Soldiers with others housed in rubbish hideout

The answer to “Soldiers with others housed in rubbish hideout” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is RETREAT — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on September 11, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 14-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.

“Soldiers with others housed in rubbish hideout” answer

RETREAT (7 letters)

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What does RETREAT mean?

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

When else has “Soldiers with others housed in rubbish hideout” 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 11, 2026 (most recent) → RETREAT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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