Openly resist

The answer to “Openly resist” in the The Telegraph Quick crossword is DEFY — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Quick crossword on September 21, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 23-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.

“Openly resist” answer

DEFY (4 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 DEFY.

What does DEFY mean?

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

When else has “Openly resist” appeared?

The Telegraph Quick 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) → DEFY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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