The Sun Cryptic Crossword 18 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 · TEALongest here · ROOSEVELT

The completed grid

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

1ST2AR3E4CA5SC6AD7EUILHTPL8PURPOSE9ABATEEPPWRRV10ROOSEVELT11TEARDLT12RETY13PE14RES15CUEAL16MA17TO18T19ABAN20DONE21DHRCRRTO22ORATE23ICELANDLMBNSTG24EXPLODE25SLATE

All 28 clues

Long look from sailor in south-east (5)5 letters A CD case smashed in fall (7)7 letters Aim to have egg in cooked supper? (7)7 letters Vampire in A&E to wind down? (5)5 letters Vote-loser troubled president (9)9 letters Destitute actuary hides drink (3)3 letters Right Jaguar model, getting key once more? (6)6 letters What might make secure? (6)6 letters Teetotaller secretes wee dram (3)3 letters Group with single in commercial scrapped (9)9 letters Erato forced to give pompous speech (5)5 letters Get diamonds first in the country (7)7 letters Lose cool policeman in river (7)7 letters Rubbish put back in metal skip (5)5 letters Really good police officer (5)5 letters Character seen with drink in hub (7)7 letters Penelope shuns writer to leave with lover (5)5 letters Prepared to swallow Conservative cut (6)6 letters In bravest art learn to shock (7)7 letters A political group mostly in pieces (5)5 letters Raise tax within European sheltered zone (7)7 letters Dicky real hot in dilapidated digs (7)7 letters Drug without effect to fix personal pong (7)7 letters Accountant keeping a set of books at work (7)7 letters River in US state connected to sea? (6)6 letters Slope encountered after time in hike (5)5 letters Clean frock (5)5 letters Kansas City bypass (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 18 September 2025 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is TEA and the longest is ROOSEVELT. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.