Bad card produces sour expression

The answer to “Bad card produces sour expression” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is GRIMACE — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 23, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 22-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.

“Bad card produces sour expression” answer

GRIMACE (7 letters)

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What does GRIMACE mean?

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

When else has “Bad card produces sour expression” appeared?

The Telegraph Cryptic 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 23, 2026 (most recent) → GRIMACE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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