Informed American base about military conflict

The answer to “Informed American base about military conflict” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is AWARE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 1, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 26-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.

“Informed American base about military conflict” answer

AWARE (5 letters)

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What does AWARE mean?

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

When else has “Informed American base about military conflict” 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 1, 2026 (most recent) → AWARE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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