Fires 3 Across's instrument in audition?

The answer to “Fires 3 Across's instrument in audition?” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is SACKS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on August 28, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 12-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.

“Fires 3 Across's instrument in audition?” answer

SACKS (5 letters)

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What does SACKS mean?

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

When else has “Fires 3 Across's instrument in audition?” 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) → SACKS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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