Try to finish fast after a setback(4 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Try to finish fast after a setback”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 5th January 2026.
The answer is
T
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S
T
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- #25 down Trial (4) 10th September 2026
- #17 across Try out (4) 5th September 2026
- #25 down Trial (4) 31st August 2026
- #31 down Trial (4) 19th August 2026
- #7 down Trial (4) 14th August 2026
- #24 across Try out (4) 12th August 2026
- #3 down Trial (4) 20th July 2026
- #5 down Try out (4) 11th July 2026
- #25 across Trial (4) 26th June 2026
- #33 down Trial (4) 29th May 2026
- #28 across Trial (4) 5th May 2026
- #32 down Trial (4) 28th April 2026
- #25 across Trial (4) 24th March 2026
- #18 down Try (4) 20th February 2026
- #4 down Trial (4) 14th January 2026
- #21 across Trial (4) 12th January 2026
- #21 across Trial (4) 6th January 2026
- #14 across Try to finish fast after a setback (4) 5th January 2026
- #4 down Trial (4) 2nd January 2026
- #21 across Trial (4) 31st December 2025
- #22 across Experiment (4) 10th December 2025
- #32 down Experiment (4) 19th November 2025
- #25 down Trial (4) 7th November 2025
- #32 down Trial (4) 26th October 2025
- #31 down Trial (4) 22nd July 2025
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- #33 down Trial (4) 25th February 2025
- #23 down Trial (4) 5th February 2025
- #24 across Try out (4) 10th December 2024
- #23 across Try (4) 22nd October 2024
- #34 across Trial (4) 3rd September 2024
- #33 down Trial (4) 9th August 2024
- #24 across A trying setback with the right conclusion (4) 17th June 2024
- #14 across Trial (4) 19th April 2024
- #33 down Trial (4) 15th March 2024
- #8 down Try out (4) 19th December 2023
- #11 across Trial (4) 27th October 2023
- #23 down Trial (4) 6th September 2023
- #33 across Trial (4) 14th July 2023
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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 5th January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Quick way to get fit by exercise (5)
- #2 down A bit of a pig maybe sets out to live in them (5)
- #3 down Dear Charles has that roguish quality (4)
- #4 across Where to shoot duck in the W. Indies (6)
- #4 down Of tribal significance, it can carry a lot (5)
- #5 down To make a buzzer loud, takes power (4)
- #6 down In general, like the past? (6)
- #7 across Final defeat in a pool game, possibly? (8)
- #8 across Song belter maybe? (6)
- #9 down News story about the Left? (6)
- #10 across Meat that comes in pots? (5)