The Sun Cryptic Crossword 8 September 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 · DEMOBLongest here · POLYTECHNIC

The completed grid

26 entries, 13 across and 13 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

1RE2MO3TE4S5TR6AN7DEEI8SOMA9DEMOB10MAWKISHUEIIPGL11CONTACT12AIOLIETHTA13POL14YTECHN15IC16CIRM17B18OW19NED20ES21CAPEEMADEIID22PENSION23VENUEENSSEGC24LOATHE25STREAK

All 26 clues

Far-off meteor lost (6)6 letters Currency on street and beach (6)6 letters Discharge bishop after protest (5)5 letters Sentimental male aggressive with head shaved (7)7 letters Meeting to get shorter without resistance (7)7 letters Dip in main road next to oil supply (5)5 letters Phony Celtic works in old seat of learning (11)11 letters It hurts Scottish hooligan to be utterly defeated (5)5 letters Fugitive notices cape engrossing guards (7)7 letters Writer is back working for security in old age (7)7 letters Meeting place that parvenu easily goes round (5)5 letters Hate a hotel complex (6)6 letters Strip, and run with no clothes on (6)6 letters Turn down wine with uncle, oddly (6)6 letters Setter twice not spoiling remembrance (7)7 letters Bone slightly facing in the wrong direction, I admitted (5)5 letters Walk next to canal in unusual top hat, drinking whiskey (7)7 letters In the morning, I leave friend (5)5 letters Pain had returned for one in bed? (6)6 letters Hard semesters in surprisingly small fragments (11)11 letters Tongue rejected self-made cottage pie? (7)7 letters Some scrimping excessively encroach (7)7 letters Force the Spanish to support school (6)6 letters Beautify editor interrupting stream (6)6 letters Grandmother from Annan turned up (5)5 letters Setter's in court; I secrete a powerful aromatic liquid (5)5 letters

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