The Sun Cryptic Crossword 24 November 2025 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 · OUTLongest here · LOCKHORNS

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Lavish and regularly pompous at time of penance (7)7 letters Collect a male idiot (5)5 letters Chap thanks Ray (5)5 letters Hobby of father's generation (7)7 letters Rugby player with hard growths on head to engage in battle (4,5)9 letters Exhausted locust oddly abandoned (3)3 letters Wife loves court (3)3 letters Speak on behalf of extremely rude host (9)9 letters Extra uniform found in lodge (7)7 letters Junior compiler turned round highly respected symbol (5)5 letters Picked up clues in English city (5)5 letters Over the phone, advise administrative body (7)7 letters Make aluminium stiff (6)6 letters Massage back and bottom in Caledonian stream (4)4 letters Homer apt to change figure of speech (8)8 letters Cryptically replaces gold in a daze (6)6 letters Damages planet (4)4 letters Prohibit joke about Italian singer (8)8 letters Enacts unusual climb (6)6 letters Oscar stopping very minor celebrity in part of monastery (8)8 letters Soprano and guitar player ignoring Liszt's opening series (8)8 letters Initially we are right behind librarian's efforts to sing (6)6 letters Quietly come to give sermon (6)6 letters Outlets periodically supporting corporation in trouble (6)6 letters Bowl of custard is hot, in part (4)4 letters Attach change of policy (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 24 November 2025 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is OUT and the longest is LOCKHORNS. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.