The Sun Cryptic Crossword 30 May 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 · DUCKLongest here · CHARADES

The completed grid

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

1DU2CK3C4HA5RA6DE7SOO8FIIAH9CABARET10VILLATREEALM11REARS12CALAISICHE13P14NE15LSON16W17ANDEREU18FNO19AMO20RAL21GL22AND23APUAIMI24BASEL25WINDBAGIUEEAEA26TOMBRADY27ORAL

All 28 clues

No runs at cricket, darling? (4)4 letters Search ad playing parlour game (8)8 letters Rejected content from writer, a bachelor, for entertainment (7)7 letters Victor not well next to ace holiday home (5)5 letters Brings up part of miniature arsenal (5)5 letters Port is cold, unfortunately, around one (6)6 letters Strangely, Len's working in Lancashire town (6)6 letters Ground warden to go astray (6)6 letters Lacking principals, lying about large smell (6)6 letters Part of the UK lacking space for device to prevent leakage (5)5 letters City in Cuba's electrifying (5)5 letters Bigmouth duke entering two different lands (7)7 letters Sports star excellent in vault, Yurchenko primarily (3,5)8 letters Examination of gold ball, essentially (4)4 letters No credit for changing belief (8)8 letters Firm support for hooded individual? (5)5 letters Advanced problem consumes engineers, at first (2-4)6 letters Opponent's appearance lacking a bit of razzmatazz (5)5 letters Daughter joined, and wasted time (7)7 letters Second bad actor is charlatan (4)4 letters Villein returned commanding officer's painting (6)6 letters Waster to provoke single girl (8)8 letters Payment of fifty arbitrators I don't know (4,3)7 letters New drink welcomed by motoring group, leading to complaint (6)6 letters FBI agent claiming rule is defective (6)6 letters Backtracking scoundrel urgently protecting leader (5)5 letters In the morning, live recording initially provides cautionary signal (5)5 letters American bishop with sex appeal? Not much (1,3)4 letters

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