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The Sun Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Sun Crossword for August 20 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
Extremely scornful six-footer showing bias (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Incline (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Retirement home on two storeys? (4,3)74 AcrossReveal answer → Space-saving construction for two people to sleep in (4,3)74 AcrossReveal answer → Break due to external pressure (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Collapse inwardly, as I'm with soldier on back of vehicle (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Son to beg for moisture? (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Sprig (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Gradually develop tie with Cuban jockeys (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Brood (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Affected male wearing headwear (4)412 AcrossReveal answer → Faction (4)412 AcrossReveal answer → Basis (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Crushed soil (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Negligent about young woman (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Careless (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Glide (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Superficially read section of Stanislavski method (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Member of the woodwind family (8)819 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument in red boxes (8)819 AcrossReveal answer → Plant with daisy-like flowers (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Harry rates flower (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → 1986 Schwarzenegger film (3,4)722 AcrossReveal answer → Wear lad out, giving unfair treatment (3,4)722 AcrossReveal answer → Unrest (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Some prefer men to agitate in the mind (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Cede (5)525 AcrossReveal answer → Furnish yard that is large and dank, primarily (5)525 AcrossReveal answer →

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Evading work (7)71 DownReveal answer → Going down a mountain, perhaps, around five, and avoiding work (7)71 DownReveal answer → Killer of Cleopatra, according to legend (3)32 DownReveal answer → Venomous creature, one with a sting in the tail but not the head (3)32 DownReveal answer → Member of the brass family (8)83 DownReveal answer → Music producer, boomer, not heartless drunk (8)83 DownReveal answer → Inhalation (6)64 DownReveal answer → Bather swimming exhaled air (6)64 DownReveal answer → Where a bird lays eggs (4)45 DownReveal answer → Earnestly protects home (4)45 DownReveal answer → Uncivilised person (9)96 DownReveal answer → Savage West Indian has run to replace duke (9)96 DownReveal answer → Oddly, Derby pump to stop producing water (3,2)57 DownReveal answer → Lose all moisture (3,2)57 DownReveal answer → Singer in church (9)911 DownReveal answer → Singer hit scorer, outrageously (9)911 DownReveal answer → Hooligan (8)813 DownReveal answer → Rip off reckless youth (8)813 DownReveal answer → Decided unusual test was first (7)716 DownReveal answer → Calmed down (7)716 DownReveal answer → Small flower that is part of a larger flower (6)617 DownReveal answer → Worry about left-over bit of broccoli (6)617 DownReveal answer → Small Welsh flower for employees (5)518 DownReveal answer → Lines on which music is written (5)518 DownReveal answer → Golf supporter covering bottom of bunker in ash? (4)420 DownReveal answer → Woody plant (4)420 DownReveal answer → Day before (3)323 DownReveal answer → Never stripped for the first lady? (3)323 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

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