The Sun Crossword May 22 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 22 2026 answers. The Friday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Car trip across a country (5)SPAIN5Across1 Member of the EU (5)SPAIN5Across1 Brief note about black taxi (7)MINICAB7Across4 Private hire vehicle (7)MINICAB7Across4 Psychoactive substance in beer (7)ETHANOL7Across8 Supply a new hotel alcohol (7)ETHANOL7Across8 Victor entertained by Christmas story (5)NOVEL5Across9 New (5)NOVEL5Across9 Harry in Bali to drink (8)LIBATION8Across10 Pouring out of wine in honour of god or goddess (8)LIBATION8Across10 Perhaps Hazel must re-energise hosts (4)TREE4Across12 Large plant with woody trunk (4)TREE4Across12 Craving for food (6)HUNGER6Across14 Desire her 23 bananas (6)HUNGER6Across14 Setter second, I start to reckon, in historical account (6)MEMOIR6Across15 Biographical sketch (6)MEMOIR6Across15 Part sung by a countertenor (4)ALTO4Across18 Furthermore, having bit of treatment for soprano singer (4)ALTO4Across18 Reverie (8)DAYDREAM8Across19 A yen to stop madder criminal's fantasy (8)DAYDREAM8Across19 Someone who takes long walks in the countryside (5)HIKER5Across21 Walker greeting half-cut muppet (5)HIKER5Across21 Person seeking retribution (7)AVENGER7Across22 Engrave rocks for Black Widow? (7)AVENGER7Across22 Be dejected (7)DESPOND7Across24 Oddly, dress next to pool, and lose hope (7)DESPOND7Across24 Excite (5)ROUSE5Across25 Wake up Oscar, overwhelmed by trick (5)ROUSE5Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Furtiveness (7)STEALTH7Down1 Underhand behaviour of the last crook (7)STEALTH7Down1 Volcanic dust (3)ASH3Down2 Wood is in fashion (3)ASH3Down2 Period associated with Britpop (8)NINETIES8Down3 Einstein's strange decade (8)NINETIES8Down3 Slightly drunk, but happy (6)MELLOW6Down4 Mature male cowardly, but not at first (6)MELLOW6Down4 Foolish person (4)NANA4Down5 Grandma hiding bananas? On the contrary (4)NANA4Down5 Temporary document from insurers (5,4)COVERNOTE9Down6 Temporary certification from number in secret hideout's centre (5,4)COVERNOTE9Down6 Overflow of blue liquid around top of grate (5)BULGE5Down7 Protrude (5)BULGE5Down7 England Test cricket captain (3,6)BENSTOKES9Down11 Cricketer fine during setback next to Scottish mountains (3,6)BENSTOKES9Down11 Hat, for example (8)HEADGEAR8Down13 Had terrible rage about European bowler? (8)HEADGEAR8Down13 Shame concerning TV detective (7)REMORSE7Down16 Feeling of regret (7)REMORSE7Down16 Danger (6)HAZARD6Down17 Arizona in difficult problem (6)HAZARD6Down17 A leader in parasitology concealed small insect (5)APHID5Down18 Insect that sucks plant juices (5)APHID5Down18 Bishop with port and spirit (4)BRIO4Down20 Vivacity (4)BRIO4Down20 Wildebeest (3)GNU3Down23 Sign up to display antelope (3)GNU3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Friday, May 22, 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.