Nurse with cracked lips, at first, damaged bit of hair

The answer to “Nurse with cracked lips, at first, damaged bit of hair” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is SPLITEND — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 28, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 17-Down. 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.

“Nurse with cracked lips, at first, damaged bit of hair” answer

SPLITEND (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 SPLITEND.

When else has “Nurse with cracked lips, at first, damaged bit of hair” 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 28, 2026 (most recent) → SPLITEND. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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