Carpet covered in Koranic verses in mainly Muslim island

The answer to “Carpet covered in Koranic verses in mainly Muslim island” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is SUMATRA — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 15, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 3-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.

“Carpet covered in Koranic verses in mainly Muslim island” answer

SUMATRA (7 letters)

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What does SUMATRA mean?

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

When else has “Carpet covered in Koranic verses in mainly Muslim island” 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.

September 15, 2026 (most recent) → SUMATRA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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