Crossword Answers for Thursday, 2 April 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 2 April 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Slanderous remarks or charges MUD
4
Being one more than one TWO
7
New Zealand eel TUNA
8
Lacking sufficient water or rainfall ARID
9
Do away with ELIMINATE
11
A unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts DEN
12
Estrangement from god SINS
13
Give up for a price or reward SELLS
15
Free from discordant qualities PURE
16
A rapid escape LAM
19
The atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole AEROSPACE
21
Turn to the right side GEES
22
An individual instance of a type of symbol ITEM
23
Very familiar OLD
24
The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES

Down

1
A slipper that has no fitting around the heel MULE
2
Not covered by insurance UNINSURED
3
A metric unit of length equal to ten meters DAM
4
Be equivalent in effect TRANSLATE
5
Mental ability WITS
6
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
7
A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED
8
A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically ANIL
10
A small island ISLES
14
A desire for sexual intimacy EROS
15
Get undressed PEEL
17
Succeed at easily ACES
18
The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet MEM
19
In the past AGO
20
Defeat thoroughly PIP