The Sun Crossword August 28 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 28 2025 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#

Sons need to remove stubble (5)SHAVE5Across1 Use razor (5)SHAVE5Across1 A CD case broken in fall (7)CASCADE7Across4 Deluge (7)CASCADE7Across4 Share portion with baker removing crusts (7)PARTAKE7Across8 Have some (7)PARTAKE7Across8 Surprise in a puzzle (5)AMAZE5Across9 Astound (5)AMAZE5Across9 President to resolve battles (9)ROOSEVELT9Across10 26th or 32nd first family (9)ROOSEVELT9Across10 Batch among several others (3)LOT3Across11 Auction item (3)LOT3Across11 MI6 keeping sheep for exercises (3-3)SITUPS6Across12 Tummy crunches (3-3)SITUPS6Across12 English cider could be clearer (6)DEICER6Across14 Winter windscreen spray (6)DEICER6Across14 Wild equine (3)ASS3Across17 Donkey in Guardiola's side (3)ASS3Across17 Deserted (9)ABANDONED9Across19 A northern man in a bed unoccupied (9)ABANDONED9Across19 Valiant or heroic (5)BRAVE5Across22 Courageous bishop to talk wildly (5)BRAVE5Across22 Nordic nation (7)ICELAND7Across23 One candle lit in cool place? (7)ICELAND7Across23 Offensive sight (7)EYESORE7Across24 Seer angry in hideous building (7)EYESORE7Across24 Close call (5)SCARE5Across25 With unsightly mark European causing fright (5)SCARE5Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Excellent (5)SUPER5Down1 Great evening meal down by a piano? (5)SUPER5Down1 London Luton, e.g. (7)AIRPORT7Down2 Gatwick Express reaching harbour (7)AIRPORT7Down2 Obliterate (5)ERASE5Down3 Delete from opera season (5)ERASE5Down3 Pancakes (6)CREPES6Down4 French food recipes one left out (6)CREPES6Down4 Surprise or alarm (7)STARTLE7Down5 Shock rattles terribly (7)STARTLE7Down5 Help or benefit (5)AVAIL5Down6 A curtain said to be useful (5)AVAIL5Down6 Flat race doesn't need a versatile horse (7)EVENTER7Down7 Hickstead equine, e.g. (7)EVENTER7Down7 Shuffle along (7)SHAMBLE7Down12 Quiet walk or unsteady one (7)SHAMBLE7Down12 Drug substitute in location: Bilbao's outskirts (7)PLACEBO7Down13 Inert pill (7)PLACEBO7Down13 Choral work in prison farewell (7)CANTATA7Down15 Vocal piece (7)CANTATA7Down15 Barker beginning to cross a square (6)CANINE6Down16 Incisor neighbour (6)CANINE6Down16 Fish and steak prepared (5)SKATE5Down18 Glide on ice (5)SKATE5Down18 Doctor for example initially studying remains (5)DREGS5Down20 Sediment (5)DREGS5Down20 Evade (5)DODGE5Down21 Cleverly escape Kansas City (5)DODGE5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, August 28, 2025. 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.