Fully developed horse crossing turf half-cropped

The answer to “Fully developed horse crossing turf half-cropped” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is MATURE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 29, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 16-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.

“Fully developed horse crossing turf half-cropped” answer

MATURE (6 letters)

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What does MATURE mean?

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

When else has “Fully developed horse crossing turf half-cropped” 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 29, 2026 (most recent) → MATURE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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