Twelve minus four (5)

The answer to “Twelve minus four (5)” in the The Guardian Quick crossword is EIGHT — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Guardian Quick crossword on September 14, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 17-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Twelve minus four (5)” answer

EIGHT (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is EIGHT.

What does EIGHT mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of EIGHT is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Twelve minus four (5)” appeared?

The Guardian Quick reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 14, 2026 (most recent) → EIGHT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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