The Sun Cryptic Crossword 5 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 · SONLongest here · ONPURPOSE

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Drastic revolutionary protecting leader (4)4 letters Precipitation of flakes, ultimately, present by autumn (8)8 letters Dispatch shortly after John is free (6)6 letters King's home town perhaps visited by American (6)6 letters Gardening equipment, spades, relatively well-kept (8)8 letters Locks in hard character (4)4 letters Female committing perjury, perhaps, travelling on aeroplane (6)6 letters Oscar called Earl to provide colour (6)6 letters Send out part of problem I tackled (4)4 letters Sympathetic about the French system for filling University places (8)8 letters Cuban analyst hides fruit (6)6 letters Light gown on street (6)6 letters Agitated, have a job with English political party in Northern Ireland (6,2)8 letters Quietly field request (4)4 letters Cry "Be quiet!" in the open air (5)5 letters Composer annoyed, scratching head, in Italy (7)7 letters Very new child (3)3 letters Post office stops running finances deliberately (2,7)9 letters Lift broken; husband provides obscenity (5)5 letters American city leader claiming bit of culture is missing (7)7 letters Staff used to announce tricks? (5,4)9 letters Left University with business degree, vitality, and back problem (7)7 letters Doctor stopping broadcast work for food delivery (3-4)7 letters Follow barrow going north with Kelvin (5)5 letters Honourable umpire at last following no ball regularly (5)5 letters In small quantities, take in second half of tittle-tattle (3)3 letters

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