Shrinking from the old crone holding the box(6 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Shrinking from the old crone holding the box”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 26th December 2025.
The answer is
H
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Other clues that solve to HATING
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.
- #7 down Certainly not enjoying a night out (6) 26th June 2026
- #26 down Loathing (6) 14th May 2026
- #8 down Shrinking from the old crone holding the box (6) 26th December 2025
- #26 down Loathing (6) 11th December 2025
- #30 across Detesting a thing being out of order (6) 7th September 2025
- #9 down A night in chaos with no loving (6) 3rd December 2024
- #34 down Not liking to hang the thing up inside (6) 5th May 2023
- #21 across Get the knack of backing it in, though not enjoying it (6) 24th December 2021
- #26 down Loathing (6) 15th October 2021
- #7 down Certainly not enjoying a night out (6) 18th June 2021
- #8 down Shrinking from the old crone holding the box (6) 18th December 2020
- #26 down Loathing (6) 10th December 2020
- #26 down Loathing (6) 29th May 2020
- #30 across Detesting a thing being out of order (6) 5th February 2020
- #9 down A night in chaos with no loving (6) 6th September 2018
- #34 down Not liking to hang the thing up inside (6) 1st June 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 26th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Holding the ties by the top and bottom (4,4)
- #2 down Want to reshuffle the side again (6)
- #3 down A kindly act that deserves our applause (4,4)
- #4 down Giving all one's attention to when camping out (6)
- #5 down Talk about expense vouchers? (8)
- #6 down Furious when someone's stamped on your toe? (7,3)
- #7 down Making a home in, with the scoundrel (7)
- #9 across Past its best, like the balloon about to pop? (9)
- #10 across Oh, back in gaol, having misbehaved? He's thoroughly lawless (8)
- #11 down Returning home mad and in a daze (7)