The Sun Crossword August 19 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 19 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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Serious male boring bores at sea (6)SOMBRE6Across1 Gloomy (6)SOMBRE6Across1 Discard earth in hole (6)SCRAPE6Across4 Play the fiddle (6)SCRAPE6Across4 Charlie soon is member of the clergy (5)CANON5Across9 List of authentic works by an author (5)CANON5Across9 Taxing Euros on ground (7)ONEROUS7Across10 Laborious (7)ONEROUS7Across10 Fish studies in Kew? (7)GARDENS7Across11 Areas of land for cultivating plants (7)GARDENS7Across11 Possessor (5)OWNER5Across12 Proprietor's sedative initially missing (5)OWNER5Across12 One keeps being sent tea by popular landlord (5,6)CHAINLETTER11Across13 Communication continually forwarded (5,6)CHAINLETTER11Across13 Eurasian freshwater fish (5)BREAM5Across18 Swimmer runs wearing big smile (5)BREAM5Across18 Grandeur (7)DIGNITY7Across20 Proselyting, I declined to go back, showing stateliness (7)DIGNITY7Across20 It's used to search river beds (7)DRAGNET7Across22 Granted criminal police search (7)DRAGNET7Across22 Fragrance (5)AROMA5Across23 Smell from inamorata returned (5)AROMA5Across23 Music player with two speakers (6)STEREO6Across24 Austere, hiding gold ring from two speakers (6)STEREO6Across24 Be consistent (6)COHERE6Across25 Stick together in company in this place (6)COHERE6Across25

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Freehold tenure of land (6)SOCAGE6Down1 Historical payment starts to seem overly cruel, and getting expensive (6)SOCAGE6Down1 Sole hereditary head of state (7)MONARCH7Down2 Perhaps king working to stop demonstration (7)MONARCH7Down2 Scope (5)RANGE5Down3 Weird to throw out stone in chain of mountains (5)RANGE5Down3 Cigar with both ends cut flat (7)CHEROOT7Down5 Butcher loves Thailand, but missing something to smoke (7)CHEROOT7Down5 Decorate (5)ADORN5Down6 Embellish fuss over Royal Navy (5)ADORN5Down6 Guarantee (6)ENSURE6Down7 Make certain, and see run developing (6)ENSURE6Down7 Unite, as Conservative figure worried (11)CONSOLIDATE11Down8 Strengthen (11)CONSOLIDATE11Down8 Enormous (7)IMMENSE7Down14 Very good prim men select hosts (7)IMMENSE7Down14 Period (7)EPISODE7Down15 Explosively poised introduction of Eastenders instalment (7)EPISODE7Down15 Remains when welcoming US President, briefly (6)ABIDES6Down16 Tolerates (6)ABIDES6Down16 Spin yarn, initially, in cage (6)GYRATE6Down17 Whirl (6)GYRATE6Down17 Make euphoric European overdue (5)ELATE5Down19 Fill with high spirit (5)ELATE5Down19 Faeces of sea birds, used as fertiliser (5)GUANO5Down21 Content of iguanodon droppings (5)GUANO5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, August 19, 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.