The Sun Cryptic Crossword 7 August 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 · ARMLongest here · CRIMEWAVE

The completed grid

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

1CH2AR3D4CH5AN6CE7LORELJRA8NAMIBIA9ALIASIURRME10FR11ONTIER12PEAREBAT13HW14RAVINE15MOSAI16CIT17CTVO18SHOT19CHOWMEINTU20TAAC21ESSAY22RATR23ACEALPGEWD24MAYPOLE25RANGE

All 28 clues

Picked up burnt vegetable (5)5 letters Fortune left in part of church (7)7 letters State of backward chap with bone missing tip (7)7 letters Assumed name unfortunately protecting one (5)5 letters Limit father working next to bank (8)8 letters Pope arranged to display fruit (4)4 letters Briefly shouting wildly next to European valley (6)6 letters Decoration of Moses (6)6 letters Photograph attempt on goal (4)4 letters How mince is cooked in noodle dish (4,4)8 letters Attempt excursions on vacation, for example (5)5 letters Initially, receives amazing hint for 'unremitting pressure of life' (3,4)7 letters According to Spooner, remunerate spy for staff employed in spring (7)7 letters Anger about northern mountains (5)5 letters Fir cone somehow produced by this (7)7 letters Farmer conceals weapon (3)3 letters First-timer in Brown University, at first, in debt (8)8 letters Red insertion indicator: insert L (6)6 letters A vessel is open (4)4 letters Review 50% of camera shot in period of lawlessness (5,4)9 letters Earl's fantastic light source (5)5 letters Clearly, 51 leaving in an unaware manner (9)9 letters That wore out, creating trouble (3,5)8 letters Admit Dec once prepared (7)7 letters Cost of custody (6)6 letters 13 drunk mates (5)5 letters Nasty policeman revealing mistake (4)4 letters Beard manipulated individual quietly shaved (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 7 August 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ARM and the longest is CRIMEWAVE. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.