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The Sun Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 9 2026 answers. The Saturday 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#
Tie up mostly genuine second son (5)TRUSS5Across1 Prime Minister for 49 days (5)TRUSS5Across1 Piece of wood going across large lake — something to tie a boat to (7)BOLLARD7Across4 Thick concrete post (7)BOLLARD7Across4 Shop selling medicines and cosmetics (7)CHEMIST7Across8 Scientist's terrible ethics about monkey's head (7)CHEMIST7Across8 Place to rest, feet up time, primarily, before working (5)FUTON5Across9 Japanese padded quilt (5)FUTON5Across9 Stocky and stupid group (8)THICKSET8Across10 Burly (8)THICKSET8Across10 Number reportedly giving warning on golf course (4)FORE4Across12 Front part (4)FORE4Across12 Relating to the USSR (6)SOVIET6Across14 Fight to block drunk in local government council in Russia once? (6)SOVIET6Across14 Belief of those people around Iceland (6)THEISM6Across15 Belief in the existence of God (6)THEISM6Across15 Nose (4)CONK4Across18 Head prisoner meets king (4)CONK4Across18 Use roughly (8)MALTREAT8Across19 Abuse whisky and tear around (8)MALTREAT8Across19 Relating to members of a Protestant sect in US and Canada (5)AMISH5Across21 Scotsman starting late, having a simple, rural way of life (5)AMISH5Across21 Cooked cube of bread (7)CROUTON7Across22 Intimate companion mostly holding out for fried bread (7)CROUTON7Across22 Threadlike shoot from plant (7)TENDRIL7Across24 Minister oddly ignored article showing climbing gear (7)TENDRIL7Across24 Perceive (5)SENSE5Across25 Appreciate some well-chosen sentences (5)SENSE5Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Roman historian and orator (7)TACITUS7Down1 Understood American historian (7)TACITUS7Down1 Consume (3)USE3Down2 Exercise in greenhouses (3)USE3Down2 Someone who insists on trifling things (8)STICKLER8Down3 Punctilious individual shows gummed label around covering top of leaflet (8)STICKLER8Down3 Flattery (6)BUTTER6Down4 Spread betting's origin, say (6)BUTTER6Down4 Departed (4)LEFT4Down5 Allowed to keep following side (4)LEFT4Down5 Sanction (9)AUTHORISE9Down6 Enable outrageous art house to keep independence (9)AUTHORISE9Down6 Scandinavian inspiring Charlie to tango? (5)DANCE5Down7 Move rhythmically to music (5)DANCE5Down7 New creation (9)INVENTION9Down11 Cooked tin in oven, showing ingenuity (9)INVENTION9Down11 Chances to get picture in the paper (5,3)PHOTOOPS8Down13 Quietly passionate, I've made a mistake in PR exercises (5,3)PHOTOOPS8Down13 Meet in a complex for early performance (7)MATINEE7Down16 Afternoon showing (7)MATINEE7Down16 Package (6)PARCEL6Down17 Unusual place to pen Republic plot (6)PARCEL6Down17 Price to protect a border (5)COAST5Down18 Move using momentum (5)COAST5Down18 Nearly win over cleaner (4)CHAR4Down20 Scorch (4)CHAR4Down20 Light brown (3)TAN3Down23 Beat southern half of Himalayan country (3)TAN3Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Saturday, May 9, 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.