Contacted me about having been ill

The answer to “Contacted me about having been ill” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is EMAILED — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 6, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 21-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.

“Contacted me about having been ill” answer

EMAILED (7 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 EMAILED.

Why the answer is EMAILED

Enclose a term meaning unwell within the usual verb for electronic contact ✉️

What does EMAILED mean?

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

When else has “Contacted me about having been ill” 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 6, 2026 (most recent) → EMAILED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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