The Sun Crossword August 16 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 16 2026 answers. The Sunday 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#

Whistle belonging to that man and son (4)HISS4Across1 Sound made by a goose (4)HISS4Across1 Supports Kitty returning as catcher in baseball (8)BACKSTOP8Across4 Additional support (8)BACKSTOP8Across4 Only just having left westwards to get cereal (6)BARLEY6Across8 Grass (6)BARLEY6Across8 Doggedly work with a new catchphrase (6)SLOGAN6Across9 Motto (6)SLOGAN6Across9 Consider change of date and time (8)MEDITATE8Across10 Chew the cud (8)MEDITATE8Across10 Follow some affiliates back (4)TAIL4Across12 Animal's extremity (4)TAIL4Across12 Mark a black beetle (6)SCARAB6Across13 Insect regarded as divine by ancient Egyptians (6)SCARAB6Across13 Go near fresh fruit (6)ORANGE6Across15 Colour between red and yellow (6)ORANGE6Across15 Prudish (4)PRIM4Across17 Formal chief finishing early (4)PRIM4Across17 Adolescent (8)TEENAGER8Across19 Youngster brewed green tea (8)TEENAGER8Across19 Cloak messed up on chop (6)PONCHO6Across21 Cape with a hole for the head (6)PONCHO6Across21 Framework that supports equipment (6)GANTRY6Across22 Angry about taking temperature in tower (6)GANTRY6Across22 Killer (8)ASSASSIN8Across23 When to stop idiot, perhaps sloth murderer? (8)ASSASSIN8Across23 Relate (4)TELL4Across24 Inform William? (4)TELL4Across24

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Very angry (5)IRATE5Down2 One judge is furious (5)IRATE5Down2 Strip of toast to dip in boiled egg (7)SOLDIER7Down3 Fighter to join around one (7)SOLDIER7Down3 Inlet (3)BAY3Down4 Horse's neigh? Run away (3)BAY3Down4 Covered pot for food (9)CASSEROLE9Down5 Cereals so terrible in stew (9)CASSEROLE9Down5 Nose (5)SNOUT5Down6 Poles out police informer (5)SNOUT5Down6 Giving formal speech (7)ORATING7Down7 Terrible score for speaking? (7)ORATING7Down7 Bird from Scotland sorts rocks (9)ALBATROSS9Down11 Something that makes a golfer happy (9)ALBATROSS9Down11 Inquisitive scoundrel with promises of money (7)CURIOUS7Down14 Unusual (7)CURIOUS7Down14 In contact with (7)AGAINST7Down16 Opposed to a giant's bust (7)AGAINST7Down16 Number leaving construction set in holy city (5)MECCA5Down18 Birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad (5)MECCA5Down18 Enlist (5)ENROL5Down20 Register weird loner (5)ENROL5Down20 Well-developed bicep (3)GUN3Down22 German with a French weapon (3)GUN3Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Sunday, August 16, 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.