The Sun Cryptic Crossword 8 July 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 · URNLongest here · APARTMENT

The completed grid

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

1CR2UM3B4LI5BR6AR7YAROAAPE8RUNAWAY9CLAIMVLOKRE10EP11ILOGUE12STUNRMVT13IM14YIPPEE15ANTEU16PRR17CTNU18CHOW19THREATENLM20CARG21APPLY22TREA23CLESTSTSON24POULTRY25TIBET

All 28 clues

Tiny bit of goodness snubbed (5)5 letters Sign next to extremely roomy public building (7)7 letters Out of control American infiltrating catwalk (7)7 letters Endless malice about assertion (5)5 letters Two different records about one regularly used concluding section (8)8 letters Shock tactics initially seen in newspaper (4)4 letters Hurray! The elderly guarding new pipe (6)6 letters Pay colonial worker with EU payments, primarily (4,2)6 letters Farm animal eating hot food (4)4 letters Mostly, they aren't terrible menace (8)8 letters Happily leaving hospital, and I exercise (5)5 letters Golden syrup and claret mixed with bit of eggnog (7)7 letters Picked up meagre domestic fowl (7)7 letters Live in idiot's autonomous region (5)5 letters Extremely supportive of coach in restaurant (7)7 letters Short of time, go in vessel (3)3 letters Shock fan of violins? (4,4)8 letters Knock over thug around outskirts of Aylesbury (3,3)6 letters Support rugby player (4)4 letters Paintings, perhaps, by blokes in suitable living accommodation (9)9 letters Desire to cuddle me in Arabian nation (5)5 letters Makeshift setter's punctual getting uniform (9)9 letters Setter in unusual activity (8)8 letters Sharp joke with chap (7)7 letters Talkative and spiteful about husband (6)6 letters Caught large snake? Hold tightly (5)5 letters Growth of fancy store (4)4 letters Methodically search sheds first in Macclesfield for horse (3)3 letters

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