The Sun Cryptic Crossword 11 May 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 · PURSELongest here · PRESSAGENCY

The completed grid

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

1DE2VI3SE4S5PI6DE7REEE8SRRO9PURSE10TAILENDUMDAVAE11TREASON12ADDONYEDTT13PRE14SSAGEN15CY16AYRO17R18CA19LMS20DE21CLINECOTIRNP22ENGROSS23AGAVENOLETGN24TINDER25DEFEAT

All 26 clues

Invent novel sieve following start of directive (6)6 letters After reflecting, again declines to get snooker equipment (6)6 letters Funds super works (5)5 letters Final part of trouble welcomed by nurse (4,3)7 letters Tense, argue for treachery (7)7 letters Supplement commercial by university fellow (3-2)5 letters Maybe Trump, wise guy, caught in his home city — Reuters? (5,6)11 letters Relief after Charlie becomes serene (5)5 letters Fall in line after a month (7)7 letters Absorb leaderless chaps, twelve dozen (7)7 letters American presented plant in the desert (5)5 letters Hook-up app somewhat irrelevant in Derby (6)6 letters Fed badly, have food: Smash? (6)6 letters Obligation to keep record for second-in-command (6)6 letters Artist always scratching head next to lake, it's said (7)7 letters Reportedly gives up pips (5)5 letters Individual moving a privet (7)7 letters Fear Dutch study (5)5 letters Study stopping putrefaction in guinea pig, perhaps (6)6 letters Make uniform, and disaster resolved (11)11 letters Extremely silly, walked off with rhythmical contraction (7)7 letters Invention of prison to keep Oscar in (7)7 letters Stress starts to affect charming citizen, especially near Thanksgiving (6)6 letters Regret exercises in Split (6)6 letters Sign in, at last, sign in (3,2)5 letters Rogue hiding in church, in container (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 11 May 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is PURSE and the longest is PRESSAGENCY. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.