Eating fine food needs good science

The answer to “Eating fine food needs good science” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is GASTRONOMY — a 10-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on August 28, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 28-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.

“Eating fine food needs good science” answer

GASTRONOMY (10 letters)

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What does GASTRONOMY mean?

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

When else has “Eating fine food needs good science” 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.

August 28, 2026 (most recent) → GASTRONOMY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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