The Sun Cryptic Crossword 21 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 · RUMBALongest here · TOMANDJERRY

The completed grid

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

1PO2PL3AR4A5BJ6EC7TAIT8FAXE9RUMBA10INGRAINEELRGLU11NONPLUS12ACTORTTTGE13TOM14ANDJER15RY16SUEO17B18PI19NUP20GE21STUREEOARALD22CORNICE23TRAWLKTREADA24SCHISM25LYCEUM

All 26 clues

Tree is well-liked when middle is cut out (6)6 letters A thing missing opening is hopeless (6)6 letters Drink with bad cut, and dance (5)5 letters Fix part of leaking raincoat (7)7 letters Terribly puns only briefly confound (7)7 letters Some tarot cards lying about Emily Blunt? (5)5 letters Trendy major upset animated couple (3,3,5)11 letters Conceited young man taking home model (3-2)5 letters Greet us somehow, giving expressive hand movement? (7)7 letters My pleasant decorative element (7)7 letters Thoroughly investigate large protuberance on skin returning (5)5 letters Second chapter is beginning to mark split (6)6 letters My clue upset school of philosophy (6)6 letters Space in section for mother? (6)6 letters Pepper chaps in mine close to Oviedo (7)7 letters American difficult to believe in any way (2,3)5 letters For example, a good natter about past experiences (7)7 letters Praise old key (5)5 letters Holding something to catch fish over river (6)6 letters Perhaps BA is most serious regarding murder in the US (5,6)11 letters Couple in USA, drunk, could be childminders (2,5)7 letters Boy enthralled by debauched man rolled up meat (7)7 letters Particles of smoked ham start to smell (6)6 letters Nightlight briefly created pandemonium (6)6 letters Cardinal's damaged thorn (5)5 letters Continue to eat a Malaysian dish (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 21 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is RUMBA and the longest is TOMANDJERRY. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.