The Sun Crossword July 16 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword July 16 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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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Back in time Chinese feel pained (7)AGONISE7Across8 Fret (7)AGONISE7Across8 Chalcedony (5)AGATE5Across9 Bodies in ground alongside a stone (5)AGATE5Across9 Utensil is returned to First Lady (5)SIEVE5Across10 Colander (5)SIEVE5Across10 Churchman yet to meet his maker? (7)PRELATE7Across11 Senior clergyman (7)PRELATE7Across11 See garlic chopped: it's blasphemy! (9)SACRILEGE9Across12 Religious violation (9)SACRILEGE9Across12 Ridicule Fawkes? (3)GUY3Across15 Tent rope (3)GUY3Across15 Female among fishermen (3)SHE3Across16 Feminine pronoun (3)SHE3Across16 Bland (9)TASTELESS9Across17 Drunk tests ales lacking in flavour (9)TASTELESS9Across17 Lib rise ridiculously absurd (7)RISIBLE7Across20 Absurd (7)RISIBLE7Across20 Anaconda or adder (5)SNAKE5Across22 Reptile from north into Japanese wine (5)SNAKE5Across22 Play for time (5)STALL5Across24 Place for single animal in hedge (5)STALL5Across24 Ancestry (7)LINEAGE7Across25 Eagle in fantastical descent (7)LINEAGE7Across25

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Blackcurrant cordial (6)CASSIS6Down1 Liqueur domestic assistant hides (6)CASSIS6Down1 Nudge (4)POKE4Down2 Thrust acceptable in games (4)POKE4Down2 Drinks menu (4,4)WINELIST8Down3 W1 amazingly silent, waiter brings this (4,4)WINELIST8Down3 House of worship (6)TEMPLE6Down4 Model to ignore at church (6)TEMPLE6Down4 Lowland area (4)VALE4Down5 Five on the beer in valley (4)VALE4Down5 Earn a hug changing angry speech (8)HARANGUE8Down6 Tirade (8)HARANGUE8Down6 Religious dissent (6)HERESY6Down7 Unorthodox practice in this place is unknown (6)HERESY6Down7 Piece from musical bloke (8)CHESSMAN8Down13 Knight or rook (8)CHESSMAN8Down13 Anything but odd number for prayer service (8)EVENSONG8Down14 Vespers (8)EVENSONG8Down14 Good sort on ship shows strain (6)STRESS6Down16 Tension (6)STRESS6Down16 Appropriate (6)SEEMLY6Down18 Yes, elm might be suitable (6)SEEMLY6Down18 Audio device blasted trees round (6)STEREO6Down19 Sound system (6)STEREO6Down19 Taurean menace in china shop (4)BULL4Down21 Male bovine (4)BULL4Down21 Ingredient in silver works shortly (4)AGAR4Down23 Petri dish gel (4)AGAR4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, July 16, 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.