What’s glued into altered map can show this

The answer to “What’s glued into altered map can show this” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is LONGITUDE — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 12, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 18-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.

“What’s glued into altered map can show this” answer

LONGITUDE (9 letters)

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What does LONGITUDE mean?

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

When else has “What’s glued into altered map can show this” 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 12, 2026 (most recent) → LONGITUDE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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