The Sun Cryptic Crossword 19 March 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 · MUDLongest here · TELESCOPE

The completed grid

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

1S2WI3G4MO5TO6RI7STIRUEEH8INKIND9LEADINCSERN10PEPTI11DES12MODELICI13A14CCESS15OB16LIGEHMPI17MAS18S19APERTU20REPLNEO21STRAIT22TORQUEENLUAS23FRAGMENT24LEEK

All 26 clues

Drink in small hairpiece (4)4 letters Mike cooked risotto for driver (8)8 letters Popular sort's tit for tat (2,4)6 letters Begging to take clothes off as an introduction (4-2)6 letters Guardiola edits out important compounds in our bodies (8)8 letters Fashion design snubbed (4)4 letters Get hold of playing cards, including clubs and spades (6)6 letters Force big Leo to change (6)6 letters Mother and sons assemble (4)4 letters A fresh flower's opening (8)8 letters Natural channel's direct, it's said (6)6 letters Mentor questioned overwhelming force (6)6 letters Farm gent drunk, a bit (8)8 letters Picked up puncture in Staffordshire town (4)4 letters Cold drink bottles making one grimace (5)5 letters Girl set off to get tough part in meat (7)7 letters Greek character at last covered in dirt (3)3 letters One might be focused on stars in supermarket, extremely polite about the French (9)9 letters Back Malta to provide fresh weapons (5)5 letters Second language good in party (7)7 letters Enlist mad criminal to strip (9)9 letters Church more inclined to provide part of book (7)7 letters Some elite rallies unimaginative (7)7 letters Told the authorities about lecturer's non-standard vocabulary (5)5 letters Wake up in river, one in York (5)5 letters Oddly, trust old Egyptian in short (3)3 letters

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