The Sun Crossword May 11 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 11 2026 answers. The Monday 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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Invent novel sieve following start of directive (6)DEVISE6Across1 Compose (6)DEVISE6Across1 After reflecting, again declines to get snooker equipment (6)SPIDER6Across4 Snooker rest for difficult shot (6)SPIDER6Across4 Funds super works (5)PURSE5Across9 Pucker (5)PURSE5Across9 Final part of trouble welcomed by nurse (4,3)TAILEND7Across10 Inferior portion (4,3)TAILEND7Across10 Tense, argue for treachery (7)TREASON7Across11 Betrayal of allegiance to one's country (7)TREASON7Across11 Peripheral (3-2)ADDON5Across12 Supplement commercial by university fellow (3-2)ADDON5Across12 Maybe Trump, wise guy, caught in his home city — Reuters? (5,6)PRESSAGENCY11Across13 News-gathering organisation (5,6)PRESSAGENCY11Across13 Quietens (5)CALMS5Across18 Relief after Charlie becomes serene (5)CALMS5Across18 Turn down (7)DECLINE7Across20 Fall in line after a month (7)DECLINE7Across20 Rivet (7)ENGROSS7Across22 Absorb leaderless chaps, twelve dozen (7)ENGROSS7Across22 Succulent from the Americas (5)AGAVE5Across23 American presented plant in the desert (5)AGAVE5Across23 Matter used as kindling (6)TINDER6Across24 Hook-up app somewhat irrelevant in Derby (6)TINDER6Across24 Beat (6)DEFEAT6Across25 Fed badly, have food: Smash? (6)DEFEAT6Across25

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Substitute (6)DEPUTY6Down1 Obligation to keep record for second-in-command (6)DEPUTY6Down1 Painter of Girl with a Pearl Earring (7)VERMEER7Down2 Artist always scratching head next to lake, it's said (7)VERMEER7Down2 Top players in a tournament (5)SEEDS5Down3 Reportedly gives up pips (5)SEEDS5Down3 Soldier (7)PRIVATE7Down5 Individual moving a privet (7)PRIVATE7Down5 Awe (5)DREAD5Down6 Fear Dutch study (5)DREAD5Down6 Mammal with prominent incisors (6)RODENT6Down7 Study stopping putrefaction in guinea pig, perhaps (6)RODENT6Down7 Make uniform, and disaster resolved (11)STANDARDISE11Down8 Normalise (11)STANDARDISE11Down8 Contraction of the heart muscle (7)SYSTOLE7Down14 Extremely silly, walked off with rhythmical contraction (7)SYSTOLE7Down14 Currency (7)COINAGE7Down15 Invention of prison to keep Oscar in (7)COINAGE7Down15 Stress starts to affect charming citizen, especially near Thanksgiving (6)ACCENT6Down16 Modulation of the voice (6)ACCENT6Down16 Regret exercises in Split (6)REPENT6Down17 Feel contrition (6)REPENT6Down17 Sign in, at last, sign in (3,2)LOGON5Down19 Gain access to server system (3,2)LOGON5Down19 Packing case (5)CRATE5Down21 Rogue hiding in church, in container (5)CRATE5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Monday, May 11, 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.