The Sun Cryptic Crossword 3 October 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 · ERALongest here · WINEGLASS

The completed grid

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

1SU2MA3C4TA5CT6IL7ETALHERM8RAGTIME9LHASAAENBETN10WINEGLASS11ERATNTT12STAR13VE14DAB15BLETI16RA17AL18P19SMEL20LARA21TROCMIOR22DISCO23OBLIQUEOIUVLUA24MATISSE25EGEST

All 28 clues

Add account for spice (5)5 letters Feline going to the west part of roof is perceptible by touch (7)7 letters Music with syncopated rhythm confused Maigret (7)7 letters City wall has amazing guards (5)5 letters Victory for one girl getting drinking vessel (9)9 letters Tear gas oddly ignored for a long time (3)3 letters Deprive staff crossing river (6)6 letters Glen taking Bob, heartlessly, for splash (6)6 letters Mountain air largely pleasant, to begin with (3)3 letters Detect something suspicious in stream? All a bit strange (5,1,3)9 letters Dance record over (5)5 letters Russian river with reported escape of water, it's implied (7)7 letters Is mates with performing artist (7)7 letters Discharge European visitor lacking uniform (5)5 letters Stone next to green stalk of wheat? (5)5 letters Mother cuddling American man, becoming a shade of deep red (7)7 letters Caught fish? Stick close (5)5 letters The prohibition of ancient Greek city (6)6 letters Some revolutionary Croat selected musical instrument (7)7 letters Furious, as Gerschwin, perhaps, emptied theatre (5)5 letters Manatee reformed in spring (7)7 letters Celebrity darts terrible for women, essentially (7)7 letters Six from Liverpool mostly getting sticky (7)7 letters Nothing stopping sailing ship that's very ornate (7)7 letters Dismiss me over broadcast (6)6 letters Put forward current boring job (5)5 letters Sick in the French city (5)5 letters Turkey? Consume for special occasion (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 3 October 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ERA and the longest is WINEGLASS. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.