The Sun Cryptic Crossword 13 July 2026 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 · EMULongest here · PRINCIPAL

The completed grid

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

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All 28 clues

Grimace, as cow licks boxes (5)5 letters Pick up running to become popular (5,2)7 letters Work out ever so large cryptic (7)7 letters Notice director excited to make sense (3,2)5 letters Headteacher's belief announced (9)9 letters Dance music enthrals Australian native (3)3 letters Victor with yen to eat jelly, a strange whim (6)6 letters Message from God — nothing clear, surprisingly (6)6 letters Badger's problem scratching head (3)3 letters Deceitful and corrupt hedonists (9)9 letters Evil spirit in Yorkshire port, it's said (5)5 letters Very fit individual visiting hospital permitted back in race (7)7 letters Missing stone, Frenchman and guest go back (7)7 letters Guard ignoring small admission (5)5 letters Deprive of second excursion (5)5 letters Getting rid of fighting on horseback with no judge (7)7 letters Shout up about one tree (5)5 letters Disturbing member of House of Lords turned up in Coventry on vacation (6)6 letters Concerning fibber beginning to talk over advert for film (7)7 letters That man had grand ideas, essentially, for row of bushes (5)5 letters English head writer's written about Roman god (7)7 letters German in ravine cooked something to put on chips (7)7 letters Alfred redesigned good warning sign (3,4)7 letters Mild cold allowed to overwhelm chaps (7)7 letters Take off Simone's cap, entertaining hosts (6)6 letters Sigh's got bigger, reportedly (5)5 letters Orange mineral aggregrate seen around Switzerland (5)5 letters Very small city is after support (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 13 July 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is EMU and the longest is PRINCIPAL. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.