Half of Athens regularly used to follow

The answer to “Half of Athens regularly used to follow” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is ENSUE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on September 2, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 10-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.

“Half of Athens regularly used to follow” answer

ENSUE (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is ENSUE.

What does ENSUE mean?

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

When else has “Half of Athens regularly used to follow” 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 2, 2026 (most recent) → ENSUE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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