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The Sun Crossword March 20 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword March 20 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
Checks part of fire insurance (5)REINS5Across1 Straps by which a horse is controlled (5)REINS5Across1 I posted ground's down payment (7)DEPOSIT7Across4 Accumulation by sedimentation (7)DEPOSIT7Across4 Laborious (7)ONEROUS7Across8 Oscar apprehensive without Victor trying (7)ONEROUS7Across8 Close to electric shock in seat (5)CHAIR5Across9 Professorship (5)CHAIR5Across9 Herbert, drunk, taking a rest (8)BREATHER8Across10 Someone inhaling and exhaling (8)BREATHER8Across10 Therefore, get husky coats (4)THUS4Across12 In this manner (4)THUS4Across12 Support (6)SECOND6Across14 Time interval of lesser importance (6)SECOND6Across14 Interval in Utah is awkward (6)HIATUS6Across15 Break in continuity (6)HIATUS6Across15 Broth, perhaps (4)SOUP4Across18 Very excited for consommé? (4)SOUP4Across18 Causing needless concern (8)ALARMIST8Across19 Member blocking very famous scaremonger (8)ALARMIST8Across19 Surpass (5)OUTDO5Across21 Best alfresco party? (5)OUTDO5Across21 Deciduous tree with pink and orange berries (7)SPINDLE7Across22 Rod's mostly splendid pants (7)SPINDLE7Across22 Barrage (7)TORRENT7Across24 Gold found in river in deluge (7)TORRENT7Across24 International banker (5)GNOME5Across25 Garden decoration hidden in lemongrass flipped over (5)GNOME5Across25

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Equilateral parallelogram (7)RHOMBUS7Down1 Greek character, doctor, with American's figure (7)RHOMBUS7Down1 Frozen water (3)ICE3Down2 Some horrific entity that's rounding up people in America (3)ICE3Down2 Occasion when someone is injured by a gun (8)SHOOTING8Down3 Filming Carol cuddling comedian (8)SHOOTING8Down3 Hurried (6)DASHED6Down4 Infernal dead wood evicted after vacation (6)DASHED6Down4 Treaty (4)PACT4Down5 Quietly do something to get agreement (4)PACT4Down5 Food commonly eaten with bolognese sauce (9)SPAGHETTI9Down6 Eight cut pasta shapes, making pasta strings (9)SPAGHETTI9Down6 Language used by bewildered master forgetting answer (5)TERMS5Down7 Divisions of the academic year (5)TERMS5Down7 Come across (9)ENCOUNTER9Down11 Meeting space opposite (9)ENCOUNTER9Down11 Penetrating (8)PIERCING8Down13 Stud, perhaps, is keen (8)PIERCING8Down13 Hero set off, and that's final! (2,5)SOTHERE7Down16 Expression of triumph (2,5)SOTHERE7Down16 Small storage room (6)CLOSET6Down17 Be defeated in court, in private (6)CLOSET6Down17 Brief attempt to cross river (5)SHORT5Down18 Drink of spirit (5)SHORT5Down18 Working in church to get ice cream cornet (4)CONE4Down20 Light-sensitive cell in the retina (4)CONE4Down20 Pair of musicians, say (3)DUO3Down23 Couple turning noisy but without laughing, at first (3)DUO3Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Friday, March 20, 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.