Puzzle of old drunk found in southern river

The answer to “Puzzle of old drunk found in southern river” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is SOLITAIRE — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 14, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 13-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.

“Puzzle of old drunk found in southern river” answer

SOLITAIRE (9 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 SOLITAIRE.

What does SOLITAIRE mean?

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

When else has “Puzzle of old drunk found in southern river” 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 14, 2026 (most recent) → SOLITAIRE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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