Dispensing with hat, initially get too hot in gorge

The answer to “Dispensing with hat, initially get too hot in gorge” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is OVEREAT — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 12, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 19-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.

“Dispensing with hat, initially get too hot in gorge” answer

OVEREAT (7 letters)

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What does OVEREAT mean?

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

When else has “Dispensing with hat, initially get too hot in gorge” 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) → OVEREAT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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