The Sun Crossword April 18 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword April 18 2026 answers. The Saturday 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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Book a second slot, to begin with (4)AMOS4Across1 Prophet who foretold the destruction of Israel (4)AMOS4Across1 Critical device is broken (8)DECISIVE8Across4 Conclusive (8)DECISIVE8Across4 Plump and drunk Tudor leader in Northumbria (6)ROTUND6Across8 Spherical (6)ROTUND6Across8 Shape of mouth not good and not short (6)OBLONG6Across9 Figure with four rightangles (6)OBLONG6Across9 Gaffer is wrestling tall Africans (8)GIRAFFES8Across10 Largest ruminant on earth (8)GIRAFFES8Across10 Shot out twaddle (4)TOSH4Across12 Twaddle (4)TOSH4Across12 Most of dairy product containing bit of rennet provides good health! (6)CHEERS6Across13 Heartens (6)CHEERS6Across13 During sex, pandas get bigger (6)EXPAND6Across15 Give more detail (6)EXPAND6Across15 Percussion instrument (4)DRUM4Across17 Start to drink alcoholic drink in barrel (4)DRUM4Across17 Delight (8)ENTRANCE8Across19 Opening when half-cut, with catalepsy (8)ENTRANCE8Across19 Harry blamed for pandemonium (6)BEDLAM6Across21 Old institution for the care of mentally ill people (6)BEDLAM6Across21 Surface underwater (6)SEABED6Across22 Somehow debase the bottom of the ocean (6)SEABED6Across22 Turn from affectionate to unfriendly (8)ESTRANGE8Across23 Alienate European? Odd (8)ESTRANGE8Across23 Sod (4)TURF4Across24 The racing world's routine rejected by female (4)TURF4Across24

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Native New Zealander (5)MAORI5Down2 I wander around ethnic group (5)MAORI5Down2 Banger (7)SAUSAGE7Down3 Australian stuffs herb in meat, in case (7)SAUSAGE7Down3 Shell that fails to explode (3)DUD3Down4 Briefly, dandy is failure (3)DUD3Down4 Platform high on a ship's mast (5,4)CROWSNEST9Down5 Vantage point of Scots Wren damaged (5,4)CROWSNEST9Down5 Wet slapping sound (5)SPLAT5Down6 Argument about large piece of wood in chair (5)SPLAT5Down6 Flesh of deer (7)VENISON7Down7 Meat cooked in ovens (7)VENISON7Down7 Angler racing against tank? (9)FISHERMAN9Down11 Job of Andrew, Jesus' disciple (9)FISHERMAN9Down11 Difficulty, not having Dutch gear (7)HARNESS7Down14 Control so as to employ the energy of (7)HARNESS7Down14 Poor person of low social status (7)PEASANT7Down16 Nice to get rid of liberal landworker (7)PEASANT7Down16 Way of working with pair regularly stealing bottom of tool used for grinding (5)MOLAR5Down18 Tooth (5)MOLAR5Down18 Free from obstruction (5)CLEAR5Down20 Lucid Charlie, king (5)CLEAR5Down20 Diocese (3)SEE3Down22 Notice odd characters in scene (3)SEE3Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Saturday, April 18, 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.