First lick of paint on great building

The answer to “First lick of paint on great building” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is PREFAB — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 25, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 1-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.

“First lick of paint on great building” answer

PREFAB (6 letters)

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What does PREFAB mean?

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

When else has “First lick of paint on great building” 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) → PREFAB. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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