Unship in a way to cause hurt(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Unship in a way to cause hurt”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 24th December 2025.

The answer is

P U N I S H

6 letters · most recently seen on 24th December 2025

Other clues that solve to PUNISH

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.

#19 across Deal with (6) 27th August 2026
#22 down Push in so as to hurt (6) 22nd July 2026
#24 down Beat by pushing endlessly around (6) 7th July 2026
#3 down Penalise (6) 7th July 2026
#23 down Unship in a way to cause hurt (6) 24th December 2025
#21 down Deal with (6) 22nd December 2025
#1 down Penalise (6) 28th November 2025
#18 across Deal with (6) 15th October 2025
#10 across Discipline (6) 5th September 2025
#18 across Deal with (6) 3rd October 2024
#19 across Deal with (6) 20th March 2024
#36 across Castigate (6) 30th January 2024
#14 across Chasten (6) 19th January 2024
#5 across Chasten (6) 12th January 2024
#36 down Penalise (6) 8th September 2023
#22 down Deal with (6) 5th June 2023
#22 down Penalise for a shipwreck around mid-June (6) 10th April 2023
#11 across Beat or force out of Northern Ireland (6) 8th March 2023
#8 across Deal with (6) 2nd February 2023
#24 down Push in so as to give pain (6) 5th December 2022
#7 across Penalise (6) 15th November 2022
#36 across Penalise (6) 24th August 2022
#11 across Turn in, push out and knock about (6) 22nd June 2022
#32 across Penalise (6) 12th May 2022
#22 down What the ref may do for endless foul pushing? (6) 26th April 2022
#7 across Penalise (6) 12th April 2022
#24 down Beat or push in, possibly (6) 28th February 2022
#10 across Penalise (6) 15th February 2022
#10 down Penalise (6) 17th December 2021
#19 across Deal with (6) 9th August 2021
#22 down Push in so as to hurt (6) 15th June 2021
#24 down Beat by pushing endlessly around (6) 24th May 2021
#3 down Penalise (6) 24th February 2021
#23 down Unship in a way to cause hurt (6) 23rd July 2020
#21 down Deal with (6) 14th July 2020
#1 down Penalise (6) 12th May 2020
#18 across Deal with (6) 31st March 2020
#10 across Discipline (6) 15th January 2020
#23 down Perhaps endlessly pushing to exact retribution (6) 8th August 2019
#4 across Hurt or unship as a dislocation (6) 1st August 2019

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 24th December 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 down An American, to the French, is athletic (5)
#2 down Artist, to some degree Anglo Saxon (5)
#3 down Formerly in concealment (4)
#4 across They may well be only human (6)
#4 down One place where bachelors can join the artillery (5)
#5 down Support for the small business owner (4)
#6 down Out East, the couple watched what they ate (6)
#7 across A drink for the inexperienced? (5,3)
#8 across Utterly audible! (6)
#9 down A bit of a bloomer (6)
#10 across Let money relieve matters (5)