Self-effacing(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Self-effacing”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 24th October 2025.

The answer is

M O D E S T

6 letters · most recently seen on 24th October 2025

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#42 across Shy (6) 1st August 2026
#42 across Reserved (6) 4th June 2026
#33 down The retiring editor enters, very unassuming (6) 24th April 2026
#7 down Demure (6) 24th April 2026
#39 across Demure (6) 26th March 2026
#19 across Reserved (6) 13th February 2026
#42 across Demure (6) 26th January 2026
#7 down Demure (6) 21st December 2025
#4 across Humble (6) 18th November 2025
#42 across Demure (6) 17th November 2025
#19 across Self-effacing (6) 24th October 2025
#23 down Tom's wrong about Des being unassuming (6) 5th March 2024
#4 across Humble (6) 8th November 2023
#23 down Being humble is unexceptional (6) 30th May 2023
#30 across The majority are about half dead and pretty small (6) 16th May 2023
#26 down Retiring (6) 2nd December 2022
#24 down Demure (6) 2nd June 2022
#26 down Demure (6) 15th April 2022
#4 across The majority are about half dead and not particularly good (6) 3rd March 2022
#1 across Humble (6) 19th January 2022
#42 across Demure (6) 6th July 2021
#26 down Demure (6) 14th June 2021
#33 down The retiring editor enters, very unassuming (6) 16th April 2021
#42 across Shy (6) 31st March 2021
#19 across Reserved (6) 5th February 2021
#42 across Reserved (6) 8th January 2021
#7 down Demure (6) 12th November 2020
#19 across Self-effacing (6) 16th October 2020
#39 across Demure (6) 2nd October 2020
#26 down Demure (6) 25th June 2020
#4 across Humble (6) 28th May 2020
#42 across Demure (6) 27th April 2020
#23 down Tom’s upset about Des being merely middling (6) 6th February 2020
#4 across Humble (6) 13th June 2019
#21 down Humble (6) 28th May 2019

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