The Sun Cryptic Crossword 25 July 2026 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 · ACTLongest here · BISHOPRIC

The completed grid

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

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All 28 clues

Correct hand (5)5 letters Forcefully extracted women, fresh and raring to go (7)7 letters Tehran, I fancy, makes protective cover (7)7 letters I don't know boring Chinese person (5)5 letters See big show price cut throughout (9)9 letters Do something in a court (3)3 letters Initially, you might appreciate inside toilet for cold-blooded individual (6)6 letters Old King is 50% communist after leaving hospital (6)6 letters Mentioned shaving head for charity (3)3 letters Woo comedian, the king of hearts? (5,4)9 letters Republican blocking clever stratagem in disorder (5)5 letters Door of escape, with English and American swapping places (7)7 letters A leper's suffering return to former state (7)7 letters Film hen, perhaps (5)5 letters Man in pub turned up for addiction treatment (5)5 letters Dispute profit, for example (7)7 letters Fly around and over dance (5)5 letters Sardonic about poor tea being insipid (6)6 letters Halt ICE, surprisingly guided by morals (7)7 letters Time in the morning with father in US city (5)5 letters Made an impression around Oscar, indicated with a sign (7)7 letters Child with item of crockery (not son), for old author (7)7 letters Most of all, company with attempt for commercial drink (7)7 letters Argument about promotion with a Yankee where traffic is (7)7 letters Mismanage bribe by the French (6)6 letters Pablo, ordinarily, holds back slaver (5)5 letters Youngster with a large score (5)5 letters Doctor drinking whisky is more on the wagon? (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 25 July 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ACT and the longest is BISHOPRIC. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.