Strike as being old-fashioned?(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Strike as being old-fashioned?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 12th August 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to SMITE
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.
- #1 across Bad times can hit you hard (5) 29th November 2025
- #16 down Strike as being old-fashioned? (5) 12th August 2025
- #2 across Hit (5) 5th June 2025
- #8 across Hit (5) 31st March 2025
- #30 across Hit (5) 11th September 2024
- #12 down Strike (5) 19th July 2024
- #38 across Whack with a rolled up Times (5) 29th May 2024
- #32 down Hit (5) 26th February 2024
- #6 down It's me, struggling to make a hit (5) 1st February 2023
- #27 across Strike in troubled times (5) 19th April 2022
- #1 across Bad times can hit you hard (5) 16th June 2020
- #16 down Strike as being old-fashioned? (5) 24th December 2019
- #2 across Hit (5) 19th March 2019
- #30 across Hit (5) 19th July 2018
- #12 down Strike (5) 1st June 2018
- #38 across Whack with a rolled up Times (5) 19th March 2018
- #32 down Hit (5) 29th January 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 12th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Accept no authority from a fatheaded oaf (5)
- #2 down Sick of being kept in reserve? (4,2)
- #3 down Valid way for us to get fit (6)
- #4 down Instant healthy-looking colour? (3)
- #5 down Singular thing to shoot on the river! (5)
- #6 across A slim assortment of postal packages (5)
- #6 down Somehow name the gas (7)
- #7 down Like a backward, pale appearance? (4)
- #8 down Would she fib about a fathead? (6)
- #9 across In the wild, they don't contrive to save gas (7)
- #10 across Gigantic source of taint (5)