Duck by river crossing English city

The answer to “Duck by river crossing English city” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is OXFORD — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 25, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 7-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.

“Duck by river crossing English city” answer

OXFORD (6 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 OXFORD.

What does OXFORD mean?

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

When else has “Duck by river crossing English city” 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 25, 2026 (most recent) → OXFORD. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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