The Sun Cryptic Crossword 30 June 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 · ACRIDLongest here · SECRETAGENT

The completed grid

26 entries, 13 across and 13 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

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All 26 clues

Likely I'll be a criminal (6)6 letters Changes over dance at school — high school (6)6 letters Pungent materials, essentially, in sour-tasting substance (5)5 letters Purged a dodgy replacement (7)7 letters Obstructs dire NHS reforms (7)7 letters Bury in cold season, excluding hint of warmth (5)5 letters Spy Harry centre stage (6,5)11 letters Foundation of book unchanged (5)5 letters What a cheese producer might do, reportedly — advance (4,3)7 letters Abandon one's principles to have a full house (4,3)7 letters Nothing blocks aroma in loop of rope (5)5 letters Doctor to copy Republican cloth salesman (6)6 letters Needle person and family (6)6 letters Hate hole in metalworking machine (6)6 letters Oscar rang Edward, partly to plan (7)7 letters Boy almost rented big spoon (5)5 letters Playing small drum with shaved head currently in progress (7)7 letters Gasp about large factory (5)5 letters Drink like director Antony? (6)6 letters Gusset damaged by single friend leads to conjecture (11)11 letters Revive holiday, or end in divorce (7)7 letters Unusual wonkery in city (3,4)7 letters Exploited a plot around America (6)6 letters Willowy Vernon hiding monster (6)6 letters Unfortunately, returned to eat bit of sweet, spicy sauce (5)5 letters Japanese art found in broken doll (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 30 June 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ACRID and the longest is SECRETAGENT. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.