The Sun Cryptic Crossword 22 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 · ALELongest here · HYDRANGEA

The completed grid

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

1CL2AS3S4SM5AS6HE7DULTEWYU8ELEGIAC9ADDERBNUYRU10AL11LEGORY12FARMLIRE13RN14LETHAL15LEAGU16EHY17SVEL18CHEF19RENEGADEIS20DTRM21DRONE22OVER23SEEEMMFNEN24REELOFF25TOAST

All 28 clues

Caught girl standing (5)5 letters Very drunk son mother got rid of (7)7 letters Mournful European on finance regularly (7)7 letters Snake more annoyed when male leaves (5)5 letters Everything covered in blood around 4th of November in symbolic story (8)8 letters Cultivate following with weapon (4)4 letters Allow almost 50% to be vicious (6)6 letters Some console a guest in alliance (6)6 letters Revolutionary female cook (4)4 letters Ned eager to fight defector (8)8 letters Doctor married monotonous speaker (5)5 letters Disregard old stanza by Coleridge, in the end (7)7 letters Feel for eccentric making list (4,3)7 letters Wild stoat is brown (5)5 letters Heard line dance that's important in Pool (3,4)7 letters Beer in usual establishment (3)3 letters Fish straying at sea (8)8 letters Rescue lost bag (6)6 letters A method to get on vacation (4)4 letters Scattered hay around unusual garden shrub (9)9 letters Greek character mostly vulgar about wheat (5)5 letters Strange hole emits light (9)9 letters Respectfully run in front of eventer performing (8)8 letters Perhaps lead constituent (7)7 letters Trigger upper class person from Kent? (3,3)6 letters Cried about drink (5)5 letters Some nude motorcyclists protest (4)4 letters Main clock picked up (3)3 letters

The shortest answer in the 22 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is ALE and the longest is HYDRANGEA. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.