The Sun Crossword April 1 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword April 1 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Choose the French relish (6)PICKLE6Across1 Predicament (6)PICKLE6Across1 Excluded poet on the radio (6)BARRED6Across4 Having stripes (6)BARRED6Across4 Chaps eating large, ordinary fruit (5)MELON5Across9 Cantaloupe, for example (5)MELON5Across9 Gospel in part of church recalled by setter (7)EVANGEL7Across10 Doctrine set up as a saving principle (7)EVANGEL7Across10 Remove all traces of former partner, then joke with vacuous graduate (7)EXPUNGE7Across11 Wipe out (7)EXPUNGE7Across11 Venue for entertainment (5)ARENA5Across12 Oddly, airmen near stadium (5)ARENA5Across12 Probe worker fighting political influencer (5,6)POWERBROKER11Across13 Someone able to sway decisions (5,6)POWERBROKER11Across13 Hilarious people (5)RIOTS5Across18 Goes off to protect one in rampages (5)RIOTS5Across18 System of transporting cargo to an area that's difficult to access (7)AIRLIFT7Across20 Lieutenant provided drills after broadcast in emergency operation (7)AIRLIFT7Across20 Cherubic (7)ANGELIC7Across22 I glance around, which is divine (7)ANGELIC7Across22 Rear (5)STERN5Across23 Serious, in consternation (5)STERN5Across23 Rent-payer (6)TENANT6Across24 Occupant of canvas shelter penning article (6)TENANT6Across24 Transmitter of sleeping sickness (6)TSETSE6Across25 Fly west, establishing Revolutionary Guards (6)TSETSE6Across25

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Spoil (6)PAMPER6Down1 Daily Mail, perhaps, hiding millions for baby (6)PAMPER6Down1 Topical ballad from Trinidad area (7)CALYPSO7Down2 Charlie plays dodgy old song (7)CALYPSO7Down2 Cloth from flax (5)LINEN5Down3 Queue to get new bedsheets? (5)LINEN5Down3 Native American (7)ARAPAHO7Down5 A genre of music — American house — can be a foreign language (7)ARAPAHO7Down5 Villain (5)ROGUE5Down6 Scoundrel's accent not British (5)ROGUE5Down6 American soap opera that starred Larry Hagman (6)DALLAS6Down7 Everybody visits the German city (6)DALLAS6Down7 Similarity of beer cans Mel crushed (11)RESEMBLANCE11Down8 Correspondence (11)RESEMBLANCE11Down8 Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (7)EPSILON7Down14 One lisp unusual for Greek character (7)EPSILON7Down14 Patent (7)EVIDENT7Down15 I had to stop incident, it's apparent (7)EVIDENT7Down15 Soft protuberance in animal, covering rib primarily (6)BREAST6Down16 Piece of chicken (6)BREAST6Down16 Opinion about ascent (6)STANCE6Down17 Posture (6)STANCE6Down17 Poor gangster displaying heart, perhaps (5)ORGAN5Down19 Large musical instrument with pipes (5)ORGAN5Down19 Speaks with a hoarse voice (5)RASPS5Down21 Scratching head, tightly grips files (5)RASPS5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, April 1, 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.