The Sun Crossword April 2 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword April 2 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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Following confused Earl is wild (5)FERAL5Across1 Untamed (5)FERAL5Across1 Fanatical about North American pop star (7)MADONNA7Across4 The Virgin Mary (7)MADONNA7Across4 Mammals with prominent incisors (7)RODENTS7Across8 Maybe rats run over hollows (7)RODENTS7Across8 Promise to get the spanish E, perhaps (5)VOWEL5Across9 Sound pronounced with an open mouth (5)VOWEL5Across9 Puzzle with initially significant words, mostly, opposite involuntary response (8)ACROSTIC8Across10 Word game that was a favourite of Queen Victoria (8)ACROSTIC8Across10 Active secret agent crossing river (4)SPRY4Across12 Nimble (4)SPRY4Across12 Limbless larva (6)MAGGOT6Across14 Got behind revolutionary school grub (6)MAGGOT6Across14 Some MAGA triumphalism in church forecourt (6)ATRIUM6Across15 Upper cavity of the heart (6)ATRIUM6Across15 Flesh for cooking (4)MEAT4Across18 Reportedly come face to face with grouse? (4)MEAT4Across18 Drifting organisms in oceans (8)PLANKTON8Across19 Organise one hundred thousand spreads for seafood (8)PLANKTON8Across19 Written version of piece of music (5)SCORE5Across21 Perhaps 40-15, or 20 (5)SCORE5Across21 Greyhound-like racer (7)WHIPPET7Across22 Dog with popular cat, perhaps (7)WHIPPET7Across22 Device that amplifies sound (7)SPEAKER7Across24 Ask peer to change important figure in House of Commons (7)SPEAKER7Across24 Relative of a croc (5)GATOR5Across25 Reptile, in unusual argot (5)GATOR5Across25

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It's between the elbow and the wrist (7)FOREARM7Down1 Attention in class showing part of the body (7)FOREARM7Down1 Slender bar of metal (3)ROD3Down2 Staff in aerodrome (3)ROD3Down2 Picture taken at a distance from the object (4,4)LONGSHOT8Down3 Wants sexy outsider (4,4)LONGSHOT8Down3 Fine plain-weave cotton fabric (6)MUSLIN6Down4 Greek character's left stylish cotton cloth (6)MUSLIN6Down4 Demanding individual (4)DIVA4Down5 Upset keen opera singer (4)DIVA4Down5 Text in The Sun, for example (9)NEWSPRINT9Down6 Additional run to get cheap paper (9)NEWSPRINT9Down6 A shout from the south passage (5)ALLEY5Down7 Enclosure for tenpin bowling (5)ALLEY5Down7 Long, rambling discourse (9)RIGMAROLE9Down11 Set up male with a part in performance (9)RIGMAROLE9Down11 Being upright (8)STANDING8Down13 Popularity with boring New Wave pop star (8)STANDING8Down13 Mentors horrific, grotesque creature (7)MONSTER7Down16 Something abnormally large (7)MONSTER7Down16 Blossom (6)FLOWER6Down17 Perhaps Daisy is female cow? (6)FLOWER6Down17 Biblical figure walks slowly but audibly (5)MOSES5Down18 Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery (5)MOSES5Down18 Magistrate in Bake Off (4)BEAK4Down20 Bill (4)BEAK4Down20 Small, soft lump (3)PAT3Down23 Losing head, fight strike, but gently (3)PAT3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, April 2, 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.