The Sun Cryptic Crossword 7 July 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 · DRYLongest here · CONSENSUS

The completed grid

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

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All 26 clues

Returning behind schedule, along with others (2,2)4 letters Dodgy creep hid crack (8)8 letters Dirty, like food? (6)6 letters Head setter good, providing spice (6)6 letters Smoother, I fell in a liquid (4,4)8 letters Musical instrument made of glass not loud (4)4 letters Gets rid of fragments (6)6 letters Notice about dog being safe (6)6 letters Left before naughty child relaxed (4)4 letters Determined loser turned Australian pick-up truck (8)8 letters Rim of open pastry good with bit of egg (6)6 letters Sailor with light brown patterned cloth design (6)6 letters Somehow, great pic gives indication of cost (5,3)8 letters Rejected nomenclature describing cosmetic powder (4)4 letters Easter rabbit concealing earth (5)5 letters Chuck and Eli first to acquire flowering plant (7)7 letters Oddly dirty on the wagon (3)3 letters Unanimity from survey about son cycling (9)9 letters Unusual plate showing part of flower (5)5 letters Horse rider quits, theory regularly ignored (7)7 letters Sit with gunner, wild rebel (9)9 letters Child more sick in refrigerator (7)7 letters Guilty party mostly prudish in sect (7)7 letters Article in photograph results in hysteria (5)5 letters Fish content to eat raw liver (5)5 letters Got back for measure of warmth (3)3 letters

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