The Sun Cryptic Crossword 20 May 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 · LOVELongest here · CANNIBAL

The completed grid

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

1LO2VE3C4AN5NI6BA7LOI8ORAAO9DECORUM10VENUSGAWAEDE11MARGE12DALLASELAG13H14NE15PALI16S17PEEDYTE18SOS19CLA20MUP21MO22TET23SAEOAIE24CAGED25NODULARAIIGEDI26RICOCHET27FETA

All 28 clues

Adore revolutionary revolutionary, somewhat (4)4 letters Is able to throw out returning gangster — a man-eater (8)8 letters Etiquette of green instrument covers (7)7 letters Planet five, earth, going round centre of solar system (5)5 letters Horse eating good spread (5)5 letters 500, unfortunately, surrounding large city (6)6 letters Write about great boxer, a Himalayan (6)6 letters Sleazy hosts start to pontificate fast (6)6 letters Keep mum in University probing vice (4,2)6 letters Second treat, oddly, in Catholic anthem (5)5 letters Kept behind bars, Charlie matured (5)5 letters Drunk Arnold presses Ursula, initially, to get knotted (7)7 letters I do needlework with Romeo moving west to bounce back (8)8 letters Female Greek character making local produce (4)4 letters Accumulation of strange old FBI agents by Trump, initially (8)8 letters Six coach member of the clergy (5)5 letters A drama involved fleet (6)6 letters Central point of fighting force announced (5)5 letters Get elderly to support Queen, say, dressing (7)7 letters Cease to have toilets, reportedly (4)4 letters Novelist's gold source (6)6 letters Agitation of unscrupulous character losing head over rival regularly (8)8 letters First sign of escaped convict found in photo of the open sea (7)7 letters Post Office produced ointment (6)6 letters Nasty smell in extremely simple pudding (6)6 letters Loathsome dictator suppressing doctor (5)5 letters Mark left during regressive change (5)5 letters Mark's second vehicle (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 20 May 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is LOVE and the longest is CANNIBAL. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.