The Sun Cryptic Crossword 25 September 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 · DRYLongest here · SPARTACUS

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Caught part of face in fastening device (4)4 letters Assert I'd arranged terrible event (8)8 letters Already arranged year in religious house (6)6 letters A way back from melancholy and indifference (6)6 letters Writer solvent, I suspect (8)8 letters Can temperature change slightly? (4)4 letters Special gift: Shelter over a lake (6)6 letters Regularly create entertaining request for small container (6)6 letters Singer runs away from section of orchestra (4)4 letters Reply, as son peers around (8)8 letters Adore eating a good herb (6)6 letters Fragments of rock song's ending by French composer (6)6 letters Wild prey seen in mountain range (8)8 letters Reportedly, that man would observe (4)4 letters Left on Jason's boat, slowly (5)5 letters Pupil of professional with time for one last piece of advice (7)7 letters Without water, is dirty from time to time (3)3 letters Film role boring second American, oddly clumsy (9)9 letters Sudden movement of celebrity initially troubling (5)5 letters When half-cut, risk shaving head for boost (7)7 letters Separate eventer in broadcast (9)9 letters Tiny particle in some make-up (7)7 letters Put up with breadbasket (7)7 letters Frighten son with caution (5)5 letters Reportedly influenced 90s rock band (5)5 letters Methane, perhaps, found in Long Ashton (3)3 letters

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