The Sun Cryptic Crossword 1 April 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 · MELONLongest here · POWERBROKER

The completed grid

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

1PI2CK3LE4B5AR6RE7DAAI8RROA9MELON10EVANGELPYESPUL11EXPUNGE12ARENARSMHS13POW14ERBROK15ER16BPLV17S18RI19OTS20AI21RLIFTERINADA22ANGELIC23STERNSAOEPNC24TENANT25TSETSE

All 26 clues

Choose the French relish (6)6 letters Excluded poet on the radio (6)6 letters Chaps eating large, ordinary fruit (5)5 letters Gospel in part of church recalled by setter (7)7 letters Remove all traces of former partner, then joke with vacuous graduate (7)7 letters Oddly, airmen near stadium (5)5 letters Probe worker fighting political influencer (5,6)11 letters Goes off to protect one in rampages (5)5 letters Lieutenant provided drills after broadcast in emergency operation (7)7 letters I glance around, which is divine (7)7 letters Serious, in consternation (5)5 letters Occupant of canvas shelter penning article (6)6 letters Fly west, establishing Revolutionary Guards (6)6 letters Daily Mail, perhaps, hiding millions for baby (6)6 letters Charlie plays dodgy old song (7)7 letters Queue to get new bedsheets? (5)5 letters A genre of music — American house — can be a foreign language (7)7 letters Scoundrel's accent not British (5)5 letters Everybody visits the German city (6)6 letters Similarity of beer cans Mel crushed (11)11 letters One lisp unusual for Greek character (7)7 letters I had to stop incident, it's apparent (7)7 letters Soft protuberance in animal, covering rib primarily (6)6 letters Opinion about ascent (6)6 letters Poor gangster displaying heart, perhaps (5)5 letters Scratching head, tightly grips files (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 1 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is MELON and the longest is POWERBROKER. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.