The Sun Crossword August 29 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 29 2026 answers. The Saturday 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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Unhappy, led astray in rider's seat (6)SADDLE6Across1 Burden (6)SADDLE6Across1 Journalist tried desperately to bag Oscar (6)EDITOR6Across4 Person who checks and corrects text (6)EDITOR6Across4 Victor overwhelmed by Iranian cash for opponent (5)RIVAL5Across9 Equal (5)RIVAL5Across9 Muscovite, perhaps, from USSR in a broadcast (7)RUSSIAN7Across10 Person from the largest country in the world (7)RUSSIAN7Across10 Coffee seller is a brat, surprisingly (7)BARISTA7Across11 Server in Starbucks, perhaps? (7)BARISTA7Across11 Where the foot joins the leg (5)ANKLE5Across12 Joint article about moose (5)ANKLE5Across12 Dave tasting liquid can be highly traumatic (11)DEVASTATING11Across13 Very destructive (11)DEVASTATING11Across13 Trudge (5)TRAMP5Across18 Returning in the afternoon, a right vagrant (5)TRAMP5Across18 Short stop waiting for connection at airport, for American (7)LAYOVER7Across20 Partner taking a year break in journey in America (7)LAYOVER7Across20 Inactive (7)DORMANT7Across22 Easily manipulated person, short of love around noon, is resting (7)DORMANT7Across22 Acknowledge (5)ALLOW5Across23 Permit everything that is painful (5)ALLOW5Across23 Decorated (6)ORNATE6Across24 Bananas are not fancy (6)ORNATE6Across24 Not go to bed (4,2)STAYUP6Across25 Avoid relegation, for example, excited to take eighth spot in competition (4,2)STAYUP6Across25

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Calligrapher (6)SCRIBE6Down1 Plagiarism bores south-eastern writer (6)SCRIBE6Down1 Different (7)DIVERSE7Down2 Various loons, maybe back in servitude (7)DIVERSE7Down2 Soothes (5)LULLS5Down3 Large seabirds ignoring the first calm intervals (5)LULLS5Down3 Aloof (7)DISTANT7Down5 Far-off Tardis tantalises hosts (7)DISTANT7Down5 Viscous (5)THICK5Down6 Stupid husband bitten by bloodsucking mite (5)THICK5Down6 Someone who lets out property (6)RENTER6Down7 Go in after Republican tenant (6)RENTER6Down7 Part of chicken portion found in PPE? (11)BREASTPLATE11Down8 Piece of armour (11)BREASTPLATE11Down8 Hard, bituminous substance (7)ASPHALT7Down14 When to stop covering top of path in paving material (7)ASPHALT7Down14 Newness (7)NOVELTY7Down15 Strange lot envy curiosity (7)NOVELTY7Down15 Boss I love is in atelier (6)STUDIO6Down16 Artist's workroom (6)STUDIO6Down16 Stop Unionists welcoming Green (4,2)DRAWUP6Down17 Prepare a draft of (4,2)DRAWUP6Down17 Some governor parked the wrong way in approach to the green (5)APRON5Down19 Pinny (5)APRON5Down19 It makes bread rise (5)YEAST5Down21 Unknown bridge player's fungus (5)YEAST5Down21

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