The Sun Crossword August 31 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 31 2025 answers. The Sunday 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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Beds for example or large and heavy drawer? (5)SHIRE5Across1 County (5)SHIRE5Across1 Tropical plant schmuck dipped in wine (7)CASSAVA7Across4 Manioc (7)CASSAVA7Across4 Analgesic (7)ASPIRIN7Across8 Drug manufactured in Paris (7)ASPIRIN7Across8 News provider concealed bug (5)APHID5Across9 Garden pest (5)APHID5Across9 Tweeted about husband becoming excited (8)THRILLED8Across10 Exhilarated (8)THRILLED8Across10 Point made about learner being an idiot (4)DOLT4Across12 Stupid person (4)DOLT4Across12 Colorado capital (6)DENVER6Across14 Garden veranda conceals US location (6)DENVER6Across14 Small, favourite item maiden ignored (6)PETITE6Across15 Daintily-built (6)PETITE6Across15 Agitate (4)STIR4Across18 Wake up in prison (4)STIR4Across18 Climbing vines (8)CREEPERS8Across19 Plants and things that crawl (8)CREEPERS8Across19 Suspect's defence (5)ALIBI5Across21 Fighter starts to box intelligently in defence (5)ALIBI5Across21 Weather conditions (7)CLIMATE7Across22 Atmosphere round capital city cold: extremely tense (7)CLIMATE7Across22 Leather works (7)TANNERY7Across24 Bid to keep woman in hiding place? (7)TANNERY7Across24 Sharp weapon (5)SWORD5Across25 Blade finally opens series of letters? (5)SWORD5Across25

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Swindled (7)SHAFTED7Down1 Treated unfairly back in Slough (7)SHAFTED7Down1 Little devil (3)IMP3Down2 Annoying child? I'm quiet! (3)IMP3Down2 Signer-upper (8)ENROLLEE8Down3 Joiner Lee dancing with Loren? (8)ENROLLEE8Down3 Nullify (6)CANCEL6Down4 Stop church area losing hearts (6)CANCEL6Down4 Sharp rebuke (4)SLAP4Down5 Friends about to deliver blow (4)SLAP4Down5 Greek Venus (9)APHRODITE9Down6 Smitten peri had to love goddess (9)APHRODITE9Down6 Do the books in gold Macron's said (5)AUDIT5Down7 Check on accounts (5)AUDIT5Down7 Performance (9)RENDITION9Down11 Start to read publication holding new version (9)RENDITION9Down11 Study of heredity (8)GENETICS8Down13 EC gets in bats for science (8)GENETICS8Down13 Dean set out for docks area (4,3)EASTEND7Down16 London district (4,3)EASTEND7Down16 Hardly cheap (6)PRICEY6Down17 How expensive Katie P's surgery? (6)PRICEY6Down17 Opinion of Aslan tremendous (5)SLANT5Down18 Slope or lean (5)SLANT5Down18 Ebb and flow: this does regularly (4)TIDE4Down20 Canute's nemesis (4)TIDE4Down20 Commotion (3)ADO3Down23 A party? That brings trouble! (3)ADO3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Sunday, August 31, 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.