The Sun Crossword April 12 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword April 12 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 56 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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Some employer is hiring sage (5)RISHI5Across1 First name of PM Sunak (5)RISHI5Across1 Coach leader performing for money (7)BUSKING7Across4 Making money by singing in public (7)BUSKING7Across4 Common ornamental houseplant (7)BEGONIA7Across8 Get away briefly with one advanced bloomer (7)BEGONIA7Across8 Organ recital primarily not recorded at first (5)LIVER5Across9 Gland that performs many metabolic functions (5)LIVER5Across9 Somehow enter the network (8)ETHERNET8Across10 System for connecting computers (8)ETHERNET8Across10 Wanted to hide stake (4)ANTE4Across12 Advance payment (4)ANTE4Across12 Someone from Aden, possibly (6)YEMENI6Across14 Arab chaps entertained by the old one (6)YEMENI6Across14 Former England football manager with critique (6)REVIEW6Across15 Survey (6)REVIEW6Across15 Facial feature (4)CHIN4Across18 Body part showing pain when dressing removed (4)CHIN4Across18 Virtue (8)GOODNESS8Across19 My unusual dog's nose (8)GOODNESS8Across19 He wrote the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (5)ELGAR5Across21 Composer found in chapel garden (5)ELGAR5Across21 Body of troops (7)BRIGADE7Across22 Group playing bridge around America (7)BRIGADE7Across22 Peculiar (7)STRANGE7Across24 Odd stone selection (7)STRANGE7Across24 Gather (5)GLEAN5Across25 Pick up German next to tip (5)GLEAN5Across25

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Theft (7)ROBBERY7Down1 McIlroy, perhaps, claiming odd characters in Bible stealing (7)ROBBERY7Down1 Droop (3)SAG3Down2 Drop in radon possibly brought up (3)SAG3Down2 Lacking in knowledge (8)IGNORANT8Down3 Uneducated Italian man, six-footer, forgetting son (8)IGNORANT8Down3 Resembling brass (6)BRAZEN6Down4 Impudent zebra travelling north (6)BRAZEN6Down4 Town in Greater Manchester (4)SALE4Down5 Some tongue-lashings boosted auction (4)SALE4Down5 Innovative (9)INVENTIVE9Down6 Creative abuse new for Charlie (9)INVENTIVE9Down6 Ogres damaged prickly shrub (5)GORSE5Down7 Evergreen shrub with yellow flowers and thick green spines (5)GORSE5Down7 Something unusually large (9)HUMDINGER9Down11 Desire to tour Madrid regularly is an excellent thing (9)HUMDINGER9Down11 Young plant not grown from a cutting (8)SEEDLING8Down13 Legend is moving plant (8)SEEDLING8Down13 We back film (7)WESTERN7Down16 From the Americas, or parts of Europe, perhaps (7)WESTERN7Down16 Put together clumsily (6)COBBLE6Down17 Perhaps King Cole goes outside for stone in the road (6)COBBLE6Down17 Game in large boxes with bit of tape missing (5)CHESS5Down18 Abstract strategy board game (5)CHESS5Down18 Endlessly make husks of grain (4)BRAN4Down20 Outer layer of cereal grains (4)BRAN4Down20 Fermented drink (3)ALE3Down23 Beer from principality, but case is lost (3)ALE3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Sunday, April 12, 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.