The Sun Cryptic Crossword 4 September 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 · PIELongest here · TINOPENER

The completed grid

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

1O2VE3RS4TE5P6DA7SHIIIIET8CONDENSE9CHAPLGOLS10FARE11PA12STICHETECN13REA14SON15ONED16GEUEUA17E18LECTRON19CARDACDAB20ANTE21HARRIDANCSAERG22MESS23SPLINTER

All 26 clues

Many deliveries by returning favourite transgress (8)8 letters The German husband in a rush (4)4 letters Prisoner stupid to concentrate (8)8 letters Bloke is such a prat, but not completely (4)4 letters Travel cost is reasonable, it's said (4)4 letters Plastic Man forgetting large work of art (8)8 letters Argue a snore is abnormal (6)6 letters Tense individual drinking on vacation with European (2,4)6 letters Vote in Ronald? I'm slightly negative (8)8 letters Perhaps ace vehicle driver's first (4)4 letters Stake in canteen (4)4 letters I ran hard, staggering sharp-tongued woman (8)8 letters Setter's son in muddle (4)4 letters Scottish Premier League initially getting Italian football club to fragment (8)8 letters Break instrument, extremely tense (7)7 letters Area of high pressure in cold store initially ignored (5)5 letters Kitchen device energised inner poet (3,6)9 letters Baked item from Italy exercises hosts (3)3 letters Led nice dances in period of deterioration (7)7 letters Store in street remains (5)5 letters Rogue criminal closed urn (9)9 letters Cusses wildly, bored by Charlie's victory (7)7 letters Rubbish bin initially in petrol station? (7)7 letters Pierce and Charlie blocking road (5)5 letters Cold wind on top of northern rocks (5)5 letters Owns mess, mostly (3)3 letters

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