Used to be squandered by Ted(3 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Used to be squandered by Ted”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 27th October 2025.
The answer is
W
A
S
Other clues that solve to WAS
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- #19 down Used to be (3) 25th August 2026
- #15 down Used to be (3) 11th July 2026
- #22 down Used to be (3) 17th June 2026
- #16 down Used to be misused by Ted (3) 6th May 2026
- #22 across Existed (3) 4th April 2026
- #26 down Had been the cutter-up (3) 23rd January 2026
- #4 down Used to be (3) 7th December 2025
- #9 down Used to be (3) 3rd November 2025
- #18 down Existed (3) 2nd November 2025
- #28 down Used to be squandered by Ted (3) 27th October 2025
- #9 down Used to be cut up! (3) 2nd October 2025
- #9 down Lived in Iowa somewhere (3) 24th September 2025
- #25 down Used to be (3) 2nd July 2025
- #9 down Used to be (3) 2nd June 2025
- #16 down Lived in swashbuckling times (3) 11th May 2025
- #4 down Used to be (3) 6th February 2025
- #16 down Is no longer in Pugwash (3) 14th January 2025
- #25 down Used to be cut up (3) 8th October 2024
- #28 down Lived in Kawasaki (3) 14th August 2024
- #4 down Used to be (3) 23rd May 2024
- #16 down Lived in Iowa somewhere (3) 14th May 2024
- #22 down Used to be (3) 28th February 2024
- #26 down Had been cut up (3) 16th February 2024
- #16 down Lived in swashbuckling times (3) 14th February 2024
- #16 down Lived in Kawasaki (3) 10th August 2023
- #25 down Used to be (3) 3rd August 2023
- #22 down Used to be (3) 14th June 2023
- #16 down Lived in the western part of Asia (3) 19th April 2023
- #16 down Used to be (3) 9th March 2023
- #22 down Used to be wasted on Ted (3) 22nd February 2023
- #28 down Used to be (3) 18th January 2023
- #11 down Lived in Kawasaki (3) 26th September 2022
- #16 down Lived a bit wastefully? (3) 9th August 2022
- #25 down Had been cut up (3) 20th May 2022
- #16 down Used to be nearly all sawn up (3) 28th April 2022
- #9 down Lived with Ted, perhaps, but was lost on him (3) 21st March 2022
- #28 down Used to be (3) 8th February 2022
- #19 down Used to be (3) 4th August 2021
- #15 down Used to be (3) 27th May 2021
- #22 down Used to be (3) 22nd April 2021
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 27th October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 across Business vehicle? (5)
- #2 down Ticket for the second match (6)
- #3 down Happen to roll up with a bigwig? (6)
- #4 down Oh, her ~n she sounds all right (3)
- #5 down Do a recce, there's a good chap (5)
- #6 across There's one in outer Hackney, darling (5)
- #6 down One held in a house with broken gates? (7)
- #7 down Except for being unique (4)
- #8 down There's no longer a tree, perhaps, in town (6)
- #9 across Peaceful and calm for days (7)
- #10 across The odd street light? (5)