Bill is able to sing to a good standard

The answer to “Bill is able to sing to a good standard” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is INVOICE — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on September 10, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 20-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.

“Bill is able to sing to a good standard” answer

INVOICE (7 letters)

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What does INVOICE mean?

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

When else has “Bill is able to sing to a good standard” appeared?

The Times Quick 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 10, 2026 (most recent) → INVOICE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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