Something afoot when boats are wrecked(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Something afoot when boats are wrecked”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 29th December 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to SABOT
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 Shoe (5) 1st September 2026
- #26 across Shoe (5) 25th June 2026
- #21 across Shoe (5) 19th May 2026
- #22 across Something afoot that may wreck boats (5) 7th April 2026
- #12 across Footwear a drunkard got out for a sailor (5) 28th March 2026
- #37 across Clog (5) 31st January 2026
- #12 down Wooden shoe (5) 19th January 2026
- #34 across Something afoot when boats are wrecked (5) 29th December 2025
- #27 across Wooden shoe (5) 27th December 2025
- #12 down Wooden shoe (5) 26th November 2025
- #6 across Wooden shoe (5) 12th October 2025
- #12 across The age of wrecked boats? (5) 2nd October 2025
- #12 down Wooden shoe (5) 28th August 2025
- #25 down Wooden shoe (5) 17th August 2025
- #34 across Wooden shoe (5) 23rd July 2025
- #1 across Wooden shoe (5) 13th July 2025
- #19 across Wooden shoe (5) 8th May 2025
- #27 across Wooden shoe (5) 13th March 2025
- #26 across Something afoot - e.g., wrecking boats (5) 6th January 2025
- #1 down Wooden shoe (5) 25th December 2024
- #13 across Wooden shoe (5) 23rd December 2024
- #15 down Wooden boats possibly showing signs of wear (5) 31st October 2024
- #15 down Shoe, for a time like a spanner in the works? (5) 24th October 2024
- #19 across Wooden shoe (5) 23rd September 2024
- #26 across A mariner, taking a boozer round, goes on foot (5) 3rd September 2024
- #30 down Wooden shoe (5) 29th August 2024
- #5 down Wooden shoe (5) 10th July 2024
- #7 down Something afoot to boast about? (5) 2nd July 2024
- #26 across Footwear of a destructive age? (5) 27th May 2024
- #15 down Something afoot when a drunkard embraces a sailor (5) 23rd May 2024
- #34 across Wooden shoe (5) 27th March 2024
- #15 across Wooden shoe (5) 11th January 2024
- #11 across Wooden shoe (5) 10th October 2023
- #38 across Wooden shoe (5) 4th September 2023
- #18 down Something afoot at an age that's destructive (5) 19th July 2023
- #37 across Clog (5) 11th July 2023
- #14 down Wooden shoe (5) 5th June 2023
- #15 down Wooden shoe (5) 21st March 2023
- #27 across Wild boast of something afoot? (5) 20th March 2023
- #7 down Wooden shoe (5) 30th January 2023
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 29th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Sweetie money? (5)
- #2 down Views, maybe from space, of planets with no aircraft? (7)
- #3 across Choose a new spelling for `ichamps^i (5)
- #4 down The nut in charge (4)
- #5 down He's after big things at sea (6)
- #6 down Deplorably shifty about publicity (5)
- #7 down More than one could be produced in Madras (5)
- #8 across A code some get wrong outright! (5)
- #9 down Animal on toast? (3)
- #10 across Worry a fellow (5)
- #11 across Cut short, left work (3)