Bondage of peasant never-ending

The answer to “Bondage of peasant never-ending” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is YOKE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 12, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 12-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.

“Bondage of peasant never-ending” answer

YOKE (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 YOKE.

What does YOKE mean?

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

When else has “Bondage of peasant never-ending” appeared?

The Times 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.

August 12, 2026 (most recent) → YOKE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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