The Sun Cryptic Crossword 18 September 2026 answers
This puzzle has 26 clues. Select any clue to see its solution and every other puzzle it has appeared in.
The completed grid
26 entries, 13 across and 13 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.
1OF2FI3CE4S5PA6TE7SLAH8PURH9DIRGE10RECLINEEMCOCAA11SNORKEL12INLETTUINH13STA14GEFRIG15HT16PEEA17V18RA19VEN20RE21SOLVEOETAHII22PERSIST23REBELEDLEEUE24RAIDER25EDITED
All 26 clues
Workplace cancelled frozen water (6)6 lettersSon heads for floods (6)6 lettersLament terrible German plugs (5)5 lettersLie back in park next to boundary (7)7 lettersBreathe noisily around Kelvin, with large breathing apparatus (7)7 lettersOpening popular with clients, periodically (5)5 lettersMale with energy runs into argument, it may afflict a performer (5,6)11 lettersJet from party night originally (5)5 lettersDo puzzle again, showing determination (7)7 lettersStrange priests go on (7)7 lettersMaverick bishop stopping dance (5)5 lettersAttacker's proviso about America (6)6 lettersChanged, and left with duke for X-ray (6)6 lettersMost ancient sled to Barking (6)6 lettersSubcontract wonderful boxing mask, to begin with (4,3)7 lettersAnnounced European inspection (5)5 lettersComposer hiding in clinic cupboard, facing the wrong way (7)7 lettersTest Iranian bread after end of breakfast (5)5 lettersWoman at Harrods' beginning to get protection (6)6 lettersAnti-abortion campaigner at end of lane is to breed (11)11 lettersAgent I left guarding heathen (7)7 lettersSwimmer to stop drinking Malibu half-cut (7)7 lettersRope in spin department, right? (6)6 lettersLike a bride, perhaps, mostly deliver bubbly (6)6 lettersComposer hiding in silver dish, facing the correct way (5)5 lettersTear up and be quiet with communist (5)5 letters
The shortest answer in the 18 September 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is DIRGE and the longest is STAGEFRIGHT. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.