Renovated house not surpassed

The answer to “Renovated house not surpassed” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is OUTSHONE — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 28, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 15-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.

“Renovated house not surpassed” answer

OUTSHONE (8 letters)

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What does OUTSHONE mean?

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

When else has “Renovated house not surpassed” 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) → OUTSHONE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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