The Sun Crossword May 21 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 21 2026 answers. The Thursday 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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The Spanish pilgrim rejected prophet (6)ELIJAH6Across1
First name of actor Wood who portrayed Frodo Baggins (6)ELIJAH6Across1
Poem by idiot about Black Sea port (6)ODESSA6Across4
Third-most populous city in Ukraine (6)ODESSA6Across4
Some conclude ferrets procrastinate (5)DEFER5Across9
Put off (5)DEFER5Across9
Reportedly, fashion house is upfront and antagonistic (7)HOSTILE7Across10
Relating to an enemy (7)HOSTILE7Across10
Permit untrained revolutionary to hold forth (7)WARRANT7Across11
Justify (7)WARRANT7Across11
Blundered (5)ERRED5Across12
Blushing next to former queen, made a mistake (5)ERRED5Across12
In any event, Conservative rather lacking in sincerity, primarily, is with ex-PM (4,4,3)COMEWHATMAY11Across13
Whatever happens (4,4,3)COMEWHATMAY11Across13
Fastening (5)CLASP5Across18
Caught large snake in grip (5)CLASP5Across18
Period for charity fundraising at university (3,4)RAGWEEK7Across20
Unwanted visitor in garden cut by Kelvin in charity event (3,4)RAGWEEK7Across20
Mixture (7)COMPOST7Across22
Old politician probing outlay for fertiliser (7)COMPOST7Across22
Go to rest for the night (5)ROOST5Across23
Bats sleep here, and marsupials too, at first (5)ROOST5Across23
Part of stamen that produces pollen (6)ANTHER6Across24
Cat initially ignored part of plant (6)ANTHER6Across24
Separate grain from husks and straw (6)THRESH6Across25
Beat others up with husband, lacking love (6)THRESH6Across25
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Provides permanent means of support for (6)ENDOWS6Down1
Consequence that hurts son's finances (6)ENDOWS6Down1
First part of Dante's The Divine Comedy (7)INFERNO7Down2
No finer rogue in hell (7)INFERNO7Down2
Main arterial vessel that carries blood from the heart (5)AORTA5Down3
Fixed up part of great road vessel (5)AORTA5Down3
Cut up for analysis (7)DISSECT7Down5
Examine underworld faction (7)DISSECT7Down5
Someone partaking of mountain sport (5)SKIER5Down6
Truant ignoring Victor, one doing winter sport (5)SKIER5Down6
Programme for discussion (6)AGENDA6Down7
List how old one is and rank (6)AGENDA6Down7
The chattier criminal is right-wing (11)THATCHERITE11Down8
Relating to 1980's Conservative policy (11)THATCHERITE11Down8
Cause to blow up (7)EXPLODE7Down14
Go off old policeman by end of June (7)EXPLODE7Down14
Flowering plant in the buttercup family (7)ANEMONE7Down15
Surprisingly mean individual's polyp (7)ANEMONE7Down15
Start to ask about American agents in tree (6)ACACIA6Down16
Plant also known as wattle (6)ACACIA6Down16
Draw basket child is holding (6)SKETCH6Down17
Outline (6)SKETCH6Down17
Concede half of study is wasted at Cambridge University (5)ADMIT5Down19
Confess (5)ADMIT5Down19
Circumferential measure of thickness (5)GIRTH5Down21
Size of German river mouth losing force (5)GIRTH5Down21
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 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.