The Sun Cryptic Crossword 26 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 · NILLongest here · SCAPEGOAT

The completed grid

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

1HU2MU3S4MA5CE6DO7NAULEOEO8CUSHION9ARMEDKTMTLOD10SCAPEGOAT11NILNRAE12JIGS13AW14CRA15FTSUF16UL17NA18B19FINE20PRIN21TIARIHCI22POLIO23THICKETESNEAEA24REACTED25LOREN

All 28 clues

Smell American material rotting in soil (5)5 letters Use spray to control fellow in ancient kingdom (7)7 letters Drunk cousin stealing husband's pillow (7)7 letters With weapons, cultivated land, but not France (5)5 letters Blame extremely specific mammals (9)9 letters Province left nothing (3)3 letters Dances with American women? A puzzle (6)6 letters Makes floating structure in Caracas on vacation (6)6 letters Catch Boycott on return (3)3 letters Details of excellent beer about right (4,5)9 letters One entering game getting disease (5)5 letters Stupid alien in copse (7)7 letters Cat lost in grass responded (7)7 letters Traditional stories by new Italian star (5)5 letters Cuts journalists (5)5 letters Man's gut confused plain liver? (7)7 letters Thin, ultimately delicate gunge (5)5 letters Train setter on hill around November (6)6 letters Sticky liquid where twins get sacrificed? (4,3)7 letters Study about second master (5)5 letters Send old cooks pates (7)7 letters Badly injure Penny in tree (7)7 letters Insult ace following show (7)7 letters Quiver if clerk jumps (7)7 letters Released, having promoted India together (6)6 letters Wood left in fish (5)5 letters Greek character with a large container (5)5 letters Article supporting idiot, a colossus (5)5 letters

The shortest answer in the 26 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is NIL and the longest is SCAPEGOAT. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.