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The Sun Crossword March 31 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword March 31 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Choose photograph over the phone (4)PICK4Across1 Large tool (4)PICK4Across1 Dessert very quietly covered in beer, with pride, oddly (5,3)APPLEPIE8Across3 Classic comfort food (5,3)APPLEPIE8Across3 Something that reacts is concerning spy (7)REAGENT7Across9 Starting material in chemical synthesis (7)REAGENT7Across9 Shoot soprano and puritan (5)SPRIG5Across10 Small stem with leaves on (5)SPRIG5Across10 Where you might find a director beginning (5)ONSET5Across11 Assault (5)ONSET5Across11 Book escape (6)EXODUS6Across12 It followed Genesis (6)EXODUS6Across12 Withdrew bad shot around river (6)SHRANK6Across14 Became smaller in size (6)SHRANK6Across14 Prune books of the bible for mum, perhaps (6)PARENT6Across16 Close ancestor (6)PARENT6Across16 Journalist desperately tried to hide nothing (6)EDITOR6Across19 Person in charge of a newspaper (6)EDITOR6Across19 Overheard sigh that's developed (5)GROWN5Across21 Mature (5)GROWN5Across21 Bedaub (5)SMEAR5Across24 Stuffs up conserving energy? That's slander (5)SMEAR5Across24 Participate (7)PARTAKE7Across25 Bit long, it's said, to consume (7)PARTAKE7Across25 Sanctuaries (8)RETREATS8Across26 Goes back regarding indulgences (8)RETREATS8Across26 Tease with malice (4)BAIT4Across27 It tempts one in club (4)BAIT4Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Dolphin-like mammal (8)PORPOISE8Down1 Disappointing, half-hearted model welcoming international swimmer (8)PORPOISE8Down1 Coarse and boorish (5)CRASS5Down2 Some kiss sarcastic revolutionary, which is insensitive (5)CRASS5Down2 Piano, say, in golf club (6)PUTTER6Down4 Somebody who places something (6)PUTTER6Down4 Long rope with a loop (5)LASSO5Down5 Catch girl with ring (5)LASSO5Down5 Permeate (7)PERFUSE7Down6 Pass through an electrical safeguard (7)PERFUSE7Down6 Hence (4)ERGO4Down7 Lifted fairy-tale giant, therefore (4)ERGO4Down7 Elementary particle that participates in weak interactions (6)LEPTON6Down8 Audibly pounced on bit of ancient Greece (6)LEPTON6Down8 Most rigid Stetson I supply (8)STONIEST8Down13 Most gravelly (8)STONIEST8Down13 Reported studied gathering of people hunting lamb? (3,4)REDMEAT7Down15 Beef or venison, for example (3,4)REDMEAT7Down15 Bill Clinton's vice: half-naked carnage (2,4)ALGORE6Down17 Environmental campaigner and 2007 Nobel Peace Price winner (2,4)ALGORE6Down17 Provide F1 repair area with key equipment — possibly a smelly place (6)ARMPIT6Down18 Area of body also known as axilla (6)ARMPIT6Down18 Brusque after seeing hosts (5)TERSE5Down20 Curt (5)TERSE5Down20 Oscar's also known as Naomi? (5)OSAKA5Down22 Third largest city in Japan (5)OSAKA5Down22 Russian leader upset procrastinating hosts (4)TSAR4Down23 Public official with responsibility for a particular problem (4)TSAR4Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Tuesday, March 31, 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.