Truly it can be hard to say(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Truly it can be hard to say”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 9th December 2025.
The answer is
R
U
R
A
L
Other clues that solve to RURAL
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- #14 down Rustic (5) 1st October 2026
- #29 down Rustic (5) 15th September 2026
- #27 down Rustic (5) 27th August 2026
- #7 down Rustic (5) 13th August 2026
- #29 down Rustic (5) 17th July 2026
- #28 down Rustic (5) 13th June 2026
- #29 down Rustic (5) 15th May 2026
- #12 across Rustic (5) 30th April 2026
- #16 down Rustic (5) 14th April 2026
- #11 across Rustic (5) 18th March 2026
- #28 down Rustic (5) 16th February 2026
- #16 across Rustic (5) 28th January 2026
- #10 across Rustic (5) 11th January 2026
- #29 down Rustic (5) 12th December 2025
- #6 down Truly it can be hard to say (5) 9th December 2025
- #27 down Out in the country, right over the river (5) 16th November 2025
- #19 across Rustic (5) 12th October 2025
- #29 down Rustic (5) 3rd October 2025
- #27 across Rustic (5) 25th September 2025
- #24 across Rustic (5) 23rd August 2025
- #28 across Rustic (5) 8th July 2025
- #14 down A truly difficult word to say? (5) 10th April 2025
- #4 down Rustic (5) 24th March 2025
- #2 down Pastoral (5) 28th February 2025
- #20 down Rustic (5) 31st January 2025
- #12 across Rustic (5) 29th January 2025
- #27 down Truly this can be tricky to pronounce (5) 4th November 2024
- #4 down Rustic (5) 21st October 2024
- #27 down Like the air terminal over the river, not in town (5) 16th October 2024
- #6 down Rustic (5) 18th July 2024
- #27 down Rustic (5) 25th March 2024
- #15 down Rustic (5) 29th February 2024
- #10 across Rustic (5) 21st December 2023
- #29 down Rustic (5) 12th December 2023
- #27 across Out of town, it's right to reach a conjectural conclusion (5) 27th November 2023
- #29 down Rustic (5) 14th November 2023
- #4 down Rustic (5) 3rd November 2023
- #26 across It's truly hard to say if you're drunk (5) 4th October 2023
- #27 down Rustic (5) 18th September 2023
- #12 across Rustic (5) 18th September 2023
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 9th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
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- #2 down How one might defend being devious about a ticket seller (7)
- #3 across Role player (5)
- #4 down Calm and collected when out of control? (4)
- #5 down King never crowned, one imagines (6)
- #7 down Philosophical about the calamitous cost when one is taken in (5)
- #8 across Such charges can be dropped (5)
- #9 down For each childless person (3)
- #10 across When a teetotaler enters to make purchase, it's a sandwich (5)
- #11 across The French love him (3)