9th September 2025
#23 down Fortified building (7) 24th August 2025
#2 down See intricate detail as something strongly defensible (7) 19th August 2025
#2 down Fortified building (7) 2nd April 2025
#19 down Refuge (7) 2nd September 2024
#4 down Fortified building (7) 6th May 2024
#13 across Fortified building (7) 22nd February 2024
#4 down Fortified building (7) 5th December 2023
#13 across Fortified building (7) 24th October 2023
#4 down City stronghold (7) 9th May 2023
#21 across Fortified building (7) 6th March 2023
#25 across Figures out the wrong date for a building (7) 7th February 2023
#2 down Fortified building (7) 30th January 2023
#4 down Fortified building (7) 22nd June 2022
#13 down City fortress (7) 3rd March 2022
#21 down City fortress (7) 15th December 2021
#4 down City fortress (7) 4th August 2021
#2 down City fortress (7) 8th February 2021
#19 down See intricate detail as a strong point (7) 24th August 2020
#19 down Fortified building (7) 17th August 2020
#13 down Fortified building (7) 18th June 2020
#17 across Fortress (7) 29th April 2020
#19 down Fortified building (7) 28th January 2020
#2 down See intricate detail as something strongly defensible (7) 6th January 2020
#23 down Fortified building (7) 30th December 2019
#11 down Fortress (7) 25th November 2019
#2 down Fortified building (7) 18th November 2019
#13 down Fortified building (7) 26th September 2019
#25 across See intricate detail as a strong point (7) 26th March 2019
#2 down Fortified building (7) 17th December 2018
#19 down Refuge (7) 29th May 2018
#4 down Fortified building (7) 21st February 2018

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 19th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down Swim round the pierhead and drive off (5)
#3 across Something written with diplomacy about the ruling head (5)
#4 down Unusually meaty? (4)
#5 down A good house converted cheap at Leatherhead (6)
#6 down Processed, some nicotine is medicinal (5)
#7 down Diminish what the seaman had to eat (5)
#8 across Cat man? (5)
#9 down Boy in trouble, naturally (3)
#10 across Pursuit, possibly on a horse (5)
#11 across A favourite trumpet piece (3)