In earnest, and in general upright

The answer to “In earnest, and in general upright” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is STANDING — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on August 27, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 18-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.

“In earnest, and in general upright” answer

STANDING (8 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 STANDING.

What does STANDING mean?

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

When else has “In earnest, and in general upright” 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 27, 2026 (most recent) → STANDING. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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