Slacking is never keeping up the standard — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 6–letter crossword clue “Slacking is never keeping up the standard”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 19th Feb 2009. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Slacking is never keeping up the standard” is ENSIGN (6 letters).
We last saw “Slacking is never keeping up the standard” in Guardian Cryptic on 19th Feb 2009.
The 6-letter answer for “Slacking is never keeping up the standard” is ENSIGN.
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