Withdraw from a contest(7 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Withdraw from a contest”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 27th October 2025.

The answer is

S C R A T C H

7 letters · most recently seen on 27th October 2025

Other clues that solve to SCRATCH

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.

#6 down Withdraw from a contest (7) 27th October 2025
#15 across "Earn a living only with difficulty" does hurt a little (7) 13th June 2025
#31 down Scrape (7) 10th January 2025
#16 across Mark is a good golfer (7) 27th December 2024
#14 across A minor injury that's no handicap (7) 22nd November 2024
#15 across Beginning to irritate (7) 9th August 2024
#16 across Irritate from the beginning (7) 12th July 2024
#16 across Beginning as only a slight injury (7) 22nd March 2024
#38 across From the very beginning, is good at golf (7) 1st December 2023
#38 across Mark square one (7) 16th June 2023
#25 across Slight injury (7) 18th July 2022
#12 down Damage carts, possibly, going to church (7) 30th June 2022
#25 across Slight injury (7) 21st December 2021
#15 across “Earn a living only with difficulty” does hurt a little (7) 12th June 2020
#6 down Withdraw from a contest (7) 21st April 2020
#16 across Mark is a good golfer (7) 10th January 2020
#14 across A minor injury that’s no handicap (7) 13th December 2019
#15 across Beginning to irritate (7) 30th August 2019
#16 across Irritate from the beginning (7) 2nd August 2019
#16 across Beginning as only a slight injury (7) 19th April 2019
#38 across From the very beginning, is good at golf (7) 14th December 2018
#31 down Scrape (7) 7th December 2018
#38 across Mark square one (7) 13th July 2018

More clues from this puzzle

Other clues from the same Evening Standard Easy crossword on 27th October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

#1 across Procrastinate (5)
#2 down Moral principles (6)
#3 down Mohair (6)
#4 down Affirmative (3)
#5 down Planet (5)
#6 across Vision (5)
#7 down Article (4)
#8 down Hand tool (6)
#9 across Ignore, disregard (7)
#10 across Roughnecks (5)