The Sun Crossword August 1 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 1 2026 answers. The Saturday 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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Players desperate for herb (7)PARSLEY7Across8 Name of lion on 1960s kids' TV show (7)PARSLEY7Across8 Welsh breed of dog, favourite of Queen Elizabeth II (5)CORGI5Across9 Turned over some big rocks for dog (5)CORGI5Across9 Work to block Twitch theme (5)TOPIC5Across10 Subject (5)TOPIC5Across10 Popular and perfect, perhaps, and passionate (7)INTENSE7Across11 Extreme (7)INTENSE7Across11 Car entering Guiana, surprisingly, and another country (9)NICARAGUA9Across12 Neighbour of Costa Rica (9)NICARAGUA9Across12 Left old penny in dock (3)LOP3Across15 Cut off the top of (3)LOP3Across15 Creature often found in belfry of church leaving consignment (3)BAT3Across16 Object for striking a ball (3)BAT3Across16 Conduct badly (9)MISMANAGE9Across17 Somehow, Mensa magi mess up (9)MISMANAGE9Across17 Revolutionary loathing revolutionary, an African predator (7)CHEETAH7Across20 Fastest land animal (7)CHEETAH7Across20 Part of tyre in contact with road (5)TREAD5Across22 Tramp in Tesla on notice (5)TREAD5Across22 Strain (5)EXERT5Across24 Make a big effort by cutting tree back (5)EXERT5Across24 Cut with office equipment (7)SCISSOR7Across25 Cut mollusc is sore, somewhat (7)SCISSOR7Across25

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Precisely what is required (4,2)SPOTON6Down1 Lad claiming Kitty is exactly right (4,2)SPOTON6Down1 Rigid support (4)PROP4Down2 Professional piano player next to hooker (4)PROP4Down2 Device for playing guitar (8)PLECTRUM8Down3 Pick unusual crumpet containing bit of lemon (8)PLECTRUM8Down3 Using a device with QWERTY layout? (6)TYPING6Down4 Extremely trendy peg good for keyboard work? (6)TYPING6Down4 Historical payment (4)SCOT4Down5 Small bed for Glaswegian? (4)SCOT4Down5 Trim everything the wrong way in strong fabric (8)PRUNELLA8Down6 Actor Scales who played Sybil in Fawlty Towers (8)PRUNELLA8Down6 Interject (4,2)PIPEUP6Down7 Say something as Greek character exercises on horseback (4,2)PIPEUP6Down7 Provide food around the Tube (8)CATHETER8Down13 Flexible tube used to empty the bladder (8)CATHETER8Down13 A club with rising insurrection becomes a killing zone (8)ABATTOIR8Down14 Slaughterhouse (8)ABATTOIR8Down14 Fight motorcyclist about Charlie (6)BICKER6Down16 Squabble (6)BICKER6Down16 Breach (6)SCHISM6Down18 Rift, as second child is male (6)SCHISM6Down18 Tolerate nude dancing? Concerning (6)ENDURE6Down19 Put up with, without giving in (6)ENDURE6Down19 Adds up drinks (4)TOTS4Down21 Young children (4)TOTS4Down21 Bridge player in unusual seat (4)EAST4Down23 Cardinal point (4)EAST4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Saturday, August 1, 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.