Strenuous sex over phone

The answer to “Strenuous sex over phone” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is TIRING — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 13, 2026, a Thursday 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.

“Strenuous sex over phone” answer

TIRING (6 letters)

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What does TIRING mean?

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

When else has “Strenuous sex over phone” 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 13, 2026 (most recent) → TIRING. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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