Bosses welcoming hospital department's trainees

The answer to “Bosses welcoming hospital department's trainees” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is STUDENTS — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 1, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 15-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.

“Bosses welcoming hospital department's trainees” answer

STUDENTS (8 letters)

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What does STUDENTS mean?

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

When else has “Bosses welcoming hospital department's trainees” 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 1, 2026 (most recent) → STUDENTS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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