The Sun Cryptic Crossword 13 August 2025 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 · SINLongest here · TASTELESS

The completed grid

26 entries, 12 across and 14 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

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All 26 clues

English chap stirred tea to flow out (7)7 letters Dance can go wrong (5)5 letters Commotion in field (5)5 letters Casual worker set out in storm (7)7 letters Doctor seals test? That’s improper (9)9 letters Son, popular, gives offence (3)3 letters Isherwood's 1887 novel? (3)3 letters Conscious of Wales, fear getting thrashed (4-5)9 letters Go back from front? (7)7 letters Work very hard, invest, keeping pounds (5)5 letters One absorbed by Sun flight feature (5)5 letters Career with time reveals roots (7)7 letters Bidets ordered for small home (6)6 letters Affected part of week after returning (4)4 letters Looking white as spleen explodes (8)8 letters Agree to take up residence (6)6 letters Horrible people: hundred in total (4)4 letters Where bed is used near to collapse (8)8 letters Sailor Brown checked pattern (6)6 letters Ghastly plaster spread over cottage initially (8)8 letters Final performance in bird calls (4,4)8 letters Disturbed rest aboard ship brings tension (6)6 letters Small untruth about teetotal Liberal (6)6 letters See rent? That's opening in fabric (6)6 letters Some fear lecherous British peer (4)4 letters Almost open a container (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 13 August 2025 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is SIN and the longest is TASTELESS. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.