Soak the leg due to be operated on(6 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Soak the leg due to be operated on”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 26th December 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to DELUGE
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.
- #24 down Flood (6) 24th September 2026
- #23 down Flood (6) 1st July 2026
- #36 down Soak the leg due to be operated on (6) 26th December 2025
- #28 across Flood (6) 23rd May 2025
- #42 across Flood (6) 22nd January 2025
- #25 down Pull into the river, where there's a lot of water (6) 16th December 2024
- #36 across Downpour (6) 19th January 2024
- #18 across It was long ago, but not quite antediluvian (6) 21st December 2021
- #42 across Flood (6) 17th December 2021
- #24 down Flood (6) 15th June 2021
- #23 down Flood (6) 13th May 2021
- #36 down Soak the leg due to be operated on (6) 18th December 2020
- #4 down Great flood (6) 18th September 2020
- #19 across Drag into a river in flood (6) 24th June 2019
- #42 across Flood (6) 19th November 2018
- #25 down Pull into the river, where there's a lot of water (6) 19th September 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)
- #8 down Shrinking from the old crone holding the box (6)
- #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)