Tick insect scratching City worker?

The answer to “Tick insect scratching City worker?” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is INSTANT — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 17, 2026, a Thursday 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.

“Tick insect scratching City worker?” answer

INSTANT (7 letters)

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What does INSTANT mean?

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

When else has “Tick insect scratching City worker?” 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 17, 2026 (most recent) → INSTANT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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