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The Sun Crossword July 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword July 16 2026 answers. The Thursday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Heads twitch in argument (8)DOMESTIC8Across1 Belonging to the home (8)DOMESTIC8Across1 Hide millions before request (4)MASK4Across6 Face covering (4)MASK4Across6 Nearly nude tests upset undergraduates? (8)STUDENTS8Across8 Pupils (8)STUDENTS8Across8 Thick slice of cake (4)SLAB4Across9 Flat piece of stone in small research area (4)SLAB4Across9 Group of women with special bundle of hay (4)WISP4Across10 Tuft (4)WISP4Across10 Back in commune, Charlie wearing sexier pants for task (8)EXERCISE8Across11 Put into practice (8)EXERCISE8Across11 Bishop meeting ancient character by island nation (6)BRUNEI6Across13 Sovereign state on Borneo (6)BRUNEI6Across13 Travel bag of fifty-one in vessel (6)VALISE6Across15 Item of hand luggage (6)VALISE6Across15 Having no match (8)PEERLESS8Across17 Without equal, don't gaze so much? (8)PEERLESS8Across17 Attempt to capture rook, a feathered creature (4)BIRD4Across19 Slang for prison (4)BIRD4Across19 Form into hard mass (4)CAKE4Across20 Erica keeps hiding bakery item (4)CAKE4Across20 Fastenable woollen sweater (8)CARDIGAN8Across21 Top racing ad damaged (8)CARDIGAN8Across21 Tax (4)LEVY4Across22 Amount collected from the French, very discontented (4)LEVY4Across22 Converse (8)OPPOSITE8Across23 Pope is to broadcast directly on the other side (8)OPPOSITE8Across23

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Something very different from the others (7)OUTLIER7Down2 Away from home, tell story initially regarding nonconforming result (7)OUTLIER7Down2 Turn out to be (3,2)ENDUP5Down3 Eventually arrive in parody, first to leave (3,2)ENDUP5Down3 Inhabitant of Moroccan port (9)TANGERINE9Down4 Fruit upset Argentine (9)TANGERINE9Down4 Because, informally (3)COS3Down5 Company beginning to sell lettuce (3)COS3Down5 Melodious (7)MUSICAL7Down6 American in claim about theatrical show (7)MUSICAL7Down6 Extends across (5)SPANS5Down7 Son criticises bridges (5)SPANS5Down7 Monitor changes in Dover apes (9)EAVESDROP9Down12 Listen secretly to (9)EAVESDROP9Down12 New North Surrey care centre (7)NURSERY7Down14 Room set aside for children (7)NURSERY7Down14 Retainer (7)SERVANT7Down16 Attendant in lesser van traumatised (7)SERVANT7Down16 Dodge First Lady receiving promotion (5)EVADE5Down18 Sidestep (5)EVADE5Down18 Part of fossil broken up in euphoria (5)BLISS5Down19 Rapture (5)BLISS5Down19 Sound made by dove (3)COO3Down21 Speak fondly of exclusive story with no limits (3)COO3Down21

About this puzzle

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