The Sun Cryptic Crossword 5 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 · PANLongest here · DEPRECATE

The completed grid

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

1A2ST3I4PE5DA6NT7RYANAEEA8SUMMON9PAVINGNARES10PARTI11CLE12ROADEOCC13P14RISES15AL16ASKAIMTR17SCA18R19OVERCA20STKHNHP21RETINA22PLACEDTNUOIA23ASSORTED24CURD

All 26 clues

Some plastic in wine (4)4 letters Nit-picking from editor in storeroom (8)8 letters Demand total dedication at last, claiming second (6)6 letters Stones quietly preventing goal, heading away (6)6 letters Something very small? Parcel it up (8)8 letters Reportedly used bicycle in highway (4)4 letters Forces first of pay increases (6)6 letters A large request by a state (6)6 letters Result of injury from small vehicle (4)4 letters Hire too many actors, perhaps, being gloomy (8)8 letters Aren't I strange, making light-sensitive membrane (6)6 letters Put palladium around cord (6)6 letters Idiot/unruly youth classified (8)8 letters Dog died in thickened milk (4)4 letters Oddly, statue near steam bath (5)5 letters Prisoners' hot friends (7)7 letters Criticise skillet (3)3 letters Deeply regret fall in value? Not I (9)9 letters Nerve damaged? Under no circumstances (5)5 letters Thoroughly search pouch during row (7)7 letters Somehow, Mao counts as long-distance traveller (9)9 letters Disease in insects deficient in carbon (7)7 letters Extremely old curved structure da Vince regularly ignored (7)7 letters Greek character taking in endangered creature (5)5 letters Stalk Pierce (5)5 letters Silk cocoon found in River Dee (3)3 letters

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