Elevated skill of Parisian commerce

The answer to “Elevated skill of Parisian commerce” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is TRADE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 17, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 18-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.

“Elevated skill of Parisian commerce” answer

TRADE (5 letters)

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What does TRADE mean?

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

When else has “Elevated skill of Parisian commerce” 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 17, 2026 (most recent) → TRADE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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