Watch old boy work in the military

The answer to “Watch old boy work in the military” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is OBSERVE — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 29, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 24-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.

“Watch old boy work in the military” answer

OBSERVE (7 letters)

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What does OBSERVE mean?

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

When else has “Watch old boy work in the military” 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 29, 2026 (most recent) → OBSERVE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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