The appeal of the quiet part of the country(4 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “The appeal of the quiet part of the country”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 29th January 2026.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to PLEA
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- #10 down Excuse (4) 16th August 2026
- #23 across Entreaty (4) 28th July 2026
- #25 across Excuse (4) 25th July 2026
- #25 across Excuse (4) 27th June 2026
- #15 across Excuse (4) 9th June 2026
- #13 across Excuse (4) 25th May 2026
- #5 down Excuse (4) 19th April 2026
- #34 down Excuse (4) 24th March 2026
- #5 down Excuse (4) 14th March 2026
- #4 down Request (4) 27th February 2026
- #5 down The appeal of the quiet part of the country (4) 29th January 2026
- #20 across Earnest request (4) 16th January 2026
- #23 across Excuse (4) 19th November 2025
- #10 down Excuse (4) 12th November 2025
- #5 down Excuse (4) 6th November 2025
- #5 down Excuse (4) 17th October 2025
- #4 down Excuse (4) 25th September 2025
- #23 across Entreaty (4) 30th August 2025
- #23 across An excuse to leap wildly? (4) 21st August 2025
- #25 across Excuse (4) 17th August 2025
- #25 across Excuse (4) 7th August 2025
- #33 across Excuse (4) 16th July 2025
- #10 across Excuse (4) 23rd May 2025
- #23 across An appeal, or maybe part of one (4) 3rd May 2025
- #30 down Excuse (4) 21st January 2025
- #4 down Excuse (4) 3rd January 2025
- #7 across Excuse (4) 11th October 2024
- #23 across Entreaty (4) 17th September 2024
- #24 across Excuse (4) 8th August 2024
- #32 across Excuse (4) 3rd June 2024
- #32 across Excuse (4) 7th May 2024
- #16 down Excuse (4) 12th April 2024
- #23 across Only an excuse, but it sure is fun! (4) 3rd April 2024
- #24 across Request (4) 28th March 2024
- #13 across Excuse (4) 11th March 2024
- #23 across An appeal, or maybe part of one (4) 8th February 2024
- #13 across Entreaty (4) 24th January 2024
- #3 down Only an excuse, but this sure is fun! (4) 18th October 2023
- #7 across Excuse (4) 17th October 2023
- #25 across Excuse (4) 28th August 2023
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 29th January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Biblical dog country? (5)
- #2 down Rabid for something like scrambled eggs? (5)
- #3 down It's said to be high in the Hebrides (4)
- #4 across Lying with a bend in the backbone (6)
- #4 down Yearns to match the size (5)
- #6 down Figure there's a strangely tinny effect about a note (6)
- #7 across A traditionally incisive departure out East (4-4)
- #8 across New angles, one gathers (6)
- #9 down Diminish what's left at Big Bertha's place (6)
- #10 across Hardly a good present! (5)