The Sun Cryptic Crossword 25 September 2025 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 · DOTLongest here · ROUGHHEWN

The completed grid

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

1AG2AT3E4SI5ST6IN7ELSPAYLV8DESPOIL9RAISEEACTIAN10ROUGHHEWN11DOTLDGE12SHTI13CK14BEG15GARHH16BU17AS18S19ABAN20DONE21DMPTDEWO22BLAKE23DEAFAIDLTAILLG24EXECUTE25SCENE

All 28 clues

An opening in stone (5)5 letters New sin site to do with Pope Sixtus (7)7 letters Plunder piled so haphazardly (7)7 letters Boost: God is English! (5)5 letters Undressed, when suggested? (5-4)9 letters Dorothy to start with dessert on table (3)3 letters Quiet moment in amusing routine (6)6 letters Solicitor wants something to eat in pub (6)6 letters Some massive idiot (3)3 letters A new don in a bed deserted (9)9 letters Artist in Blackpool? (5)5 letters Lacking sound sense? This could help (4,3)7 letters Top Somerset banker, shrewd (7)7 letters Landscape glimpsed reportedly (5)5 letters Tree more bare: bark initially removed (5)5 letters A saint will protect biblical leader in onslaught (7)7 letters Strange echo round piano for long time (5)5 letters Like some peanuts, nuts lasted (6)6 letters Shot putter? (7)7 letters Old story in Swahili adapted (5)5 letters Jumper always having hole in it? (7)7 letters Dishonour surrounding bishop left in lurch (7)7 letters Clubs dislike gold in house (7)7 letters Rev with beer finds an edge at sea (7)7 letters Sinner, sick, to cash in chips (6)6 letters Quarrel over eastern flood (5)5 letters Contracts Slade renegotiated? (5)5 letters Cunning trick in Kansas City (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 25 September 2025 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is DOT and the longest is ROUGHHEWN. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.