The Sun Cryptic Crossword 18 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 · DUDLongest here · CROWSNEST

The completed grid

26 entries, 14 across and 12 down. Reveal to fill in every solution.

1A2MO3S4DE5CI6SI7VEAAURPE8ROTUND9OBLONGRSWAI10GIRAF11FES12TOSHGINO13C14HEERS15EX16PANDAHSE17DRU18M19ENTRAN20CENORSL21BEDLAM22SEABEDSAAENA23ESTRANGE24TURF

All 26 clues

Book a second slot, to begin with (4)4 letters Critical device is broken (8)8 letters Plump and drunk Tudor leader in Northumbria (6)6 letters Shape of mouth not good and not short (6)6 letters Gaffer is wrestling tall Africans (8)8 letters Shot out twaddle (4)4 letters Most of dairy product containing bit of rennet provides good health! (6)6 letters During sex, pandas get bigger (6)6 letters Start to drink alcoholic drink in barrel (4)4 letters Opening when half-cut, with catalepsy (8)8 letters Harry blamed for pandemonium (6)6 letters Somehow debase the bottom of the ocean (6)6 letters Alienate European? Odd (8)8 letters The racing world's routine rejected by female (4)4 letters I wander around ethnic group (5)5 letters Australian stuffs herb in meat, in case (7)7 letters Briefly, dandy is failure (3)3 letters Vantage point of Scots Wren damaged (5,4)9 letters Argument about large piece of wood in chair (5)5 letters Meat cooked in ovens (7)7 letters Angler racing against tank? (9)9 letters Difficulty, not having Dutch gear (7)7 letters Nice to get rid of liberal landworker (7)7 letters Way of working with pair regularly stealing bottom of tool used for grinding (5)5 letters Lucid Charlie, king (5)5 letters Notice odd characters in scene (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 18 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is DUD and the longest is CROWSNEST. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.