Shopkeeper who's behaving as though he were a doctor?(6 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Shopkeeper who's behaving as though he were a doctor?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025.
The answer is
D
R
A
P
E
R
Other clues that solve to DRAPER
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.
- #25 down Dealer in cloth (6) 23rd July 2026
- #18 down Cloth dealer (6) 20th May 2026
- #18 down Dealer in cloth (6) 18th April 2026
- #28 across Shopkeeper (6) 4th April 2026
- #8 across Dealer in fabrics (6) 23rd November 2025
- #18 down Dealer in fabrics (6) 20th September 2025
- #31 across Shopkeeper who's behaving as though he were a doctor? (6) 1st August 2025
- #26 across One who has a job to hang curtains? (6) 12th March 2025
- #4 across Dealer in fabrics (6) 11th March 2025
- #18 down Dealer in fabrics (6) 10th June 2024
- #12 across A shopkeeper, a doctor and a retired salesman (6) 5th May 2023
- #2 down Dealer in fabrics (6) 14th December 2022
- #2 down Dealer in fabrics (6) 13th October 2022
- #28 across Shopkeeper (6) 12th September 2022
- #25 down Dealer in cloth (6) 16th June 2021
- #18 down Cloth dealer (6) 11th March 2021
- #18 down Dealer in cloth (6) 21st January 2021
- #28 across Shopkeeper (6) 15th October 2020
- #31 across Shopkeeper who’s behaving as though he were a doctor? (6) 31st July 2020
- #8 across Dealer in fabrics (6) 4th June 2020
- #18 down Dealer in fabrics (6) 13th February 2020
- #28 across Shopkeeper (6) 24th October 2019
- #26 across One who has a job to hang curtains? (6) 10th December 2018
- #4 across Dealer in fabrics (6) 22nd November 2018
- #12 across A shopkeeper, a doctor and a retired salesman (6) 1st June 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong (6)
- #2 down Mark the urban area where there's shortage (8)
- #3 down Drink you having during flight when it's cold? (3,2,3,3)
- #4 down Well, then I got confused and embarrassed (2,3,4)
- #5 down They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots! (7)
- #6 down Keeps a close eye on, though there's no longer any resistance (6,4)
- #7 down So you take leave at the end of September (4)
- #8 across Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girl (5,2)
- #9 across Going off then to pack a kind of vase (2,3,4)
- #10 down Having the salesman walk up to is smart (6)
- #11 down Argument coming back I'd got terribly upset by (7)