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The Sun Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 17 2026 answers. The Sunday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Brutal locals in charge (8)BARBARIC8Across1 Uncivilised (8)BARBARIC8Across1 Left declaration of intent in swimming pool (4)LIDO4Across6 Place for outdoor water sports (4)LIDO4Across6 Street warden is more unusual (8)STRANGER8Across8 Outsider (8)STRANGER8Across8 Vertical sides of a room (4)WALL4Across9 What Trump wanted with everything (4)WALL4Across9 It hurts to make contact when short of time (4)OUCH4Across10 Cry of pain (4)OUCH4Across10 Harry ran with medal for senior councillor (8)ALDERMAN8Across11 Head of a guild (8)ALDERMAN8Across11 Slowly made magi riot, with no limits (6)ADAGIO6Across13 A slow movement in music (6)ADAGIO6Across13 Person with diamonds in corset (6)BODICE6Across15 Upper part of a dress (6)BODICE6Across15 Forceful (8)STRIDENT8Across17 Small three-pronged spear found in grating (8)STRIDENT8Across17 Arrest head (4)BUST4Across19 Broken (4)BUST4Across19 Molten rock from a volcano (4)LAVA4Across20 Returning Cavalier hiding hot material (4)LAVA4Across20 Caprine leather (8)GOATSKIN8Across21 Vehemently attack family about society, and hide (8)GOATSKIN8Across21 Amount one must pay as one's share (4)ANTE4Across22 Stake in canteens (4)ANTE4Across22 Boundary of a playing area (8)SIDELINE8Across23 Discard second job (8)SIDELINE8Across23

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Amaze (7)ASTOUND7Down2 Somehow, aunts do surprise (7)ASTOUND7Down2 Tastelessly loud and showy (5)BRASH5Down3 Bishop over-hasty and bumptious (5)BRASH5Down3 Long and complicated process (9)RIGMAROLE9Down4 Arrange with mother to get part in performance (9)RIGMAROLE9Down4 Automobile (3)CAR3Down5 Mostly have affection for vehicle (3)CAR3Down5 Lessened in amount (7)LOWERED7Down6 Put down cow, perhaps, with Edward (7)LOWERED7Down6 Alluvial deposit at river mouth (5)DELTA5Down7 Model takes entertaining letter to Greek (5)DELTA5Down7 Bad credit affected method of payment (5,4)DEBITCARD9Down12 Plastic kept in the wallet (5,4)DEBITCARD9Down12 Scowl from depressing champion (7)GRIMACE7Down14 Smirk (7)GRIMACE7Down14 A yielding (7)CESSION7Down16 Surrender in hearing, reportedly (7)CESSION7Down16 Troy drops coach (5)TRAIN5Down18 Line of wagons coupled together (5)TRAIN5Down18 Herb bails out (5)BASIL5Down19 Sybil's husband in Fawlty Towers (5)BASIL5Down19 Methane, for example (3)GAS3Down21 Idle talk in Gdansk, oddly (3)GAS3Down21

About this puzzle

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