Best cur one trained? Without question

The answer to “Best cur one trained? Without question” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is CONQUER — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 29, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 23-Across. 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.

“Best cur one trained? Without question” answer

CONQUER (7 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 CONQUER.

What does CONQUER mean?

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

When else has “Best cur one trained? Without question” 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 29, 2026 (most recent) → CONQUER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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