The Sun Crossword May 24 2026 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 24 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 55 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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Small herring-like fish (5)SPRAT5Across1
Idiot following small swimmer (5)SPRAT5Across1
Truth or honesty ultimately works (7)FACTORY7Across4
Plant (7)FACTORY7Across4
With stake, play fairly slowly (7)ANDANTE7Across8
Musical instruction (7)ANDANTE7Across8
Prisoner's unusual flier (5)LIFER5Across9
Person sentenced to long-term imprisonment (5)LIFER5Across9
Canine law enforcer (6,3)POLICEDOG9Across10
Crime fighter killed in swimming pool by German (6,3)POLICEDOG9Across10
John's hot stuff, mostly (3)LAV3Across11
Toilet (3)LAV3Across11
Run slowly with broken leg, and shake (6)JOGGLE6Across12
Slight jolt (6)JOGGLE6Across12
British war hero (6)NELSON6Across14
Flannels only partially hold (6)NELSON6Across14
Nearly fight in spring (3)SPA3Across17
Old name for sulphur (9)BRIMSTONE9Across19
Mobster in Barking's yellow butterfly (9)BRIMSTONE9Across19
Piece of cast metal obtained from a mould (5)INGOT5Across22
Watching others coating lump of metal (5)INGOT5Across22
Aides to heads of government at a summit conference (7)SHERPAS7Across23
Noted mountaineers' strange phrases (7)SHERPAS7Across23
Ceramics factory in Stoke-on-Trent named after ancient part of Italy (7)ETRURIA7Across24
End of the largely correct broadcast about ancient country (7)ETRURIA7Across24
Device around which film can be wound (5)SPOOL5Across25
Wind spirals around (5)SPOOL5Across25
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Note raised a semitone (5)SHARP5Down1
Top of sawing instrument is jagged (5)SHARP5Down1
Banner of socialism (3,4)REDFLAG7Down2
Reportedly studied female prisoner's warning signal (3,4)REDFLAG7Down2
First note of a scale (5)TONIC5Down3
Some sit on ice to get boost (5)TONIC5Down3
Devils (6)FIENDS6Down4
Discovers earth is boring for cruel people (6)FIENDS6Down4
Perfumed mix of alcohol and essential oils (7)COLOGNE7Down5
Company record on most of modern European city (7)COLOGNE7Down5
Refuse (5)OFFAL5Down6
Rank a large selection of internal organs (5)OFFAL5Down6
Largest city in Armenia (7)YEREVAN7Down7
Even Ray is drunk in Asian capital (7)YEREVAN7Down7
Plant with fragrant flowers used to flavour tea (7)JASMINE7Down12
German agreed bit of stone belonging to me is pale yellow (7)JASMINE7Down12
Creature to which sunburnt people are compared (7)LOBSTER7Down13
Rob lets out crustacean (7)LOBSTER7Down13
Eighth sign of the zodiac (7)SCORPIO7Down15
Rio cops fixed sign (7)SCORPIO7Down15
Male, one in the role of mother, produces foul vapours (6)MIASMA6Down16
Unwholesome air (6)MIASMA6Down16
Wrath (5)ANGER5Down18
Irritate park officer scratching head (5)ANGER5Down18
Looks for Kelvin in bishops' offices (5)SEEKS5Down20
Asks for (5)SEEKS5Down20
Artist's frame (5)EASEL5Down21
Stand, because oddly ignored by the Spanish (5)EASEL5Down21
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Sunday, May 24, 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.