Son with top tip – it helps manage leaks

The answer to “Son with top tip – it helps manage leaks” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is STOPCOCK — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 4, 2026, a Friday 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.

“Son with top tip – it helps manage leaks” answer

STOPCOCK (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 STOPCOCK.

What does STOPCOCK mean?

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

When else has “Son with top tip – it helps manage leaks” 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 4, 2026 (most recent) → STOPCOCK. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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