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The Sun Crossword May 28 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 28 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Stylish hierarchical hosts (4)CHIC4Across1 Elegance (4)CHIC4Across1 Confront rugby forwards in skin toner (4,4)FACEPACK8Across4 Cosmetic mask (4,4)FACEPACK8Across4 Thanks poet for sleeveless tunic (6)TABARD6Across8 Short-sleeved jacket bearing a coat of arms (6)TABARD6Across8 Abolish genuine entertaining exercises (6)REPEAL6Across9 Annul (6)REPEAL6Across9 Picks inspiring cold treats for a hot day (4-4)CHOCICES8Across10 Frozen snacks (4-4)CHOCICES8Across10 Libertine in drag losing head (4)RAKE4Across12 Toothed gardening tool (4)RAKE4Across12 Stops Bart, so drunk (6)ABORTS6Across13 Abandons (6)ABORTS6Across13 A snake next to road, or on ship (6)ABOARD6Across15 Alongside (nautically) (6)ABOARD6Across15 Touch lips (4)KISS4Across17 Sign of affection in Omsk is shameful (4)KISS4Across17 Ruddigore, for example (8)OPERETTA8Across19 Musical show in a treetop? Fantastic (8)OPERETTA8Across19 Trouble husband with a drink, initially, after returning flower (6)DAHLIA6Across21 Brightly coloured perennial flower native to Mexico (6)DAHLIA6Across21 Cessation of growth (6)STASIS6Across22 Dust, as I suspected, reveals stagnation (6)STASIS6Across22 Foot soldiers (8)INFANTRY8Across23 Arty Finn destroyed fighting unit (8)INFANTRY8Across23 Pitcher with a wide mouth (4)EWER4Across24 Jug in drains uncovered (4)EWER4Across24

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Moorland (5)HEATH5Down2 Former prime minister's condition not disclosed, essentially (5)HEATH5Down2 First writer to be buried in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey (7)CHAUCER7Down3 Author's child with shallow dish with no lid (7)CHAUCER7Down3 Craze (3)FAD3Down4 Passing interest to die away, energy disappearing (3)FAD3Down4 Throw off flashes of light (9)CORUSCATE9Down5 Surprisingly, accuser to sparkle (9)CORUSCATE9Down5 Writing material (5)PAPER5Down6 Copy boring spin in broadsheet? (5)PAPER5Down6 Small, noisy firework (7)CRACKER7Down7 Biscuit that's exceptionally good (7)CRACKER7Down7 One travelling a long way from Tucson, over a mountain's peak, excited (9)COSMONAUT9Down11 Russian space traveller (9)COSMONAUT9Down11 Common sense to let Italian in most of UK, informally (7)BRITAIN7Down14 Informal name for England, Scotland and Wales (7)BRITAIN7Down14 Daunt (7)OVERAWE7Down16 Old weaver manoeuvring cow (7)OVERAWE7Down16 Spicy sauce on the counter unfortunately containing bit of sesame (5)SALSA5Down18 Latin-American dance (5)SALSA5Down18 Moment (5)TRICE5Down20 Instant coffee on vacation after outing cut short (5)TRICE5Down20 Bashful (3)SHY3Down22 Quietly start to yearn for fling (3)SHY3Down22

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, May 28, 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.