The Sun Cryptic Crossword 12 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 · SAGLongest here · INVENTIVE

The completed grid

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

1RI2SH3I4BU5SK6IN7GOAGRANO8BEGONIA9LIVERBOZEES10ET11HERNET12ANTERUAN13ST14YEMENI15REVIE16WDT17CEVE18CHIN19GOODNESSHN20BBLT21ELGAR22BRIG23ADESEALNLR24STRANGE25GLEAN

All 28 clues

Some employer is hiring sage (5)5 letters Coach leader performing for money (7)7 letters Get away briefly with one advanced bloomer (7)7 letters Organ recital primarily not recorded at first (5)5 letters Somehow enter the network (8)8 letters Wanted to hide stake (4)4 letters Arab chaps entertained by the old one (6)6 letters Former England football manager with critique (6)6 letters Body part showing pain when dressing removed (4)4 letters My unusual dog's nose (8)8 letters Composer found in chapel garden (5)5 letters Group playing bridge around America (7)7 letters Odd stone selection (7)7 letters Pick up German next to tip (5)5 letters McIlroy, perhaps, claiming odd characters in Bible stealing (7)7 letters Drop in radon possibly brought up (3)3 letters Uneducated Italian man, six-footer, forgetting son (8)8 letters Impudent zebra travelling north (6)6 letters Some tongue-lashings boosted auction (4)4 letters Creative abuse new for Charlie (9)9 letters Ogres damaged prickly shrub (5)5 letters Desire to tour Madrid regularly is an excellent thing (9)9 letters Legend is moving plant (8)8 letters We back film (7)7 letters Perhaps King Cole goes outside for stone in the road (6)6 letters Game in large boxes with bit of tape missing (5)5 letters Endlessly make husks of grain (4)4 letters Beer from principality, but case is lost (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 12 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is SAG and the longest is INVENTIVE. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.