The Sun Cryptic Crossword 15 August 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 · ACTLongest here · LORDMAYOR

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Mike, six-footer, sick next to a cloak (8)8 letters Criticise religion? Not I (4)4 letters Protest Conservative traitor becoming American politician (8)8 letters Finish filming type of music for an audience (4)4 letters Returning overdue with other people (2,2)4 letters Man briefly hunts for pearls in Asian country (8)8 letters Result of deficiency of sulphur next to Serpentine (6)6 letters My guards walk, essentially, in waterproof shoe (6)6 letters Hides old boy's treatments (8)8 letters Overheard low voice in operation centre (4)4 letters Weapon picked up for boyfriend (4)4 letters Son put up with brief welcome in Chinese port (8)8 letters Tool found in dead zebra (4)4 letters Game is nice when husband takes place of learner (8)8 letters Decontaminated a doubter caught leaving (7)7 letters Republican cutting tax to provoke (5)5 letters Royal dorm refurbished for dignitary (4,5)9 letters Pretence of feline with head lowered (3)3 letters Diver was back with invoice (7)7 letters Saying some had agenda (5)5 letters Make laws, as member is deceased (9)9 letters Hermit left in secure complex (7)7 letters Suffer, as issue oddly ignored by Mark (7)7 letters Reproduce on boring bed (5)5 letters Go in the wrong direction aboard coach? Dummy (5)5 letters Father's returned for exhaust (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 15 August 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ACT and the longest is LORDMAYOR. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.