September 2026 — daily cryptic clues

30 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Damage within priceless vase after the bump (5) Hidden word
• Sentiment in emotional letters from the quay (7) Hidden word
• Stream from panel often upset regard, to begin with (4) Letter selection
• Ruffian junk after a letter swap from J to P (4) Substitution
• Word gram call (4) Letter as symbol
• Agitated gunter looks pressing (6) Anagram
• Dance floor mango, its heart changed from M to T (5) Substitution
• Pot and tin trays yield, at first — cake (5) Letter selection
• Fasting time one lent (4) Double definition
• Gang around blade bellow (7) Container

29 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Close once night turns tailless (4) Deletion
• Mouth in assassin rumours after the play (4) Hidden word
• Rainbow coffee beans roast, at the end — Occident (4) Letter selection
• Tea and a Latin bone — pure confusion (5) Charade
• Opening on the schedule (4) Double definition
• Brag once web tho tea sons must, in conclusion (5) Letter selection
• Offspring in laughter with a change of heart from L to D (8) Substitution
• Incentive finally — public drama teacher for alto pilot (6) Letter selection
• Gag note for bliss (6) Letter as symbol
• Lunar disc over Amsterdam (4) Translation

28 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Barrier hidden in swallow nests under eaves (4) Hidden word
• Look for battered except (6) Anagram
• Rid once disposed is curtailed (7) Deletion
• Reading shell also view, finally — gleaming (4) Letter selection
• Change from secret holding nitrogen (7) Container
• Break away study idea nowhere at first — trough (5) Letter selection
• Proverbial expression uttered (6) Double definition
• Impairment on the hydrogen branch (4) Letter as symbol
• Blight with a change of heart from B to A sets things burning (6) Substitution
• Double, one letter changed from U to A, proves manageable (6) Substitution

27 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Mum hidden in materially better digs (5) Hidden word
• Ross, one letter changed from R to B, becomes chief (4) Substitution
• Large, we hear, as a grate (5) Homophone
• Extra clean living well done, ultimately — fish (5) Letter selection
• Slack after pound in sink (5) Container
• Soft fruit after perry after one letter change from P to B (5) Substitution
• Tragedy once Rael is rolled off the stage (4) Reversal
• Squander water assist rio expert at the outset (4) Letter selection
• Lively last of all — pair era epic jersey (4) Letter selection
• Perform for an hour with an insect — supreme (8) Charade

26 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Cheek from sassy, almost (4) Deletion
• Posted rent with a change of heart from R to S (4) Substitution
• Can accounts subtract within deduction after audit? (6) Hidden word
• Battered rock for a stopper (4) Anagram
• Concealed — ridden after a letter swap from R to H (6) Substitution
• Dasher and naughty Cupid eagerly race, at first — reindeer (6) Letter selection
• Acquire name, now fully adult (5) Letter as symbol
• Blaze, gleam (5) Double definition
• Tea broken draft reveal surface better in conclusion — horn (6) Letter selection
• Layout style marked '4mat' (6) Glyph rebus

25 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Error inside default forms at the building society (5) Hidden word
• Shaken mary raises a host (4) Anagram
• Wealthy rice with a change from E to H (4) Substitution
• Humble once slowly is beheaded (5) Deletion
• Assay carefully — handle every cracked kettle first of all (5) Letter selection
• Yarn walk wrapping hotel (6) Container
• Ornate liking (5) Double definition
• Spirit, output, love, edition, modern, now, first of all — earnest (6) Letter selection
• Intense veteran plant (8) Charade
• Bare after reveal diameter (7) Letter as symbol

24 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Rock within freely swinging garden gate (4) Hidden word
• Mood lurking in spirited team talk (6) Hidden word
• Average, last of all, when robin too never him (4) Letter selection
• Picture shape from flame when one becomes another from L to R (5) Substitution
• Old cent from jenny after a letter swap from J to P (5) Substitution
• Tutor always urges gentle homework tasks, first of all — educated (6) Letter selection
• Covert — at first, seed century retired edge error newly (6) Letter selection
• Negligent escape after Ra (6) Charade
• Scroll, we hear the whirl (5) Homophone
• Diminution in size (8) Double definition

23 September 2026 · 10 clues

• Done within throughput figures this quarter (7) Hidden word
• Tablet after spill loses its head (4) Deletion
• Odd ware among the clothing (4) Anagram
• Entrance allows cast crew entry stage side initially (6) Letter selection
• Applaud public tough save defence peter last of all (5) Letter selection
• Orchard plantation where drove when one becomes another from D to G (5) Substitution
• Gush after stain embracing upper class (5) Container
• Wage from warning with a change of heart from W to E (7) Substitution
• Barrel that moved (5) Double definition
• Filter from second coach (8) Letter as symbol