The Sun Cryptic Crossword 10 April 2026 answers

This puzzle has 28 clues. Select any clue to see its solution and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

28 clues13×13 gridShortest here · CAFELongest here · SPECIMEN

The completed grid

28 entries, 14 across and 14 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

1CA2FE3S4PE5CI6ME7NOU8CUAEO9MONGREL10TRAPSEGALCSE11DEIGN12EXHALEIKTE13C14AL15WAYS16P17RESTONA18SUR19ESC20ORT21BA22SIN23OHIRBAM24PETAL25EXECUTEAUEERCA26LIBERATE27BELL

All 28 clues

Some benefactors turned round restaurant (4)4 letters Representative rodents from the east in small enclosure (8)8 letters Male with longer pants is cross (7)7 letters Rejected second role in deceptions (5)5 letters Condescend Scandivanian on the radio (5)5 letters Former partner healthy? Breathe out (6)6 letters Continually say law is wrong (6)6 letters Very quickly and loudly pushed over (6)6 letters Set off to collect my armed guard (6)6 letters Mostly simple new bathroom fixture (5)5 letters Penny, and others, providing part of flower (5)5 letters Deliver sweet next to river (7)7 letters "Be alert" I snarled for free (8)8 letters Ring found in breadbasket, briefly (4)4 letters Funnyman Ian supporting Come Dancing, initially (8)8 letters Perhaps moulds formed under nails grew invisibly, at first (5)5 letters Pluck extremely expedient young hen (6)6 letters Hear Tom, perhaps, next to church (5)5 letters Shockingly nameless, nameless disease (7)7 letters Reportedly is aware of bouquet (4)4 letters Irritable Charlie, gross by end of day (6)6 letters Cereal product Cameron left to perish (8)8 letters Container used to be hot, but changed (7)7 letters Masseur in latex? (6)6 letters Small box, perhaps, next to Tesla in road (6)6 letters Social beer, oddly, in tanker (5)5 letters Cause changes in dressing (5)5 letters Operation by gangster to get gemstone (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 10 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is CAFE and the longest is SPECIMEN. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.