The Sun Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 26 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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Open water vehicle buoyant from time to time (4)BOAT4Across1 Container for gravy (4)BOAT4Across1 Without mercy, battered hustlers (8)RUTHLESS8Across4 Having no pity (8)RUTHLESS8Across4 Publicly announce content to other aldermen (6)HERALD6Across8 Proclaim (6)HERALD6Across8 Stay in space in shower? (6)REMAIN6Across9 Continue unchanged (6)REMAIN6Across9 American blocking reduced promises to pay, being watchful (8)CAUTIOUS8Across10 Prudent (8)CAUTIOUS8Across10 Grass study announced (4)REED4Across12 Vibrating cane in oboe (4)REED4Across12 Strangely, rebids for rubbish (6)DEBRIS6Across13 Remains (6)DEBRIS6Across13 Aloof with respect to turbot, perhaps (6)OFFISH6Across15 Distant in manner (6)OFFISH6Across15 Bereavement (4)LOSS4Across17 Deprivation of some rissoles on the counter (4)LOSS4Across17 Steroid produced by the testes (8)ANDROGEN8Across19 Male sex hormone no danger to flies (8)ANDROGEN8Across19 Young woman I love rejected platform (3,3)OILRIG6Across21 Kit for obtaining fossil fuel (3,3)OILRIG6Across21 Thyroid disease (6)GOITRE6Across22 Try it on, getting complaint (6)GOITRE6Across22 Word for word (8)VERBATIM8Across23 Unusual ambivert? Exactly (8)VERBATIM8Across23 Territory (4)TURF4Across24 One leaving apple, for example, over in thick grass (4)TURF4Across24

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Carmen, for example (5)OPERA5Down2 No-hoper apparently presenting musical show (5)OPERA5Down2 Turncoat (7)TRAITOR7Down3 Feature essentially amoral Judas (7)TRAITOR7Down3 Deliver (3)RID3Down4 Free journey on horseback reduced (3)RID3Down4 Limit (9)THRESHOLD9Down5 Held short bananas in doorway (9)THRESHOLD9Down5 Madagascan arboreal primate (5)LEMUR5Down6 The French returned strange creature from Madagascar (5)LEMUR5Down6 Splinters (7)SLIVERS7Down7 Thin pieces of small organ on top of stomach (7)SLIVERS7Down7 Parson's laughter somewhat offensive (9)ONSLAUGHT9Down11 Assault (9)ONSLAUGHT9Down11 Electronic note during relocation is sensitive (7)EMOTIVE7Down14 Delicate (7)EMOTIVE7Down14 Flower seller (7)FLORIST7Down16 Shopkeeper flirts terribly, receiving nothing (7)FLORIST7Down16 Extremely specific massage and clean (5)SCRUB5Down18 Wash with stiff brush, perhaps (5)SCRUB5Down18 Blunder (5)ERROR5Down20 Fear shaving head — a mistake (5)ERROR5Down20 Very admirable person (3)GEM3Down22 Stone periodically agleam (3)GEM3Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 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.