The Sun Cryptic Crossword 7 September 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 · MOCKLongest here · FLIPFLOP

The completed grid

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

1MO2CK3F4LI5PF6LO7POH8SIAEE9BEARCUB10RUFFSIIHYITT11LUNGE12AUSTINIMNS13O14SO15LDER16B17ITTEREA18SNA19SCO20RCH21DR22AIN23FOUOELG24LINKS25WREATHEEITEDAR26DOCKYARD27TRAY

All 28 clues

Make fun of protective garment with front missing (4)4 letters Reverse policy loudly, with impudence, and fail (4-4)8 letters Most of barbecue cooked for youngster, grizzly individual? (4,3)7 letters Trump's in fluted collars (5)5 letters Dive with shaved head, and make sudden thrust (5)5 letters Tunis, a strange city (6)6 letters Join son, getting more mature (6)6 letters Wader mostly resentful (6)6 letters Speed of my school nurses (6)6 letters Start to deplete precipitation in water pipe? (5)5 letters Connections in large tattoos (5)5 letters Envelop in terrible weather (7)7 letters Couple with three feet in naval establishment (8)8 letters Some extra yogurt for drinks carrier (4)4 letters Phone ringing is cause to take action (8)8 letters Row of broken China (5)5 letters Article supporting Liberal with yen for Colonel Gadaffi? (6)6 letters Couples with right to get promoted in capital (5)5 letters Red felt damaged; one's upset, ultimately (7)7 letters Exercise on street is a nuisance (4)4 letters Plan chemistry in south-east (6)6 letters Old warden close to lovely fruit plantation (8)8 letters The French Conservative in charge is terse (7)7 letters Certainly popular action (6)6 letters Exhibitionist in light rain (6)6 letters Out-of-practice rugby union players get feisty at last (5)5 letters Sacrificial table in Malta rejected (5)5 letters FBI agent claiming lecturer ran away (4)4 letters

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