Vacuous thinker finished and went viral on social media

The answer to “Vacuous thinker finished and went viral on social media” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is TRENDED — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 21, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 29-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.

“Vacuous thinker finished and went viral on social media” answer

TRENDED (7 letters)

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What does TRENDED mean?

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

When else has “Vacuous thinker finished and went viral on social media” 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 21, 2026 (most recent) → TRENDED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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