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The Sun Crossword August 27 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 27 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#
50 in notes perhaps leads to confrontation (5)CLASH5Across1 Not go (5)CLASH5Across1 Brief school play (7)COMPACT7Across4 Tightly grouped (7)COMPACT7Across4 Black sticky tar (7)BITUMEN7Across8 Viscous material affected upper-class chaps (7)BITUMEN7Across8 Father with a tabloid? (5)PAPER5Across9 Material for writing on (5)PAPER5Across9 Part of our defence mechanism in bin today, surprisingly (8)ANTIBODY8Across10 Protein produced in the blood as defence from invaders (8)ANTIBODY8Across10 Friends and acquaintances tackle Henry (4)KITH4Across12 The people one knows (4)KITH4Across12 Young bird of prey (6)EAGLET6Across14 Appallingly, get ale for youngster (6)EAGLET6Across14 Prohibit three bits of terrible repartee (6)BANTER6Across15 Teasing (6)BANTER6Across15 Thick string (4)CORD4Across18 Twisted strands of my anecdotes, essentially (4)CORD4Across18 Superficial (4-4)SKINDEEP8Across19 Shallow Harry needs kip (4-4)SKINDEEP8Across19 Move stealthily (5)PROWL5Across21 Sneak in PR by member of parliament (5)PROWL5Across21 Protection from needle when sewing (7)THIMBLE7Across22 The limb is damaged, but the finger protected by this (7)THIMBLE7Across22 Embarrassed (7)ASHAMED7Across24 Feeling embarrassment about a fake education (7)ASHAMED7Across24 Rub out (5)ERASE5Across25 Get rid of some camera settings (5)ERASE5Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Vegetable of the Cruciferae family (7)CABBAGE7Down1 Oddly, cygnet eating four Swedes and brassica (7)CABBAGE7Down1 Dec's partner (3)ANT3Down2 Six-footer content to fantasise (3)ANT3Down2 Self-made booze (4-4)HOMEBREW8Down3 Jew inviting in old male for drink (4-4)HOMEBREW8Down3 Country that's home to over half the world's lakes (6)CANADA6Down4 Country is able to notice America (6)CANADA6Down4 Move listlessly (4)MOPE4Down5 Clean bottom of bottle and brood (4)MOPE4Down5 Person selected for job (9)APPOINTEE9Down6 Primate meeting Pope, ultimately about critical moment for The Chosen One (9)APPOINTEE9Down6 Set light to church next to hill (5)TORCH5Down7 Portable electric lamp (5)TORCH5Down7 Colourful flying insect (5,4)TIGERMOTH9Down11 Got hermit drunk in plane (5,4)TIGERMOTH9Down11 Prejudice (8)JAUNDICE8Down13 German agreed, and I caught bit of egregious disease (8)JAUNDICE8Down13 Salesperson allowed Earl to be charged in full? (7)REPLETE7Down16 Satiated (7)REPLETE7Down16 Travelled on ice with a bladed shoe (6)SKATED6Down17 Chased by bird, ultimately, fish travelled over ice (6)SKATED6Down17 Hot drink excited personal assistant following cold (5)CUPPA5Down18 Drink of tea (5)CUPPA5Down18 Downcast, mug up about Luxembourg (4)GLUM4Down20 Sullen (4)GLUM4Down20 Neckwear made of feathers, perhaps (3)BOA3Down23 Snake found in baobab, oddly (3)BOA3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, August 27, 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.