For highest notes mezzo’s beginning what’s in her inmost body

The answer to “For highest notes mezzo’s beginning what’s in her inmost body” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is PROTOPLASM — a 10-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 5, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 14-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.

“For highest notes mezzo’s beginning what’s in her inmost body” answer

PROTOPLASM (10 letters)

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Why the answer is PROTOPLASM

Look inside a cell for the material once thought to be its living core, built from musical and positional cues. 🧫

What does PROTOPLASM mean?

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

When else has “For highest notes mezzo’s beginning what’s in her inmost body” 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 5, 2026 (most recent) → PROTOPLASM. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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