The Sun Cryptic Crossword 5 September 2025 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 · PUTLongest here · CHALLENGE

The completed grid

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

1F2S3L4B5T6B7S8AVERAGE9REACHRPCAASO10CRATE11CONVENEIROS12CHAL13LENGE14PU15TATIPAE16LIE17SU18BSTANCETODN19SU20SPECT21DRAMAATNHICG22SHAME23EMANATESBRRLRR

All 26 clues

Mean to maintain maturity (7)7 letters Communicate with power (5)5 letters About to assess old plane (5)5 letters Meet Tory never drunk renouncing right (7)7 letters Confront Helen, a GLC eccentric (9)9 letters Stand among Lilliputians (3)3 letters Produce pork pies? (3)3 letters Possessions matter (9)9 letters Guess that's unreliable (7)7 letters Tundra man pens play (5)5 letters Disgrace has me in trouble (5)5 letters East Sea creature sheds tail in Spring (7)7 letters Rising air force CIC a liberal? Absurd (8)8 letters What might be apart, see? (8)8 letters Spike left with fighter pilot (4)4 letters Serve time inside lighthouse, maybe? (6)6 letters Broken patterns in cathedral wing (8)8 letters Station in Cordoba sector (4)4 letters He so ruined footwear (4)4 letters Leinster riotous one hears (8)8 letters Pair touring Canada pranged station wagon? (5,3)8 letters Adolescent brewed green tea (8)8 letters Sibling lacks resistance to plague (6)6 letters Nerve of son among elite soldiers (4)4 letters Go mad in retirement (4)4 letters Watch face seen in media lately (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 5 September 2025 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is PUT and the longest is CHALLENGE. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.