Late attendees here may be expected to knock

The answer to “Late attendees here may be expected to knock” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is SEANCE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 30, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 10-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.

“Late attendees here may be expected to knock” answer

SEANCE (6 letters)

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Why the answer is SEANCE

A spirit-summoning gathering is the place where latecomers might knock 🚪

What does SEANCE mean?

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

When else has “Late attendees here may be expected to knock” 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 30, 2026 (most recent) → SEANCE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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