Leading dance in hospital department

The answer to “Leading dance in hospital department” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is PROMINENT — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 29, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 9-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.

“Leading dance in hospital department” answer

PROMINENT (9 letters)

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What does PROMINENT mean?

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

When else has “Leading dance in hospital department” 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 29, 2026 (most recent) → PROMINENT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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