Wherein water causes a creaking sound?(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Wherein water causes a creaking sound?”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 2nd June 2025.
The answer is
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K
Other clues that solve to CREEK
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.
- #7 down Narrow inlet (5) 17th February 2026
- #4 across Inlet (5) 16th January 2026
- #27 across Could start to stink, this backwater (5) 5th July 2025
- #21 down Wherein water causes a creaking sound? (5) 2nd June 2025
- #40 across Inlet (5) 26th May 2025
- #6 down Inlet (5) 9th December 2024
- #27 across Up there, you're in trouble (5) 5th November 2024
- #13 across Inlet (5) 16th July 2024
- #24 across Inlet (5) 5th April 2024
- #4 across Inlet (5) 3rd August 2022
- #7 down Backwater with many a smell (5) 17th January 2022
- #7 down Narrow inlet (5) 26th October 2020
- #27 across Up there, you're in trouble (5) 5th November 2019
- #27 across Could start to stink, this backwater (5) 16th April 2019
- #40 across Inlet (5) 5th March 2019
- #21 down Wherein water causes a creaking sound? (5) 25th February 2019
- #6 down Inlet (5) 16th October 2018
- #13 across Inlet (5) 29th May 2018
- #24 across Inlet (5) 9th March 2018
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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 2nd June 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
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- #7 down One in flight? (5)
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- #9 down It's no end busy in the rush hour! (3)
- #10 across Maybe first signs of splitting up (5)
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