The Sun Crossword March 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword March 16 2026 answers. The Monday 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#

As a joke, judge removed eyepiece (6)OCULAR6Across1 Relating to vision (6)OCULAR6Across1 Remove clothes close to reputable bar (6)STRIPE6Across5 Chevron on a sleeve (6)STRIPE6Across5 Musical instrument seen in theatre regularly, next to piano (4)HARP4Across8 What Cupid is often depicted playing (4)HARP4Across8 Attach a warning in protective garment (8)PINAFORE8Across9 Apron (8)PINAFORE8Across9 Forthcoming setter's books placed around mine (8)IMMINENT8Across10 Liable to happen very soon (8)IMMINENT8Across10 Noticed German guarding border (4)EDGE4Across11 Brink (4)EDGE4Across11 Groups drinking English holy water (6)GANGES6Across12 River flowing through India and Bangladesh (6)GANGES6Across12 Encourage broadcast about company (6)SECOND6Across15 Unit of time (6)SECOND6Across15 Where service personnel eat (4)MESS4Across17 Snubbed football star in confusion (4)MESS4Across17 Utter (8)ABSOLUTE8Across19 Free from conditions, use large boat when swimming (8)ABSOLUTE8Across19 Celestial body used in navigation (8)LODESTAR8Across22 Reference point of sailor somehow so led to the front (8)LODESTAR8Across22 Wild goat with large curved horns (4)IBEX4Across23 I live next to cross climber (4)IBEX4Across23 Dangerous (6)SEVERE6Across24 Harsh to separate friends, essentially (6)SEVERE6Across24 Hard crusty deposit on the teeth (6)TARTAR6Across25 A cause of tooth decay in rodents returned (6)TARTAR6Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Amulet (5)CHARM5Down2 Delight cleaner with bit of money (5)CHARM5Down2 Peewit (7)LAPWING7Down3 Hollow victory good for flier (7)LAPWING7Down3 Standard monetary unit of Pakistan (5)RUPEE5Down4 Regret taking exercise for cash in India (5)RUPEE5Down4 Governing bodies of some British universities (7)SENATES7Down5 Legislative bodies at Essen corrupt (7)SENATES7Down5 Plunder (5)RIFLE5Down6 Warrior I fled holding gun (5)RIFLE5Down6 Model's normal since end of rehabilitation (7)PARAGON7Down7 Diamond of 100 carats or more (7)PARAGON7Down7 Main component of most nail varnish removers (7)ACETONE7Down13 Wonderful character is solvent (7)ACETONE7Down13 Take aback (7)STARTLE7Down14 Celebrity let out surprise (7)STARTLE7Down14 Dog runs for miner (7)COLLIER7Down16 Ship that carries coal (7)COLLIER7Down16 Place of action (5)SCENE5Down18 Former pupil leaving indecent spectacle (5)SCENE5Down18 Small herring-like fish (5)SPRAT5Down20 Argument about right to produce seafood (5)SPRAT5Down20 Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (5)THETA5Down21 Greek character worried about following tense husband (5)THETA5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Monday, March 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.