Prickly plant

The answer to “Prickly plant” in the The Telegraph Quick crossword is CACTUS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Quick crossword on September 12, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 16-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.

“Prickly plant” answer

CACTUS (6 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 CACTUS.

What does CACTUS mean?

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

When else has “Prickly plant” 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 12, 2026 (most recent) → CACTUS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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