The Sun Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Sun Crossword for May 8 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Fit in story with no introduction (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Competent (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Address line of top co-eds, excitedly (8)84 AcrossReveal answer → Series of letters and numbers to assist the mail service (8)84 AcrossReveal answer → Expulsion of Poles with straightforwardness, reportedly (6)68 AcrossReveal answer → Result of irritation of nasal membrane (6)68 AcrossReveal answer → Enchants cleaners around 1st of May (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → Amulets (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → In France, we must accept signs of hesitation — many (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Several (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Start to see mature wise person (4)412 AcrossReveal answer → Herb from perennial Mediterranean plant (4)412 AcrossReveal answer → Facts about Unionist's progress (6)613 AcrossReveal answer → Rank (6)613 AcrossReveal answer → Hinder some slim pedestrians (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Obstruct (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Someone who makes things up (4)417 AcrossReveal answer → Perjurer is strange when half-cut (4)417 AcrossReveal answer → Apply new ideas (8)819 AcrossReveal answer → Introduce new features from popular star, twice ignoring content (8)819 AcrossReveal answer → A large jump to the left to get dish (6)621 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish rice dish (6)621 AcrossReveal answer → Place where water comes up through the ground (6)622 AcrossReveal answer → Avoiding losing a part of vehicle's suspension (6)622 AcrossReveal answer → Plates, cups and saucers etc. (8)823 AcrossReveal answer → Charlie getting garden feature in China? (8)823 AcrossReveal answer → Period of time during which the earth goes around the sun once (4)424 AcrossReveal answer → Desire to scratch backside for 12 months (4)424 AcrossReveal answer →

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Group of languages belonging to the Niger-Congo subfamily (5)52 DownReveal answer → Language suppression ultimately not universal (5)52 DownReveal answer → High point (7)73 DownReveal answer → First lady to relax in mountain (7)73 DownReveal answer → A very easy thing, metaphorically (3)34 DownReveal answer → Greek character picked up food in pastry (3)34 DownReveal answer → Formal withdrawal (9)95 DownReveal answer → Sitting around church in Split (9)95 DownReveal answer → Complete confusion (5)56 DownReveal answer → Tea served up thus in disorder (5)56 DownReveal answer → Lesser deity (7)77 DownReveal answer → Do good by setter's editor over deified individual (7)77 DownReveal answer → Stubborn Tibetan so upset (9)911 DownReveal answer → Dogged (9)911 DownReveal answer → Cryptic hint broadcast for nothing, metaphorically? (4,3)714 DownReveal answer → Where something that has appeared suddenly is said to have come out of (4,3)714 DownReveal answer → State of lacking adequate food (7)716 DownReveal answer → Jump over tycoon concealing destitution (7)716 DownReveal answer → Roman Catholic pinching priest's memorial of saint (5)518 DownReveal answer → Memento (5)518 DownReveal answer → The Friendly Islands (5)520 DownReveal answer → Roman garment enthralls North Pacific island nation (5)520 DownReveal answer → Throw (3)322 DownReveal answer → Before end of day, be quiet and reserved (3)322 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Sun crossword published on Friday, May 8, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.