The Sun Crossword April 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword April 16 2026 answers. The Thursday 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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Perhaps Rugby school's head left (5)SPORT5Across1 Wear (5)SPORT5Across1 Sensational newspaper a bit old to change (7)TABLOID7Across4 Designed to appeal to a mass audience (7)TABLOID7Across4 Hopeless massage twice with husband (7)RUBBISH7Across8 Diss (7)RUBBISH7Across8 Aimlessly go and doctor papers (5)DRIFT5Across9 Meaning (5)DRIFT5Across9 Spread millions to provide weapons to a boy next to base (9)MARMALADE9Across10 Orange preserve (9)MARMALADE9Across10 Long time in terrible rain (3)ERA3Across11 Period of history (3)ERA3Across11 Reported break in seat (6)BREECH6Across12 Part of a firearm behind the barrel (6)BREECH6Across12 Journeys back around Italy for alcoholic drink (6)SPIRIT6Across14 Liveliness (6)SPIRIT6Across14 Edible grain (3)OAT3Across17 Grass over a plot, ultimately (3)OAT3Across17 Move backward quickly in boxing ring (9)BACKPEDAL9Across19 Second friend claiming editor is to reverse course (9)BACKPEDAL9Across19 Artificial fibre (5)NYLON5Across22 Material seen in sunny London (5)NYLON5Across22 Abdominal tube in aphids through which honeydew is secreted (7)NECTARY7Across23 Try and cane out part of plant (7)NECTARY7Across23 Understanding (7)EMPATHY7Across24 Space by road next to yard to show compassion (7)EMPATHY7Across24 Elegant (5)NATTY5Across25 Smart new attorney (5)NATTY5Across25

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Antitoxin obtained from the blood of immunized animals (5)SERUM5Down1 Watery part of blood is extremely strange drink (5)SERUM5Down1 Playwright John, an "angry young man" (7)OSBORNE7Down2 Bores on about former Chancellor of the Exchequer (7)OSBORNE7Down2 Forest bordered by tundra to the north and steppe to the south (5)TAIGA5Down3 Heard large cat in coniferous forest (5)TAIGA5Down3 Capital of Iran (6)TEHRAN6Down4 The criminal fled city (6)TEHRAN6Down4 Shift along a seat (5,2)BUDGEUP7Down5 Make room for another friend, excited to welcome George on vacation (5,2)BUDGEUP7Down5 Express a view (5)OPINE5Down6 Form a judgement of old wood (5)OPINE5Down6 Lugged around Tesla to take away (7)DETRACT7Down7 Diminish (7)DETRACT7Down7 Simple box camera (7)BROWNIE7Down12 Possess boring cheese biscuit (7)BROWNIE7Down12 Senior members of Government? I can't be bothered (7)CABINET7Down13 Storage cupboard (7)CABINET7Down13 Darn it, I snarled, glowing (7)RADIANT7Down15 Visibly happy (7)RADIANT7Down15 Limited function, short of energy, by end of day (6)SCANTY6Down16 Meagre (6)SCANTY6Down16 I put rocks around large flower (5)TULIP5Down18 Flower associated with the Dutch (5)TULIP5Down18 About to punch writer in nut (5)PECAN5Down20 American nut used in pies (5)PECAN5Down20 Place for drivers to stop by the side of road (3-2)LAYBY5Down21 Libertine taking top off, wanting love in parking area (3-2)LAYBY5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun 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.