The Sun Cryptic Crossword 19 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 · CANONLongest here · CHAINLETTER

The completed grid

26 entries, 13 across and 13 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

1SO2MB3RE4S5CR6AP7EOOA8CHDN9CANON10ONEROUSAAGNRRU11GARDENS12OWNERECOOE13CHA14INLETT15ER16AMIP17G18BR19EAM20DI21GNITYILEAUSR22DRAGNET23AROMAETSENDT24STEREO25COHERE

All 26 clues

Serious male boring bores at sea (6)6 letters Discard earth in hole (6)6 letters Charlie soon is member of the clergy (5)5 letters Taxing Euros on ground (7)7 letters Fish studies in Kew? (7)7 letters Proprietor's sedative initially missing (5)5 letters One keeps being sent tea by popular landlord (5,6)11 letters Swimmer runs wearing big smile (5)5 letters Proselyting, I declined to go back, showing stateliness (7)7 letters Granted criminal police search (7)7 letters Smell from inamorata returned (5)5 letters Austere, hiding gold ring from two speakers (6)6 letters Stick together in company in this place (6)6 letters Historical payment starts to seem overly cruel, and getting expensive (6)6 letters Perhaps king working to stop demonstration (7)7 letters Weird to throw out stone in chain of mountains (5)5 letters Butcher loves Thailand, but missing something to smoke (7)7 letters Embellish fuss over Royal Navy (5)5 letters Make certain, and see run developing (6)6 letters Unite, as Conservative figure worried (11)11 letters Very good prim men select hosts (7)7 letters Explosively poised introduction of Eastenders instalment (7)7 letters Remains when welcoming US President, briefly (6)6 letters Spin yarn, initially, in cage (6)6 letters Make euphoric European overdue (5)5 letters Content of iguanodon droppings (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 19 August 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is CANON and the longest is CHAINLETTER. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.