Cold-blooded individual in City bank ultimately consumed by success

The answer to “Cold-blooded individual in City bank ultimately consumed by success” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is GECKO — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 29, 2026, a Saturday 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.

“Cold-blooded individual in City bank ultimately consumed by success” answer

GECKO (5 letters)

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Why the answer is GECKO

A small reptile is hidden in a financial phrase, with success doing the consuming 🦎

What does GECKO mean?

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

When else has “Cold-blooded individual in City bank ultimately consumed by success” 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 29, 2026 (most recent) → GECKO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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