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The Sun Crossword April 17 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword April 17 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
Something found on rock salt in pub close to Stevenage (8)BARNACLE8Across1 Person who's difficult to get rid of (8)BARNACLE8Across1 Caught parrot in cloak (4)CAPE4Across6 Land jutting into water (4)CAPE4Across6 Flannel found in barge I've damaged (8)VERBIAGE8Across8 Prolixity (8)VERBIAGE8Across8 Book of the Old Testament preceding Nehemiah (4)EZRA4Across9 Pound, for example, unknown in a long time (4)EZRA4Across9 Flaw left in garden equipment (4)HOLE4Across10 Unattractive place (4)HOLE4Across10 Aim to stop old tennis champion producing herbaceous plant (8)LAVENDER8Across11 Light bluish-purple colour (8)LAVENDER8Across11 Protective equipment damaged the elm (6)HELMET6Across13 Armour for the head (6)HELMET6Across13 Take on loan gold, inspired by British bank (6)BORROW6Across15 Allow for a slope when putting (6)BORROW6Across15 Square cloth worn on the head (8)BANDANNA8Across17 Reportedly prohibited Ms Wintour's neckerchief (8)BANDANNA8Across17 Hurry to clean missing book (4)RUSH4Across19 Stampede (4)RUSH4Across19 Flattened mass of soap, say (4)CAKE4Across20 Cracknel regularly considered as this? (4)CAKE4Across20 Do nothing much following stress (5,3)CHILLOUT8Across21 Cool thoroughly and relax (5,3)CHILLOUT8Across21 Things to sleep on (4)BEDS4Across22 Plots in Sandy location? (4)BEDS4Across22 Rail fixed alongside a staircase (8)BANISTER8Across23 Wine returned by British Rail (8)BANISTER8Across23

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Main component of nail varnish remover (7)ACETONE7Down2 Wonderful inspiring school is solvent (7)ACETONE7Down2 Magnanimous (5)NOBLE5Down3 Jack the Parisian is honourable (5)NOBLE5Down3 Quack (9)CHARLATAN9Down4 Catalan runs off to collect husband, a fraud (9)CHARLATAN9Down4 Hole in a needle (3)EYE3Down5 Setter overheard judgement (3)EYE3Down5 Less dirty (7)CLEANER7Down6 Charlie getting thinner daily (7)CLEANER7Down6 Unleavened flaky Indian bread (5)PUREE5Down7 Unadulterated energy food in form of a pulp (5)PUREE5Down7 Six billion helping in quake (9)VIBRATION9Down12 Oscillation (9)VIBRATION9Down12 Ska group finish up in church service (7)MADNESS7Down14 Great folly (7)MADNESS7Down14 Screen (7)OBSCURE7Down16 Little-known old bishop's remedy (7)OBSCURE7Down16 Learned of fight in A&E (5)AWARE5Down18 Enlightened (5)AWARE5Down18 Lists parts played on the radio (5)ROLLS5Down19 Small pieces of bread (5)ROLLS5Down19 Male swan (3)COB3Down21 Firm top of brown loaf of bread (3)COB3Down21

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Friday, April 17, 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.