The Sun Cryptic Crossword 2 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 · RODLongest here · NEWSPRINT

The completed grid

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

1FE2RA3L4MA5DO6NN7AOOOUIEL8RODENTS9VOWELEGLASE10AC11ROSTIC12SPRYRIHN13SR14MAGGOT15ATRIU16MMT17FANO18MEAT19PLANKTONOR20BODS21SCORE22WHIP23PETELAENAE24SPEAKER25GATOR

All 28 clues

Following confused Earl is wild (5)5 letters Fanatical about North American pop star (7)7 letters Maybe rats run over hollows (7)7 letters Promise to get the spanish E, perhaps (5)5 letters Puzzle with initially significant words, mostly, opposite involuntary response (8)8 letters Active secret agent crossing river (4)4 letters Got behind revolutionary school grub (6)6 letters Some MAGA triumphalism in church forecourt (6)6 letters Reportedly come face to face with grouse? (4)4 letters Organise one hundred thousand spreads for seafood (8)8 letters Perhaps 40-15, or 20 (5)5 letters Dog with popular cat, perhaps (7)7 letters Ask peer to change important figure in House of Commons (7)7 letters Reptile, in unusual argot (5)5 letters Attention in class showing part of the body (7)7 letters Staff in aerodrome (3)3 letters Wants sexy outsider (4,4)8 letters Greek character's left stylish cotton cloth (6)6 letters Upset keen opera singer (4)4 letters Additional run to get cheap paper (9)9 letters A shout from the south passage (5)5 letters Set up male with a part in performance (9)9 letters Popularity with boring New Wave pop star (8)8 letters Mentors horrific, grotesque creature (7)7 letters Perhaps Daisy is female cow? (6)6 letters Biblical figure walks slowly but audibly (5)5 letters Magistrate in Bake Off (4)4 letters Losing head, fight strike, but gently (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 2 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ROD and the longest is NEWSPRINT. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.