Some instructions to ICU patient

The answer to “Some instructions to ICU patient” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is STOIC — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 24, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 19-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.

“Some instructions to ICU patient” answer

STOIC (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 STOIC.

What does STOIC mean?

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

When else has “Some instructions to ICU patient” 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 24, 2026 (most recent) → STOIC. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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