The Sun Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 20 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 56 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#

Extremely scornful six-footer showing bias (5)SLANT5Across1 Incline (5)SLANT5Across1 Retirement home on two storeys? (4,3)BUNKBED7Across4 Space-saving construction for two people to sleep in (4,3)BUNKBED7Across4 Break due to external pressure (7)IMPLODE7Across8 Collapse inwardly, as I'm with soldier on back of vehicle (7)IMPLODE7Across8 Son to beg for moisture? (5)SPRAY5Across9 Sprig (5)SPRAY5Across9 Gradually develop tie with Cuban jockeys (8)INCUBATE8Across10 Brood (8)INCUBATE8Across10 Affected male wearing headwear (4)CAMP4Across12 Faction (4)CAMP4Across12 Basis (6)GROUND6Across14 Crushed soil (6)GROUND6Across14 Negligent about young woman (6)REMISS6Across15 Careless (6)REMISS6Across15 Glide (4)SKIM4Across18 Superficially read section of Stanislavski method (4)SKIM4Across18 Member of the woodwind family (8)CLARINET8Across19 Musical instrument in red boxes (8)CLARINET8Across19 Plant with daisy-like flowers (5)ASTER5Across21 Harry rates flower (5)ASTER5Across21 1986 Schwarzenegger film (3,4)RAWDEAL7Across22 Wear lad out, giving unfair treatment (3,4)RAWDEAL7Across22 Unrest (7)FERMENT7Across24 Some prefer men to agitate in the mind (7)FERMENT7Across24 Cede (5)YIELD5Across25 Furnish yard that is large and dank, primarily (5)YIELD5Across25

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Evading work (7)SKIVING7Down1 Going down a mountain, perhaps, around five, and avoiding work (7)SKIVING7Down1 Killer of Cleopatra, according to legend (3)ASP3Down2 Venomous creature, one with a sting in the tail but not the head (3)ASP3Down2 Member of the brass family (8)TROMBONE8Down3 Music producer, boomer, not heartless drunk (8)TROMBONE8Down3 Inhalation (6)BREATH6Down4 Bather swimming exhaled air (6)BREATH6Down4 Where a bird lays eggs (4)NEST4Down5 Earnestly protects home (4)NEST4Down5 Uncivilised person (9)BARBARIAN9Down6 Savage West Indian has run to replace duke (9)BARBARIAN9Down6 Oddly, Derby pump to stop producing water (3,2)DRYUP5Down7 Lose all moisture (3,2)DRYUP5Down7 Singer in church (9)CHORISTER9Down11 Singer hit scorer, outrageously (9)CHORISTER9Down11 Hooligan (8)TEARAWAY8Down13 Rip off reckless youth (8)TEARAWAY8Down13 Decided unusual test was first (7)SETTLED7Down16 Calmed down (7)SETTLED7Down16 Small flower that is part of a larger flower (6)FLORET6Down17 Worry about left-over bit of broccoli (6)FLORET6Down17 Small Welsh flower for employees (5)STAFF5Down18 Lines on which music is written (5)STAFF5Down18 Golf supporter covering bottom of bunker in ash? (4)TREE4Down20 Woody plant (4)TREE4Down20 Day before (3)EVE3Down23 Never stripped for the first lady? (3)EVE3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, August 20, 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.