The Sun Crossword July 22 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword July 22 2026 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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Setter and Charlie are able to start to operate construction set (7)MECCANO7Across8 Educational toy invented by Frank Hornby (7)MECCANO7Across8 Measuring tool (5)RULER5Across9 Person in charge in trouble errs regularly (5)RULER5Across9 Love promotion or praise, ultimately (5)ADORE5Across10 Worship (5)ADORE5Across10 Part of nice taut cable the wrong way round? Do something (7)ACTUATE7Across11 Put into motion (7)ACTUATE7Across11 Ruin fish in sauce, in the end, for spread (9)MARGARINE9Across12 Butter substitute (9)MARGARINE9Across12 Foolish to lay bare trouble (3)ILL3Across15 Unwell (3)ILL3Across15 Sufficient to get half-cut? Yuk (3)UGH3Across16 Expression of disgust (3)UGH3Across16 Torpid (9)LETHARGIC9Across17 Sluggish, cooking the garlic (9)LETHARGIC9Across17 Reportedly went by horse with mother, quietly, for detailed account (4,3)ROADMAP7Across20 Before satnav, an important item for drivers (4,3)ROADMAP7Across20 Nipple cover (5)PASTY5Across22 Local delicacy from bygone year (5)PASTY5Across22 Beginning (5)ONSET5Across24 Notes about assault (5)ONSET5Across24 Moves up and down (7)SEESAWS7Across25 Notice cutting tools in playground rides (7)SEESAWS7Across25

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Treat with chemicals (eg dead body) (6)EMBALM6Down1 Amble around with Mike to get preserve (6)EMBALM6Down1 Codeword for letter E (4)ECHO4Down2 Beseech older hosts to reflect (4)ECHO4Down2 Poison pen letters, for example (4,4)HATEMAIL8Down3 Unpleasant correspondence from Spooner's friend welcome (4,4)HATEMAIL8Down3 Someone from Mogadishu, for example (6)SOMALI6Down4 African in very African country (6)SOMALI6Down4 Exclamation of annoyance (4)DRAT4Down5 Bother 500 with rodent (4)DRAT4Down5 Having feelings about the French Open space (8)CLEARING8Down6 Process to help students obtain late university places (8)CLEARING8Down6 Traumatic experience (6)ORDEAL6Down7 Trial over Republican pact (6)ORDEAL6Down7 Practise for show on vehicle for late arrivals (8)REHEARSE8Down13 Prepare for show (8)REHEARSE8Down13 Expel Sam Batty for illustrations (8)EXAMPLES8Down14 Typical specimens (8)EXAMPLES8Down14 Displace excited English cricketer (6)UPROOT6Down16 Remove from usual surroundings (6)UPROOT6Down16 Keyboard operator (6)TYPIST6Down18 Pity poor street worker in office (6)TYPIST6Down18 Extremely modest fee to entertain the elderly (6)COYEST6Down19 Most secretive (6)COYEST6Down19 Friend changed team (4)MATE4Down21 Partner (4)MATE4Down21 Harshly criticise some upstanding normal scientists (4)SLAM4Down23 Shut with great force (4)SLAM4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, July 22, 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.