Change value to produce eggs

The answer to “Change value to produce eggs” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is OVULATE — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on September 7, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 19-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.

“Change value to produce eggs” answer

OVULATE (7 letters)

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What does OVULATE mean?

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

When else has “Change value to produce eggs” 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 7, 2026 (most recent) → OVULATE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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