Decryptic #3 - 30th June 2026
Solution & wordplay explained · Published 30 June 2026
The solved grid and a clue-by-clue explanation of every piece of wordplay in this Decryptic daily. It's a past puzzle, and the archive lets you play older crosswords. Today's crossword is always free to play.
The solved grid
1H
U
2M
M
3I
N
4G
B
5I
R
6D
7V
O
A
N
O
N
R
I
R
8P
R
E
C
A
U
T
I
O
N
S
M
P
R
U
V
I
O
9I
N
T
E
10L
L
I
G
E
N
T
N
N
A
T
11E
I
G
H
12T
T
13S
A
14M
B
15A
E
E
O
R
16H
O
17M
O
S
E
X
U
18A
L
S
T
O
I
S
N
T
W
19M
U
S
K
E
L
20L
U
N
G
E
O
E
E
R
I
U
S
R
S
21R
E
A
L
P
O
L
I
T
I
K
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Across
1 Across Hovering creature born from grim bind hum rearranged (11) → HUMMINGBIRD Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “grim bind hum”.
8 Across Safety measures taken when caution reps are broken (11) → PRECAUTIONS Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “caution reps”.
9 Across Bright result when telling tine is scrambled (11) → INTELLIGENT Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “telling tine”.
11 Across Number found in the eighteenth century (5) → EIGHT Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “the eighteenth”.
13 Across Brazilian dance found in Cuba's ambassadors (5) → SAMBA Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “Cuba's ambassadors”.
16 Across Gay people emerge when loam houses X is broken up (11) → HOMOSEXUALS Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “loam houses X”.
19 Across Large freshwater fish - fragrance, an elevated railway, then a lunge (11) → MUSKELLUNGE Charade
Join three pieces end to end, 4, 2 and 5 letters long.
21 Across Practical politics - like oil trap broken up (11) → REALPOLITIK Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “like oil trap”.
Down
1 Down Chemical signal found in birth hormones (7) → HORMONE Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “birth hormones”.
2 Down Plotting area after a sonar ping (7) → MAPPING Charade
Join two pieces end to end, 3 and 4 letters long.
3 Down Passive, as it never excites researchers truly, initially (5) → INERT Initialism
Take the first letter of each: it, never, excites, researchers, truly.
4 Down Indian destination found in ergo along the coast (3) → GOA Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “ergo along”.
5 Down Knows instinctively when nit suit is broken (7) → INTUITS Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “nit suit”.
6 Down Herded animals from Dover, somehow scrambled (5) → DROVE Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “Dover”.
7 Down A call when revisit loses its opening (5) → VISIT Deletion
Remove 2 letters from the start of a longer word.
10 Down Rubber from exalt, wildly rearranged (5) → LATEX Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “exalt”.
12 Down Mosaic tile - seaters oddly rearranged (7) → TESSERA Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “seaters”.
14 Down The utmost with to stems wildly mixed (7) → MOSTEST Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “to stems”.
15 Down Creation scrambled from kart row (3,4) → ART WORK Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “kart row”.
16 Down Dwellings hidden in echo messages sent (5) → HOMES Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “echo messages”.
17 Down Hoarder found in optimism is erasing (5) → MISER Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “optimism is erasing”.
18 Down Void found in can nullify (5) → ANNUL Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “can nullify”.
20 Down Cheek seen in some tulips (3) → LIP Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “tulips”.