The Sun Crossword August 9 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword August 9 2026 answers. The Sunday 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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Plug colleague's feat regularly after strike (6)SOCKET6Across1 Receptacle for light bulb (6)SOCKET6Across1 Scribble in green in small chapel on vacation (6)SCRAWL6Across4 Illegible writing (6)SCRAWL6Across4 President beginning to suppress journalists collectively (5)PRESS5Across9 Strongly urge (5)PRESS5Across9 On raids, somehow try to make these (7)INROADS7Across10 Encroachments (7)INROADS7Across10 Serious eastern dances (7)EARNEST7Across11 Sincere (7)EARNEST7Across11 Suffuse (5)BATHE5Across12 Wash and scrub at her houses (5)BATHE5Across12 Criminal air-drops gun for warder (6,5)PRISONGUARD11Across13 Worker in jail (6,5)PRISONGUARD11Across13 Plenty of (5)AMPLE5Across18 Wide specimen that son leaves (5)AMPLE5Across18 Insignia of royalty (7)REGALIA7Across20 Royal privileges in Algeria different (7)REGALIA7Across20 Wash hair (7)SHAMPOO7Across22 Imposter with mostly low-quality cosmetic product (7)SHAMPOO7Across22 The Ram (5)ARIES5Across23 Raise dancing stars (5)ARIES5Across23 Made up of various elements (6)MOTLEY6Across24 Multicoloured tie initially worn by spy at end of day (6)MOTLEY6Across24 Make a summoning sign to (6)BECKON6Across25 Indicate stream working (6)BECKON6Across25

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Member of Royal Engineers (6)SAPPER6Down1 Private papers damaged (6)SAPPER6Down1 Relatively obvious (7)CLEARER7Down2 More straightforward nurse, perhaps, welcoming the French (7)CLEARER7Down2 Come after (5)ENSUE5Down3 Follow men losing millions to make legal claim (5)ENSUE5Down3 Reindeer (7)CARIBOU7Down5 Vehicle I purchased, 50% off, for large animals (7)CARIBOU7Down5 Distinct (5)APART5Down6 Trick American returning separately (5)APART5Down6 Attempt to hear something (6)LISTEN6Down7 Follow advice and tip when half-cut (6)LISTEN6Down7 Model with money to smarten reception area (7,4)SITTINGROOM11Down8 Space for gathering at home (7,4)SITTINGROOM11Down8 Spire (7)STEEPLE7Down14 Quietly drilling into metal structure, at last, in part of church (7)STEEPLE7Down14 Severely rebuke (7)ROLLICK7Down15 Trouble arising in boulder caper (7)ROLLICK7Down15 Redemption from wild Romans (6)RANSOM6Down16 Price of freedom (6)RANSOM6Down16 Checks on fruit (6)DAMSON6Down17 Plum-like fruit (6)DAMSON6Down17 Organise time in factory (5)PLANT5Down19 Snooker shot involving more than two balls (5)PLANT5Down19 Burial place (5)GRAVE5Down21 Solemn German party (5)GRAVE5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Sunday, August 9, 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.