Daily Express Crossword April 16 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the Daily Express Crossword April 16 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 52 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SpinelessINVERTEBRATE12Across1
See unhappy fellow flagBLUEPETER9Across1
Stop a leak containing a stoneOPAL4Across6
PowerMIGHT5Across7
To doubtQUERY5Across8
MinePIT3Across9
Building designerARCHITECT9Across10
Singers reported in some paperQUIRE5Across10
DenyREFUSE6Across11
Attacker and fool trouble to get a bookASSAILANT9Across11
AcridBITTER6Across12
European chap conceals tax raiseELEVATE7Across12
Fooled and given accommodationTAKENIN7Across13
Capital pick-up truck at a landmarkTOWEROFLONDON13Across14
ServiceableEFFECTIVE9Across15
FussADO3Across17
Bungling defence group with matching coloursUNCOORDINATED13Across17
PorcelainCHINA5Across18
FoldPLEAT5Across19
ClearlyINTELLIGIBLY12Across21
Obsolete after London area calmed downSEDATED7Across21
Spend a lot of time in the aislePASSAGE7Across22
Church delivered cool tea and confectioneryCHOCOLATE9Across24
Employed, that is, to take star backINUSE5Across25
Smaller net contains a birdERNE4Across26
Sid stares wildly at calamitiesDISASTERS9Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Give queen bee outside new hatBEQUEATH8Down1
CallownessINEXPERIENCE12Down1
Small carpetRUG3Down2
Join military group to the eastUNITE5Down2
TemptENTICE6Down3
Judge moves a bionic part round in early manufacturePREFABRICATION14Down3
NecessaryREQUISITE9Down4
Drinks supplier and common thiefTEALEAF7Down4
In that placeTHERE5Down5
Food riots to spreadRISOTTO7Down5
IncomprehensiblyMYSTERIOUSLY12Down6
Unattractive, initially kind fool gets a stitchPLAINKNIT9Down7
SubjectMOTIF5Down7
Italy improved, holding new recitalLITANY6Down8
Eagerly anticipated getting beaten, one trips overLICKEDONESLIPS14Down9
PartnerASSOCIATE9Down10
RegionTRACT5Down13
BanishDISPEL6Down14
Relaxed injury with feathersWOUNDDOWN9Down15
PretendFEIGN5Down16
Point ledges out, small and blurredEDGELESS8Down16
Game spinsterOLDMAID7Down18
Make sad reporters pursue keysDEPRESS7Down19
OvumEGG3Down20
Spy developed revolutionary spiritPSYCHE6Down20
Notes about reduction being sharpACUTE5Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.