Cover in case run goes awry?

The answer to “Cover in case run goes awry?” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is INSURANCE — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 21, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 9-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.

“Cover in case run goes awry?” answer

INSURANCE (9 letters)

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What does INSURANCE mean?

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

When else has “Cover in case run goes awry?” 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.

August 21, 2026 (most recent) → INSURANCE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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