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The Sun Crossword August 29 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 29 2025 answers. The Friday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Complaints in Conservative-Liberal relationship (7)CLAMOUR7Across8 Uproar (7)CLAMOUR7Across8 Asian nation (5)INDIA5Across9 Subcontinental XI after hotel? (5)INDIA5Across9 Britain weak: find fault (5)BLAME5Across10 Censure (5)BLAME5Across10 Disease sees lamb almost destroyed (7)MEASLES7Across11 Contagious illness (7)MEASLES7Across11 A fight with mug brings change of attitude (5-4)ABOUTFACE9Across12 Complete reversal (5-4)ABOUTFACE9Across12 A s-s-silly person (3)ASS3Across14 Wild equine (3)ASS3Across14 Oxbridge lecturer in river (3)DON3Across16 Slip into (3)DON3Across16 Placed behind (9)POSTERIOR9Across17 Advertisement about Spanish river's bottom (9)POSTERIOR9Across17 Dodgy Gestapo delivery charges (7)POSTAGE7Across19 Mailing cost (7)POSTAGE7Across19 Bout of indulgence (5)SPREE5Across21 See pair inside having boozy time (5)SPREE5Across21 Musical grid (5)STAVE5Across22 Trump initially brought in to cut back staff (5)STAVE5Across22 Scrutinise (7)EXAMINE7Across23 Test shaft on chopper sent back (7)EXAMINE7Across23

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sheath for dagger (8)SCABBARD8Down1 What might be foil cover? (8)SCABBARD8Down1 Almond cookie (8)MACAROON8Down2 Dark red wrapping around biscuit (8)MACAROON8Down2 Fairway alert (4)FORE4Down3 Bad driver's shout? (4)FORE4Down3 Black Sea peninsula (6)CRIMEA6Down4 Felony here discussed in Bow and Yalta locale (6)CRIMEA6Down4 Pasta style (8)MILANESE8Down5 Italian enamel is used imaginatively (8)MILANESE8Down5 Star shown up in cello display (4)IDOL4Down6 Graven image (4)IDOL4Down6 Mountain route (4)PASS4Down7 Refuse Mastermind question: get through? (4)PASS4Down7 Drain fluid: this suitable for drinking? (3,5)TAPWATER8Down13 Quencher from faucet (3,5)TAPWATER8Down13 Pollutant in a Channel Islands sewer? (4,4)ACIDRAIN8Down14 Corrosive precipitation (4,4)ACIDRAIN8Down14 Bad speller? (8)SORCERER8Down15 Wizard (8)SORCERER8Down15 Meat pin (6)SKEWER6Down18 Spear seabird we hear (6)SKEWER6Down18 Bother minister ignoring religious instruction (4)PEST4Down19 Nuisance (4)PEST4Down19 Wet top of sycamore tree (4)SOAK4Down20 Drunkard (4)SOAK4Down20 Hitch (4)SNAG4Down21 Some began slowly reversing difficulty (4)SNAG4Down21

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Friday, August 29, 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.