The Sun Cryptic Crossword 6 August 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 · SOLLongest here · LASTSTRAW

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Saliva in small hole (4)4 letters Mistake from only cis male (8)8 letters Girl protecting pitch for international (6)6 letters Soprano with accessible drink (6)6 letters Outfits are expensive — dummies regularly seen with ultimate in patches (8)8 letters Son's abandoned hat? Let it stand (4)4 letters Indicates broken piston (6)6 letters Initially runs away with bridge player, most immature (6)6 letters Blemish from autonomous computer program about Latin (4)4 letters It hurts to block excellent thing for colleague (2-6)8 letters Criticise a mother's hat? (6)6 letters Scowl, as German more depressed (6)6 letters Idiot leaps with Victor shot in attacks (8)8 letters Flood? One nun leaves for romantic encounter (4)4 letters Equestrian game receives international complaint (5)5 letters One living the high life, perhaps from money split by Greek character (7)7 letters Very large colloidal suspension (3)3 letters Continue with warts returning — a metaphorical back-breaker (4,5)9 letters Some atrocious sarcasm, on reflection, is insensitive (5)5 letters End up in elite army unit on sierra, leading to sorrow (7)7 letters Ponder about cash I wasted in entertainment venue (5,4)9 letters City of Gold inclines (7)7 letters Commander-in-chief's promise to protect patrols regularly (7)7 letters One entering farewell in head ornament (5)5 letters Seventy stripped? Result! (5)5 letters Form of matter in incision, briefly (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 6 August 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is SOL and the longest is LASTSTRAW. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.