The Sun Cryptic Crossword 4 October 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 · YETLongest here · WORMEATEN

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Criticise unfashionable American Pie (8)8 letters Tape up head (4)4 letters Regret backing strange Croat as civil servant in Brussels? (8)8 letters Pull in say, Ankara (4)4 letters Foul-smelling liquid found in automobiles (4)4 letters Earn cent shivering in doorway? (8)8 letters Horrified a German suffers with gout, ultimately (6)6 letters Compel Oscar to meet Mary J? (6)6 letters Metal plate shortened in university by male (8)8 letters Cut back large survey (4)4 letters Reportedly support you at last in capital (4)4 letters Part of America in a right state (8)8 letters Briefly scrutinise boss (4)4 letters Thrash a duke wildly to get protective items (4,4)8 letters Camus ingeniously keeps entertaining (7)7 letters Idler finished eating bit of rice (5)5 letters Argument about beef, perhaps, on menu, essentially rotten (4-5)9 letters Abominable snowman briefly still (3)3 letters Father getting Wally drunk showing feature of some websites (7)7 letters "Get on", I cried, displaying stimulant (5)5 letters Talk with Romeo about Starmer's dad's job (9)9 letters Don't USA jockeys amaze? (7)7 letters Impertinence by six-footer? Gracious (7)7 letters Jumped in field with personal trainer (5)5 letters Satirical magazine once a big hit (5)5 letters Hurry to lose dead wood (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 4 October 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is YET and the longest is WORMEATEN. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.