The Sun Cryptic Crossword 10 July 2026 answers

This puzzle has 26 clues. Select any clue to see its solution and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

26 clues13×13 gridShortest here · BONUSLongest here · CHOCOLATIER

The completed grid

26 entries, 13 across and 13 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

1RU2MP3US4A5VE6NU7EOOP8BEYC9BONUS10AIRMAILUAECDLA11SCRATCH12ABACITCENR13CHO14COLATI15ER16MOON17A18AL19LIN20RU21BICONNUSPAHT22TAPIOCA23COACHIILDONE24SINGER25INSTAR

All 26 clues

Behind American in kerfuffle (6)6 letters Approach a location (6)6 letters Bishop with responsibility for dividend (5)5 letters Liam and Ria returning post (7)7 letters Mrs Cratchett conceals minor injury (7)7 letters Counters heads of aviation by authorising checkpoints internationally (5)5 letters Confectioner playing chaotic role (11)11 letters Scratching head, accidentally enter water, extremely tired (3,2)5 letters Polish image — the point of no return (7)7 letters Knock back ten about pudding (7)7 letters Car company cache exposed (5)5 letters Something that lightly burns soprano? (6)6 letters Form of six-footer, popular celebrity (6)6 letters Forceful old boy stops decay (6)6 letters Working in Cambridgeshire town for king? (7)7 letters Leading series of games at tennis, creating shock result (5)5 letters Clever Dan transforms houses covered with vegetation (7)7 letters Native of southern Africa in New York hallway oddly ignored (5)5 letters I clear off for cake (6)6 letters Bald poacher ruined flat (8,3)11 letters Give comfort to prisoner, alone (7)7 letters Topless men intone repetitively to charm (7)7 letters Staff sit up to get insect (6)6 letters Tehran bombed part of plant (6)6 letters Flower left on uniform clip (5)5 letters Meat available again when Kelvin leaves (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 10 July 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is BONUS and the longest is CHOCOLATIER. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.