Uranium found in aslant, mutated fruit

The answer to “Uranium found in aslant, mutated fruit” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is SULTANA — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 13, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 21-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.

“Uranium found in aslant, mutated fruit” answer

SULTANA (7 letters)

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Why the answer is SULTANA

A dried fruit emerges from a scrambled diagonal description combined with a radioactive element. 🍇

What does SULTANA mean?

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

When else has “Uranium found in aslant, mutated fruit” 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 13, 2026 (most recent) → SULTANA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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