Unusual artiste — he is the most vulgar

The answer to “Unusual artiste — he is the most vulgar” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is EARTHIEST — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 26, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 15-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.

“Unusual artiste — he is the most vulgar” answer

EARTHIEST (9 letters)

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What does EARTHIEST mean?

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

When else has “Unusual artiste — he is the most vulgar” 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 26, 2026 (most recent) → EARTHIEST. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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