Want the scruffy pair to go in for a make-up(8 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Want the scruffy pair to go in for a make-up”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to WAR PAINT
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.
- #32 down Want the scruffy pair to go in for a make-up (3,5) 1st August 2025
- #3 down Want to cover the pair performing in body decorations (3,5) 2nd May 2025
- #32 down Want the scruffy pair to go in for a make-up (3,5) 31st July 2020
- #3 down Want to cover the pair performing in body decorations (3,5) 15th May 2020
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong (6)
- #2 down Mark the urban area where there's shortage (8)
- #3 down Drink you having during flight when it's cold? (3,2,3,3)
- #4 down Well, then I got confused and embarrassed (2,3,4)
- #5 down They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots! (7)
- #6 down Keeps a close eye on, though there's no longer any resistance (6,4)
- #7 down So you take leave at the end of September (4)
- #8 across Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girl (5,2)
- #9 across Going off then to pack a kind of vase (2,3,4)
- #10 down Having the salesman walk up to is smart (6)
- #11 down Argument coming back I'd got terribly upset by (7)