The Sun Crossword May 12 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 12 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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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Fish in river eaten by ray (5)BREAM5Across1 Clean debris from (bottom of a vessel) by heating (5)BREAM5Across1 Criticise a revolutionary's style (7)PANACHE7Across4 Flair (7)PANACHE7Across4 Vitamin A (7)RETINOL7Across8 Mooch around to collect new essential substance in food (7)RETINOL7Across8 Toll of family gathering, initially (5)CLANG5Across9 Resounding metallic noise (5)CLANG5Across9 Spurge, not black, brings joy (8)EUPHORIA8Across10 Intense happiness (8)EUPHORIA8Across10 Goth ordinarily protects God (4)THOR4Across12 Norse god of thunder (4)THOR4Across12 Small quantity of spirits (6)NOGGIN6Across14 Head kissing has no boundaries (6)NOGGIN6Across14 Old coin in card rejected by King Charles? (6)DRACHM6Across15 One eighth of a fluid ounce (6)DRACHM6Across15 Matured (4)AGED4Across18 Geriatric seethed having head shaved (4)AGED4Across18 Keeps from discovery (8)CONCEALS8Across19 Hides prisoner and settles over the phone (8)CONCEALS8Across19 Half-door (5)HATCH5Across21 Develop headwear with children (5)HATCH5Across21 Thousand squared (7)MILLION7Across22 Manufacturing building that's charged a lot (7)MILLION7Across22 Indignant anger (7)DUDGEON7Across24 Nudged Oscar excitedly, showing resentment (7)DUDGEON7Across24 Keep score (5)TALLY5Across25 Tense colleague in match (5)TALLY5Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Grow rapidly (7)BURGEON7Down1 British operator scratches head? Swell (7)BURGEON7Down1 Consume (3)EAT3Down2 Bolt down beef, perhaps, but not at first (3)EAT3Down2 Musical instrument with four pairs of strings (8)MANDOLIN8Down3 Almond damaged in kitchen slicer (8)MANDOLIN8Down3 Platform for preaching (6)PULPIT6Down4 Stage Britpop band with sex appeal (6)PULPIT6Down4 French city on the Mediterranean coast (4)NICE4Down5 Lovely picnic entrances hosts (4)NICE4Down5 Lively Cuban dance (3-3-3)CHACHACHA9Down6 Endlessly natter with cleaner fellow in dance (3-3-3)CHACHACHA9Down6 Keen to have bet with European instead of wife (5)EAGER5Down7 Raring (5)EAGER5Down7 Powder that is mixed with liquid to give paint (9)PIGMENTED9Down11 Drunk, emptied case of gin having colour (9)PIGMENTED9Down11 Bangle (8)BRACELET8Down13 Couple rent out item of jewellery (8)BRACELET8Down13 Lad stopping girl's building work (7)MASONRY7Down16 Stonework (7)MASONRY7Down16 Swindler (3,3)CONMAN6Down17 Film Barbarian collecting millions in fraud (3,3)CONMAN6Down17 Notice entertaining revolutionary was in pain (5)ACHED5Down18 Longed (5)ACHED5Down18 So, he ruined footwear (4)SHOE4Down20 U-shape protection for a horse (4)SHOE4Down20 Unwell (3)ILL3Down23 Unfortunate and stupid to remove coat (3)ILL3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Tuesday, May 12, 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.