diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 590068056..747a5e077 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ pub struct SheetApp {
     /// text, GridCraft's copy is the newer one and Paste uses it.
     clipboard_text_at_copy: Option<String>,
     /// The system clipboard's text right after GridCraft's last cut (the published text, or the
-    /// text noted for an unpublished cut); `None` after a copy. Once the cut has been pasted, Paste
-    /// leaves this text alone.
+    /// text noted for an unpublished cut); `None` after a copy, or once the clipboard is seen
+    /// holding other text. Once the cut has been pasted, Paste leaves this text alone.
     cut_text: Option<String>,
     pub started: f64,
 }
@@ -414,10 +414,15 @@ impl SheetApp {
     ///
     /// Excel pastes a cut once: after GridCraft's cut has been pasted, the system clipboard text
     /// that came with it is not pasted again over the moved block; GridCraft's own (empty)
-    /// clipboard is pasted instead, which reports "Nothing to paste.".
+    /// clipboard is pasted instead, which reports "Nothing to paste.". Other text means the
+    /// clipboard has moved on, so the cut's text is forgotten and pastes normally later.
     pub fn paste_external(&mut self, text: String) {
-        if self.session.clipboard.is_none() && Self::same_clipboard_text(Some(&text), self.cut_text.as_deref()) {
-            return self.run_or_alert("edit.paste", json!({}));
+        if Self::same_clipboard_text(Some(&text), self.cut_text.as_deref()) {
+            if self.session.clipboard.is_none() {
+                return self.run_or_alert("edit.paste", json!({}));
+            }
+        } else {
+            self.cut_text = None;
         }
         let html = self.services.paste_html.as_mut().and_then(|read| read());
         let params = match html {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/clipboard.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/clipboard.rs
index 89a3d3472..c386e76f3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/clipboard.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/clipboard.rs
@@ -428,3 +428,36 @@ fn cmd_v_after_a_pasted_cut_does_not_paste_the_cut_text_again() {
     assert_eq!(value_at(&h, "D4"), Some(Value::from("Name")));
     assert!(h.state().toast.is_some() || h.state().message.is_some(), "Paste reports there is nothing to paste");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn the_cut_text_pastes_again_once_the_clipboard_has_held_other_text() {
+    // Once other text has been pasted, the clipboard has moved on from the cut: the same text
+    // copied again later (from another app, or a cell editor) is a new copy and pastes.
+    let mut h = harness(Services::default());
+    h.state_mut().run("selection.set", json!({"cell": "A1"})).unwrap();
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::Cut);
+    h.step();
+    let text = h
+        .output()
+        .platform_output
+        .commands
+        .iter()
+        .find_map(|c| match c {
+            OutputCommand::CopyText(text) => Some(text.clone()),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .expect("the cut is published");
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    h.state_mut().run("selection.set", json!({"cell": "D4"})).unwrap();
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::Paste(text.clone()));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(value_at(&h, "D4"), Some(Value::from("Name")), "the cut moves A1");
+    h.state_mut().run("selection.set", json!({"cell": "G1"})).unwrap();
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::Paste("other".into()));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(value_at(&h, "G1"), Some(Value::from("other")));
+    h.state_mut().run("selection.set", json!({"cell": "H1"})).unwrap();
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::Paste(text.replace('\n', "\r\n")));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(value_at(&h, "H1"), Some(Value::from("Name")), "the same text copied afresh pastes");
+}