The Sun Cryptic Crossword 27 August 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 · ANTLongest here · APPOINTEE

The completed grid

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

1CL2AS3H4CO5MP6AC7TANOAOPO8BITUMEN9PAPERBEAEOC10AN11TIBODY12KITHGIRA13JN14EAGLET15BANTE16REW17SUEE18CORD19SKINDEEPUM20GADL21PROWL22THIM23BLEPTUECOT24ASHAMED25ERASE

All 28 clues

50 in notes perhaps leads to confrontation (5)5 letters Brief school play (7)7 letters Viscous material affected upper-class chaps (7)7 letters Father with a tabloid? (5)5 letters Part of our defence mechanism in bin today, surprisingly (8)8 letters Friends and acquaintances tackle Henry (4)4 letters Appallingly, get ale for youngster (6)6 letters Prohibit three bits of terrible repartee (6)6 letters Twisted strands of my anecdotes, essentially (4)4 letters Shallow Harry needs kip (4-4)8 letters Sneak in PR by member of parliament (5)5 letters The limb is damaged, but the finger protected by this (7)7 letters Feeling embarrassment about a fake education (7)7 letters Get rid of some camera settings (5)5 letters Oddly, cygnet eating four Swedes and brassica (7)7 letters Six-footer content to fantasise (3)3 letters Jew inviting in old male for drink (4-4)8 letters Country is able to notice America (6)6 letters Clean bottom of bottle and brood (4)4 letters Primate meeting Pope, ultimately about critical moment for The Chosen One (9)9 letters Set light to church next to hill (5)5 letters Got hermit drunk in plane (5,4)9 letters German agreed, and I caught bit of egregious disease (8)8 letters Salesperson allowed Earl to be charged in full? (7)7 letters Chased by bird, ultimately, fish travelled over ice (6)6 letters Hot drink excited personal assistant following cold (5)5 letters Downcast, mug up about Luxembourg (4)4 letters Snake found in baobab, oddly (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 27 August 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ANT and the longest is APPOINTEE. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.