The Sun Cryptic Crossword 1 September 2025 answers

This puzzle has 28 clues. Select any clue to see its solution and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

28 clues13×13 gridShortest here · ANONLongest here · DETACHED

The completed grid

28 entries, 14 across and 14 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

1MC2EN3RO4E5HE6AV7EAXECOLA8THIRD9HALIBUTASAOEAE10DETACHED11ANONOTS12MI13RA14GGED15DEFAC16EHD17MDV18SLAY19NONIS20SUETN21HSTPR22ARIZONA23AGATESAPITCS24HINGE25CLEMENT

All 28 clues

Chaps eating cold caviar he served professionally (7)7 letters Almost the perfect place for a fling (5)5 letters What sort of man was Kim Philby? (5)5 letters Swimmer and boxer born in shack (7)7 letters Edward returned hurt and isolated (8)8 letters Man one to be skinned soon (4)4 letters Dagger remade with serrated edge? (6)6 letters Two words that signal splendid ruin (6)6 letters Destroy Scottish island: no small island (4)4 letters Lack of children a trivial concern? (3-5)8 letters Song about endless division in state (7)7 letters Crowd alongside a stone (5)5 letters Joint that's swinging? (5)5 letters Mild Liberal embraced by setter? (7)7 letters Ram and toad wrestling bullfighter (7)7 letters Be way out round south (5)5 letters Framed socialist trod the boards (8)8 letters Slavishly copies Pink Floyd song (6)6 letters One can dig this contemptible place! (4)4 letters Country of exile inter alia? (7)7 letters We hear school taken in (5)5 letters Think to arbitrate? About time! (8)8 letters Accra resident cured husband with angina (7)7 letters Peak some climb in severe storm (7)7 letters Fragmented picture of Biblical patriarch (6)6 letters Good soul remains to get amount squirrelled away (5)5 letters Room in health resort by church (5)5 letters Optimism of Ruritania's founder? (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 1 September 2025 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ANON and the longest is DETACHED. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.