The Sun Cryptic Crossword 8 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 · TESTLongest here · BADMOUTH

The completed grid

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

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All 28 clues

Content to annotate staggering experiment (4)4 letters Slag off Oscar in crude mud bath (8)8 letters Into pieces, as below (7)7 letters Excess fat, for example, returned after school (5)5 letters Obvious scheme to capture Italy (5)5 letters Mountain range is rare at sea (6)6 letters Husband, possibly, initially put in pickle (6)6 letters Warning about ancient city uproar (6)6 letters Old apartment close to collapse, recently (2,4)6 letters Attempt feat regularly behind cleaner (5)5 letters Most tough, but having left treasury (5)5 letters Meat cooked in ovens (7)7 letters One revealing all is probing drunk truant (8)8 letters Wind in mountain pass around one (4)4 letters Catholic ruse is stopping point (8)8 letters Oddly, statue near steam bath (5)5 letters Check some popular restaurants (6)6 letters Man hiding quietly in tree (5)5 letters German and that cockney lady try experience (7)7 letters Reportedly cure part of foot (4)4 letters Fuss about lust, perhaps, for very handsome youth (6)6 letters Guard dispatched in hell, essentially (8)8 letters Eccentric from France exhausted (7)7 letters Civilised outlaw found in Yorkshire river (6)6 letters Bequeaths parts of tree (6)6 letters Change block for sacrifices, reportedly (5)5 letters Record love for dance (5)5 letters One prisoner is venerated figure (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 8 August 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is TEST and the longest is BADMOUTH. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.