Little one really making Charlie nervous at first

The answer to “Little one really making Charlie nervous at first” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is INFANT — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 12, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 27-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.

“Little one really making Charlie nervous at first” answer

INFANT (6 letters)

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What does INFANT mean?

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

When else has “Little one really making Charlie nervous at first” 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) → INFANT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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