The Sun Cryptic Crossword July 5 2025 Answers
The complete list of answers to the The Sun Cryptic Crossword published on July 5 2025.
- 26
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 12
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Rotters celeb backed
The answer is: rats
?
?
?
?
(4)
Your Highness?
The answer is: altitude
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(8)
Yankee with beard looked bored
The answer is: yawned
?
?
?
?
?
?
(9)
Motor that's good seen in E9
The answer is: engine
?
?
?
?
?
?
(10)
Around Tyneside, suits will get perks
The answer is: benefits
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(12)
Others unnamed in Goethe maybe
The answer is: them
?
?
?
?
(13)
Dad, having been taken for a ride, took five
The answer is: paused
?
?
?
?
?
?
(15)
About to introduce tax break
The answer is: recess
?
?
?
?
?
?
(17)
Notice bishop backed busy group?
The answer is: bees
?
?
?
?
(19)
Test case involved tape recording
The answer is: cassette
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(21)
Empty tin goes inside barrel
The answer is: vacant
?
?
?
?
?
?
(22)
USA sir? That could be another place!
The answer is: russia
?
?
?
?
?
?
(23)
Let out: or sublet maybe!
The answer is: released
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(24)
Observes bishops' offices
The answer is: sees
?
?
?
?
Clues Down (12 total)
(2)
Knowing in Zaporizhzhia war extended
The answer is: aware
?
?
?
?
?
(3)
Choristers maybe miscreants with a change of heart
The answer is: singers
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(4)
Help domestic losing head
The answer is: aid
?
?
?
(5)
Certain to be in tears breaking up valuables
The answer is: treasures
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(6)
Mean to get wasted
The answer is: tight
?
?
?
?
?
(7)
Performers send car out
The answer is: dancers
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(11)
New cadet is in shows
The answer is: indicates
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(14)
Norm's girl appearing in time
The answer is: average
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(16)
Regime initially brought in stops wrinkles
The answer is: creases
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(18)
Figure in good condition
The answer is: shape
?
?
?
?
?
(20)
Gourmet finally ready to eat this?
The answer is: tripe
?
?
?
?
?
(22)
Purge in Cambridge
The answer is: rid
?
?
?