Conditions favouring five pit stops periodically

The answer to “Conditions favouring five pit stops periodically” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is PROVISOS — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 3, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 3-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.

“Conditions favouring five pit stops periodically” answer

PROVISOS (8 letters)

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What does PROVISOS mean?

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

When else has “Conditions favouring five pit stops periodically” 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 3, 2026 (most recent) → PROVISOS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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