Rope in decorator

The answer to “Rope in decorator” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is PAINTER — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on August 31, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 18-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.

“Rope in decorator” answer

PAINTER (7 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 PAINTER.

What does PAINTER mean?

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

When else has “Rope in decorator” 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 31, 2026 (most recent) → PAINTER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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