The Sun Crossword July 17 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword July 17 2026 answers. The Friday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Part of sales campaign is swindle (4)SCAM4Across1 Racket (4)SCAM4Across1 Very famous person playing games with art (8)MEGASTAR8Across4 A-lister (8)MEGASTAR8Across4 Unfriendly, upset forty visitors, ultimately (6)FROSTY6Across8 Icy (6)FROSTY6Across8 Queen cross with Earl in extension (6)ANNEXE6Across9 Supplement (6)ANNEXE6Across9 Sanctity of columns in house style, primarily (8)HOLINESS8Across10 Piety (8)HOLINESS8Across10 Smut overly sentimental, at first, regressing (4)SOOT4Across12 Black deposit from burning coal or wood (4)SOOT4Across12 Agree to get rid of religious festival, reportedly (6)ACCEDE6Across13 Come forward (6)ACCEDE6Across13 Enjoin one male model (6)IMPOSE6Across15 Set up by authority (6)IMPOSE6Across15 Transfer ball to a team member (4)PASS4Across17 Free ticket from exotic spas (4)PASS4Across17 Observe closely (4,4)TAKENOTE8Across19 Teen OK at dancing, remember (4,4)TAKENOTE8Across19 Scoundrel inspired by CIA bug (6)CICADA6Across21 Insect, the male of which makes a loud, shrill sound (6)CICADA6Across21 Unfeeling (6)BRUTAL6Across22 Violent routine in lab rejected (6)BRUTAL6Across22 Periodic allowances (8)STIPENDS8Across23 Direct son around dump for payments (8)STIPENDS8Across23 Necessity (4)NEED4Across24 One editor hides requirement (4)NEED4Across24

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Load to be carried (5)CARGO5Down2 Vehicle to leave freight (5)CARGO5Down2 Enormous (7)MASSIVE7Down3 Bulky setter has to support service (7)MASSIVE7Down3 Former British PM (3)MAY3Down4 Vegetable turned up in part of spring (3)MAY3Down4 Control in manual car (9)GEARSTICK9Down5 I get racks to adjust lever in car (9)GEARSTICK9Down5 Cavity behind the nose (5)SINUS5Down6 Sun is rising in space (5)SINUS5Down6 Worried (7)ANXIOUS7Down7 Article on team beginning to ostracise American is uneasy (7)ANXIOUS7Down7 Surprisingly, see in-tray for complaint (9)EYESTRAIN9Down11 Tiredness from too much screen time, say (9)EYESTRAIN9Down11 Cleaner one books for horse-drawn vehicle (7)CHARIOT7Down14 Horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient Rome (7)CHARIOT7Down14 Flightless sea bird (7)PENGUIN7Down16 Bird enclosure next to good university popular (7)PENGUIN7Down16 Small instrument is harsh (5)SHARP5Down18 Pungent (5)SHARP5Down18 Vestige (5)TRACE5Down20 Turkey expert to follow step by step (5)TRACE5Down20 Electrical conductor making common connection between circuits (3)BUS3Down22 Passenger vehicle mostly broken (3)BUS3Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Friday, July 17, 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.