The Sun Crossword April 20 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword April 20 2026 answers. The Monday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Game in swimming pool (4)POLO4Across1 Sport played on horseback (4)POLO4Across1 Ask Edgar to dance for a long time (4,4)DARKAGES8Across3 Period of history once considered unenlightened (4,4)DARKAGES8Across3 Off home with German premier (7)RANKING7Across9 Position in a list of best players (7)RANKING7Across9 Country binned visa from time to time (5)INDIA5Across10 Codeword for the letter i in phonetic alphabet (5)INDIA5Across10 Idiot going round via big hole (5)ABYSS5Across11 Cataclysm (5)ABYSS5Across11 Cooked neeps with bit of lamb's internal organ (6)SPLEEN6Across12 Great anger (6)SPLEEN6Across12 Company charge hosts initially for drink (6)COFFEE6Across14 Roasted beans (6)COFFEE6Across14 Start of May, before summer, is crazier (6)MADDER6Across16 Plant whose root forms a red dye (6)MADDER6Across16 Praise collapsing empire (6)PERSIA6Across19 Old name for Iran (6)PERSIA6Across19 Staff carrying a Parisian about (5)ROUND5Across21 Complete set of holes in golf (5)ROUND5Across21 Relatively vulgar (5)RUDER5Across24 Someone feeling regret about Democrat being more offensive (5)RUDER5Across24 Midshipman of four years standing (7)OLDSTER7Across25 Lord set off, a person of advanced years (7)OLDSTER7Across25 Kidney-shaped legume (4,4)LIMABEAN8Across26 I blame an eccentric for food item (4,4)LIMABEAN8Across26 Parent's mother (4)GRAN4Across27 Mostly dignified female relative (4)GRAN4Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Idiom (8)PARLANCE8Down1 Standard weapon, in a manner of speaking (8)PARLANCE8Down1 Long and limp (5)LANKY5Down2 Tall and thin amateur hiding neck on vacation (5)LANKY5Down2 Dignified part of summer (6)AUGUST6Down4 Venerable (6)AUGUST6Down4 Whale food (5)KRILL5Down5 Republican bores murder sea creatures (5)KRILL5Down5 Something providing unexpected but much needed help (7)GODSEND7Down6 Fantastic dog's den provides piece of good fortune (7)GODSEND7Down6 Carnivorous marine mammal (4)SEAL4Down7 Secure some loose almonds (4)SEAL4Down7 Paper handkerchief (6)TISSUE6Down8 Collection of cells is, at last, difficult problem (6)TISSUE6Down8 Sport is good with free press (8)GRIDIRON8Down13 American football (8)GRIDIRON8Down13 Female with concerning approach about liberty (7)FREEDOM7Down15 Licence (7)FREEDOM7Down15 Scrape a nail on base (6)ABRADE6Down17 Wear down (6)ABRADE6Down17 Father meeting supreme being next to American temple (6)PAGODA6Down18 Pyramidal tower of the Far East (6)PAGODA6Down18 Brush off small growth (5)SHRUB5Down20 Low woody plant (5)SHRUB5Down20 Golf club's quietly ignored, say (5)UTTER5Down22 Absolute (5)UTTER5Down22 Confidence stripped in exam (4)ORAL4Down23 Relating to the mouth (4)ORAL4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Monday, April 20, 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.