The Sun Crossword August 15 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 15 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Mike, six-footer, sick next to a cloak (8)MANTILLA8Across1 Spanish woman's scarf (8)MANTILLA8Across1 Criticise religion? Not I (4)SLAM4Across6 Shut with great force (4)SLAM4Across6 Protest Conservative traitor becoming American politician (8)DEMOCRAT8Across8 Advocate of rule by the majority (8)DEMOCRAT8Across8 Pack in paper (4)WRAP4Across9 Finish filming type of music for an audience (4)WRAP4Across9 Returning overdue with other people (2,2)ETAL4Across10 And elsewhere, from Latin (2,2)ETAL4Across10 Man briefly hunts for pearls in Asian country (8)MALDIVES8Across11 Islands in danger due to climate change (8)MALDIVES8Across11 Result of deficiency of sulphur next to Serpentine (6)SCURVY6Across13 Disease caused by long-term vitamin C deficiency (6)SCURVY6Across13 My guards walk, essentially, in waterproof shoe (6)GALOSH6Across15 Rubber footwear (6)GALOSH6Across15 Masks (8)OBSCURES8Across17 Hides old boy's treatments (8)OBSCURES8Across17 Overheard low voice in operation centre (4)BASE4Across19 Underside (4)BASE4Across19 Dandy (4)BEAU4Across20 Weapon picked up for boyfriend (4)BEAU4Across20 Trick into doing something (8)SHANGHAI8Across21 Son put up with brief welcome in Chinese port (8)SHANGHAI8Across21 Ancient axe-like tool (4)ADZE4Across22 Tool found in dead zebra (4)ADZE4Across22 Common sexually dimorphic bird (8)PHEASANT8Across23 Game is nice when husband takes place of learner (8)PHEASANT8Across23

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Sterile (7)ASEPTIC7Down2 Decontaminated a doubter caught leaving (7)ASEPTIC7Down2 Mythological Scandinavian monster (5)TROLL5Down3 Republican cutting tax to provoke (5)TROLL5Down3 Dick Whittington, for example (4,5)LORDMAYOR9Down4 Royal dorm refurbished for dignitary (4,5)LORDMAYOR9Down4 Do something (3)ACT3Down5 Pretence of feline with head lowered (3)ACT3Down5 Merganser (7)SAWBILL7Down6 Diver was back with invoice (7)SAWBILL7Down6 Maxim (5)ADAGE5Down7 Saying some had agenda (5)ADAGE5Down7 Make laws, as member is deceased (9)LEGISLATE9Down12 Enact (9)LEGISLATE9Down12 Hermit left in secure complex (7)RECLUSE7Down14 Someone who lives in solitude (7)RECLUSE7Down14 Keep up (7)SUSTAIN7Down16 Suffer, as issue oddly ignored by Mark (7)SUSTAIN7Down16 Reproduce on boring bed (5)BREED5Down18 Variety (5)BREED5Down18 Go in the wrong direction aboard coach? Dummy (5)BOGUS5Down19 Fake (5)BOGUS5Down19 Vital juice for plant (3)SAP3Down21 Father's returned for exhaust (3)SAP3Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Saturday, August 15, 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.