The Sun Crossword July 12 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword July 12 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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Small vehicle allowed to be red (7)SCARLET7Across8 Colour of blood (7)SCARLET7Across8 Find fault with (5)BLAME5Across9 Responsibility of Mabel changed (5)BLAME5Across9 Lothario jauntily holds wine (5)RIOJA5Across10 Wine produced in northern Spain (5)RIOJA5Across10 Pariah dated actors in play (7)OUTCAST7Across11 Someone shunned by society (7)OUTCAST7Across11 Shout introduction to One Direction? Most cowardly (9)YELLOWEST9Across12 Most like the colour of a lemon? (9)YELLOWEST9Across12 Sheep in tree reported (3)EWE3Across15 Lamb's mother (3)EWE3Across15 Anger when unknown abandoned coat (3)FUR3Across16 Animal's hair (3)FUR3Across16 Difficult to read (9)ENIGMATIC9Across17 Mysterious criminal taming ICE (9)ENIGMATIC9Across17 Send pro off for answer (7)RESPOND7Across20 React (7)RESPOND7Across20 Spill (5)TAPER5Across22 Thin sailor taking exercises (5)TAPER5Across22 Habituate (5)INURE5Across24 Take effect in river in Yorkshire (5)INURE5Across24 Write reflective poem (7)ELEGISE7Across25 Utilises 1G electronics after reflecting, partly to write mournfully (7)ELEGISE7Across25

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Bird that feeds on fish (6)OSPREY6Down1 Hunter initially only seeking its quarry (6)OSPREY6Down1 Ring of light caused by refraction (4)HALO4Down2 Ring Prince Oscar (4)HALO4Down2 Species of tuna with long pectoral fins (8)ALBACORE8Down3 Fish from Scotland, the central part (8)ALBACORE8Down3 Earnestly endeavoured (6)STROVE6Down4 Drunk voters struggled (6)STROVE6Down4 Incite by encouragement (4)ABET4Down5 Assist President Trump, at first (4)ABET4Down5 Keep a rat to muddle bird (8)PARAKEET8Down6 UK's only naturalised parrot (8)PARAKEET8Down6 Enclosed space formed by a police cordon (6)KETTLE6Down7 Boiler's condition: working, essentially for female (6)KETTLE6Down7 Frolics wholesome, mostly — a bloomer! (8)LARKSPUR8Down13 Delphinium (8)LARKSPUR8Down13 Meat's too strange in fruit (8)TOMATOES8Down14 Love apples (8)TOMATOES8Down14 In favour of offer to provide bar (6)FORBID6Down16 Prohibit (6)FORBID6Down16 Affirmative word (6)INDEED6Down18 Popular action? Certainly (6)INDEED6Down18 Eye part of race on broadcast (6)CORNEA6Down19 Transparent membrane on the eye (6)CORNEA6Down19 Warning females to shave head (4)OMEN4Down21 Portent (4)OMEN4Down21 Bit of iron in friend's water container (4)PAIL4Down23 Bucket (4)PAIL4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Sunday, July 12, 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.