The Sun Crossword April 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Sun Crossword for April 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Perhaps Rugby school's head left (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Wear (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Sensational newspaper a bit old to change (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Designed to appeal to a mass audience (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Hopeless massage twice with husband (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Diss (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Aimlessly go and doctor papers (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Meaning (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Spread millions to provide weapons to a boy next to base (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Orange preserve (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Long time in terrible rain (3)311 AcrossReveal answer → Period of history (3)311 AcrossReveal answer → Reported break in seat (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a firearm behind the barrel (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Journeys back around Italy for alcoholic drink (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Liveliness (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Edible grain (3)317 AcrossReveal answer → Grass over a plot, ultimately (3)317 AcrossReveal answer → Move backward quickly in boxing ring (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Second friend claiming editor is to reverse course (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial fibre (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Material seen in sunny London (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Abdominal tube in aphids through which honeydew is secreted (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Try and cane out part of plant (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Understanding (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Space by road next to yard to show compassion (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Elegant (5)525 AcrossReveal answer → Smart new attorney (5)525 AcrossReveal answer →

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Antitoxin obtained from the blood of immunized animals (5)51 DownReveal answer → Watery part of blood is extremely strange drink (5)51 DownReveal answer → Playwright John, an "angry young man" (7)72 DownReveal answer → Bores on about former Chancellor of the Exchequer (7)72 DownReveal answer → Forest bordered by tundra to the north and steppe to the south (5)53 DownReveal answer → Heard large cat in coniferous forest (5)53 DownReveal answer → Capital of Iran (6)64 DownReveal answer → The criminal fled city (6)64 DownReveal answer → Shift along a seat (5,2)75 DownReveal answer → Make room for another friend, excited to welcome George on vacation (5,2)75 DownReveal answer → Express a view (5)56 DownReveal answer → Form a judgement of old wood (5)56 DownReveal answer → Lugged around Tesla to take away (7)77 DownReveal answer → Diminish (7)77 DownReveal answer → Simple box camera (7)712 DownReveal answer → Possess boring cheese biscuit (7)712 DownReveal answer → Senior members of Government? I can't be bothered (7)713 DownReveal answer → Storage cupboard (7)713 DownReveal answer → Darn it, I snarled, glowing (7)715 DownReveal answer → Visibly happy (7)715 DownReveal answer → Limited function, short of energy, by end of day (6)616 DownReveal answer → Meagre (6)616 DownReveal answer → I put rocks around large flower (5)518 DownReveal answer → Flower associated with the Dutch (5)518 DownReveal answer → About to punch writer in nut (5)520 DownReveal answer → American nut used in pies (5)520 DownReveal answer → Place for drivers to stop by the side of road (3-2)521 DownReveal answer → Libertine taking top off, wanting love in parking area (3-2)521 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.