The Sun Cryptic Crossword 26 July 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 · ENDLongest here · SCAVENGER

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Away from established tracks, female enters out of spite (3-5)8 letters Pole's job (4)4 letters Popular reflective dad named nice hosts (2,6)8 letters No fine for retreat (4)4 letters Poor nurses left without hair (4)4 letters Imperil border, leading to fury (8)8 letters Brief affair enthrals Yankee (6)6 letters Avoid one abandoning disturbed viewers (6)6 letters Chap fearless without German language (8)8 letters Fish carrying large lump of earth (4)4 letters Who bothers to hide tramp? (4)4 letters Ace Keats works, and baked items (8)8 letters Buffoons regularly ignored flying saucers? (4)4 letters Antiseptic cream, 40% off, so toe treated (8)8 letters Singer sick, briefly, after fizzy drink (7)7 letters Imploringly request bit of precious metal (5)5 letters Verges can upset one looking for food (9)9 letters Incline with no summit? Stop (3)3 letters Atonement in Cornish town not unknown (7)7 letters Raw about Cuba result (5)5 letters Gains edge moving around to withdraw from combat (9)9 letters Under a roof, donor is confused (7)7 letters Acting with great force, not evil, surprisingly (7)7 letters A simpleton returned, unfriendly (5)5 letters Caught Republican idiot being indelicate (5)5 letters Characteristically conceals spasm (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 26 July 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is END and the longest is SCAVENGER. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.