The Sun Cryptic Crossword 27 September 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 · PAVELongest here · GINGERUP

The completed grid

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

1PA2VE3G4IN5GE6RU7PAI8BNAEO9RESPOND10BEVELMTTIBEE11EXALT12GUYANASLOG13M14AU15STEN16G17AMETENH18TRA19FUM20BLE21TI22TAN23BTRMEEN24OUTDO25PERCALEBEOLYSS26STRIMMER27FEES

All 28 clues

Put down flags shown the wrong way in Geneva Protocol (4)4 letters Enliven redhead on horseback (6,2)8 letters Ponders changing answer (7)7 letters Inclination to live very well, from time to time (5)5 letters Praise former partner, a lieutenant (5)5 letters Chap next to an American state (6)6 letters Ace tunes upset writer (6)6 letters Draughts, perhaps, by the empty cell (6)6 letters Female modest after husband leaves — a blunder (6)6 letters Colossus sent back men at Italian houses (5)5 letters Best party to follow away from home (5)5 letters Material in a cold beer (7)7 letters Son with more streamlined gardening equipment (8)8 letters Charges feeders, oddly (4)4 letters Standard names mixed up for cheese (8)8 letters Six sat around avenue (5)5 letters Popular, like old dye (6)6 letters Talkative MOTD presenter Logan (5)5 letters Never put back empty glassware for retribution (7)7 letters European staff? (4)4 letters Nerve vessel (6)6 letters Queen in difficulty showing parsimony (8)8 letters Be quiet and deliver blind (7)7 letters Some barter yearly in main road (6)6 letters Content to help me turn up in place of worship (6)6 letters Sweeper and journalist thrown out of sleeping quarters (5)5 letters Make fun of golf supporters on the radio (5)5 letters Moves up and down in Robert Smith's introduction (4)4 letters

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