Pleased to be in the dark seemingly?

The answer to “Pleased to be in the dark seemingly?” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is DELIGHTED — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 27, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 24-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.

“Pleased to be in the dark seemingly?” answer

DELIGHTED (9 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 DELIGHTED.

What does DELIGHTED mean?

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

When else has “Pleased to be in the dark seemingly?” 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 27, 2026 (most recent) → DELIGHTED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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