Puzzler Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Aug 27

• Admire ornate sceptre (7) Crossword Clue
• A mature sort, but no professional actor (7) Crossword Clue
• Briefly enclosed? (2,1,8) Crossword Clue
• Cold in truck, very cold (6) Crossword Clue
• Eastern bird to unite in perpetuity (9) Crossword Clue
• Entitlements announced for religious ceremonies (5) Crossword Clue
• Flirt's only holding back for breathing space (7) Crossword Clue
• Hastened from stranger (3) Crossword Clue
• Is nothing except for line on map (6) Crossword Clue
• Llama's relative finding mountain before a tailless cat (6) Crossword Clue
• Loaf of bread for the swan (3) Crossword Clue
• Lubricating instructions become a bore (3,4) Crossword Clue
• Military unit's body curtailed (5) Crossword Clue
• Parents, without hesitation, are pests when it comes to clothes (5) Crossword Clue
• Peggy holds source of protein (3) Crossword Clue
• Place for admitting you in the past (5) Crossword Clue
• Quietly we returned the seat (3) Crossword Clue
• Round start of grocery aisle, chopped fodder (6) Crossword Clue
• Shady male reforming in a regretful manner (9) Crossword Clue
• Shout 'Rotten!' and suddenly back out (3,3) Crossword Clue
• Silent attic is disturbed (5) Crossword Clue
• Some in Mexico were to cringe (5) Crossword Clue
• Strange story about English seafood (6) Crossword Clue
• Trooped off with journalist when hit underwater (9) Crossword Clue
• Visiting German city church, basically (2,7) Crossword Clue
• Wrecking of Roman town to halt (11) Crossword Clue