The Sun Cryptic Crossword 29 October 2025 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 · TIELongest here · RACKETEER

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Back in time Chinese feel pained (7)7 letters Concede match (5)5 letters Cool sort in journeys to Iceland (5)5 letters Drunken men fail to provoke anger (7)7 letters Court instrument always finding criminal? (9)9 letters Match inevitably drawn? (3)3 letters Warmer in Inverness unusually (3)3 letters An ace in the hand? (3,6)9 letters A tirade might be broadcast (7)7 letters Put on Wild West transport (5)5 letters Good person with everyone in kiosk (5)5 letters Craft ale bore? It depends on the listener (7)7 letters Washer broke strong line (6)6 letters Record nothing in corporate image (4)4 letters Prudent princess encrypted secret (8)8 letters Persian for one using iron railway (6)6 letters Marshal Foch swallows little beer (4)4 letters Elite afternoon refreshment? (5,3)8 letters Very harsh split ending in divorce (6)6 letters Inca and a disorderly N American (8)8 letters Erasures perhaps remove doubts (8)8 letters Small lock of hair causing anxiety (6)6 letters See pic torn to shreds? (6)6 letters A writer to entertain this writer: subhuman types (6)6 letters A seaman can be so skilled (4)4 letters A refusal from Napoleon soon (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 29 October 2025 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is TIE and the longest is RACKETEER. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.