The Sun Crossword August 18 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Sun Crossword for August 18 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Flying creature smothers hosts (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Insect attracted to light (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Range of damaged crumpets (8)83 AcrossReveal answer → Distribution of colours produced when white light is dispersed (8)83 AcrossReveal answer → It loops around earth (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Nutrient-rich upper layer of earth (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Article describing my nut (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit of the oak tree (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Church official cut boundary (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Brink (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → A number went into therapy after vacation (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Score (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Yatter about negotiation (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Written agreement between countries (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Aggressive fighting rife in front of church (6)616 AcrossReveal answer → Ferocious (6)616 AcrossReveal answer → Female member regularly jeers agriculturist (6)619 AcrossReveal answer → Livestock or crop manager (6)619 AcrossReveal answer → Bring fluorine to corrode (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Go and get (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Moment of time (5)524 AcrossReveal answer → Spike's conclusion (5)524 AcrossReveal answer → Associate (7)725 AcrossReveal answer → Husband perhaps to leave, American leaving not far behind (7)725 AcrossReveal answer → Repentant (8)826 AcrossReveal answer → Remorseful prisoner worn-out (8)826 AcrossReveal answer → Afflicted by sore muscles (4)427 AcrossReveal answer → Each year somewhat painful (4)427 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Stimulate (8)81 DownReveal answer → Incentivise friend to collect books one and five (8)81 DownReveal answer → Pig-like animal of Central America and Asia (5)52 DownReveal answer → Sailor collecting Greek character's large mammal (5)52 DownReveal answer → Head around American city to get relish (6)64 DownReveal answer → Roof of the mouth (6)64 DownReveal answer → Cause to fret (5)55 DownReveal answer → Rub a chef's bananas (5)55 DownReveal answer → Cock (7)76 DownReveal answer → List describing old male chicken (7)76 DownReveal answer → List of food options (4)47 DownReveal answer → More than one Man U in list (4)47 DownReveal answer → Area with densely packed trees (6)68 DownReveal answer → Warning on street in cluster of tall objects (6)68 DownReveal answer → Greatly upset about Henry's sluggishness (8)813 DownReveal answer → Abnormal lack of energy (8)813 DownReveal answer → Cousin, perhaps, not right to show joy (7)715 DownReveal answer → High spirits (7)715 DownReveal answer → Pass on knowledge to popular class (6)617 DownReveal answer → Notify (6)617 DownReveal answer → Drunk tramp hiding one sweaty part of body? (6)618 DownReveal answer → Anatomical region also known as axilla (6)618 DownReveal answer → Car tyre initially found in back room (5)520 DownReveal answer → Move quickly (5)520 DownReveal answer → Mixer for drink? Some put on ice (5)522 DownReveal answer → Shot in the arm (5)522 DownReveal answer → European shot Ben Hur? (4)423 DownReveal answer → Long narrative poem (4)423 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the The Sun crossword published on Tuesday, August 18, 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.