The Sun Cryptic Crossword 30 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 · DOPELongest here · KEEPSTEP

The completed grid

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

1DO2PE3K4EE5PS6TE7PIR8TAIEE9SPARING10PIQUEPNPLEUP11EIGHT12EARWIGNOTL13W14SI15GNET16U17PDATEEH18BAA19COU20RSE21SH22EEP23ASERTTO24BETEL25EARTHENEEIFYER26DEDICATE27PRAY

All 28 clues

Work in outskirts of Dundee for fool (4)4 letters Favourites quickly look round and dance in time (4,4)8 letters Frugal in resort with gang (7)7 letters Irritation in card game, briefly (5)5 letters Cube's heaviness initially ignored (5)5 letters I wager about insect (6)6 letters Seal and young bird on the radio (6)6 letters Explain situation to excited romantic partner (6)6 letters Heard rough track (6)6 letters Be quiet and record entertaining English farm animals (5)5 letters Insect picked up nut (5)5 letters Hear ten churns made of clay (7)7 letters Decide at parties to commit (8)8 letters Give money to suppress resistance, and recite the rosary? (4)4 letters Share out writing implements to stop side changing (8)8 letters Feeling of regret about rouble's crash (5)5 letters Legate upset young hunter (6)6 letters Sanctimonious salesperson rejected smoker (5)5 letters Surprisingly, quit ale for spirit (7)7 letters Quickly look both ways (4)4 letters Advice to Earl: walk with heels off the ground (6)6 letters Pay owner waving arms (8)8 letters Stopped all communication as German introduced (7)7 letters Father's attempt to make cake (6)6 letters Distraught official interrupts Elizabeth (6)6 letters Derelict houses fragment (5)5 letters Number three at sea (5)5 letters In retirement, a bishop meets editor (4)4 letters

The shortest answer in the 30 April 2026 The Sun Cryptic Crossword is DOPE and the longest is KEEPSTEP. Looking for an older grid? Every puzzle is filed in the The Sun Cryptic Crossword archive.