The Sun Cryptic Crossword 5 November 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 · IMPLongest here · COMPOSITE

The completed grid

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

1CL2IM3B4BR5IO6CH7EAMUUTOV8REPENTS9CAMEOAGTHPK10MU11SCATEL12BONEETLD13MS14LARDON15BARIU16MEW17BRTA18BUTT19MANIFESTLC20CRNA21ETHER22BLAS23TEDSEOETAO24STRIPED25ELDER

All 28 clues

Ascend in Conservative branch (5)5 letters Old, cold piece of ham found in cheese roll (7)7 letters Serpent somehow feels contrition (7)7 letters Came over to get small role in film (5)5 letters Harry met Lucas for wine (8)8 letters Scab on eyebrow hiding part of skeleton (4)4 letters The French right to put on piece of meat (6)6 letters Element of Italian port I don't know (6)6 letters With the head, strike object of ridicule (4)4 letters Obvious declaration of intent by political party cut (8)8 letters Scratching head, restrain number (5)5 letters Cursed in bed, continue (7)7 letters Took clothes off, quietly leaving with bands (7)7 letters Tree's ancestor (5)5 letters Ruminant protecting a youngster, ultimately — that's sweet (7)7 letters Limply protects mischievous child (3)3 letters Bribe depressed nursing ace in house (8)8 letters Pop-punk band book American they'd regularly ignored (6)6 letters Long channel died away (4)4 letters Tom copies unusual mixture (9)9 letters Arouse first lady to receive fine (5)5 letters Frame to carry the injured cat stopping back, briefly (9)9 letters Transforming a minaret is steep (8)8 letters Staff at a mortuary initially propped up Spanish killer (7)7 letters Prickly bachelor rejected Debra (6)6 letters Glorify bishop? Not as much (5)5 letters Harvest found in Acropolis (4)4 letters Bit of information lacking answer turned up (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 5 November 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is IMP and the longest is COMPOSITE. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.