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The Sun Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Sun Crossword for May 9 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Tie up mostly genuine second son (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Prime Minister for 49 days (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Piece of wood going across large lake — something to tie a boat to (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Thick concrete post (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Shop selling medicines and cosmetics (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Scientist's terrible ethics about monkey's head (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Place to rest, feet up time, primarily, before working (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese padded quilt (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Stocky and stupid group (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Burly (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Number reportedly giving warning on golf course (4)412 AcrossReveal answer → Front part (4)412 AcrossReveal answer → Relating to the USSR (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Fight to block drunk in local government council in Russia once? (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Belief of those people around Iceland (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Belief in the existence of God (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Nose (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Head prisoner meets king (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Use roughly (8)819 AcrossReveal answer → Abuse whisky and tear around (8)819 AcrossReveal answer → Relating to members of a Protestant sect in US and Canada (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Scotsman starting late, having a simple, rural way of life (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Cooked cube of bread (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → Intimate companion mostly holding out for fried bread (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → Threadlike shoot from plant (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Minister oddly ignored article showing climbing gear (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Perceive (5)525 AcrossReveal answer → Appreciate some well-chosen sentences (5)525 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Roman historian and orator (7)71 DownReveal answer → Understood American historian (7)71 DownReveal answer → Consume (3)32 DownReveal answer → Exercise in greenhouses (3)32 DownReveal answer → Someone who insists on trifling things (8)83 DownReveal answer → Punctilious individual shows gummed label around covering top of leaflet (8)83 DownReveal answer → Flattery (6)64 DownReveal answer → Spread betting's origin, say (6)64 DownReveal answer → Departed (4)45 DownReveal answer → Allowed to keep following side (4)45 DownReveal answer → Sanction (9)96 DownReveal answer → Enable outrageous art house to keep independence (9)96 DownReveal answer → Scandinavian inspiring Charlie to tango? (5)57 DownReveal answer → Move rhythmically to music (5)57 DownReveal answer → New creation (9)911 DownReveal answer → Cooked tin in oven, showing ingenuity (9)911 DownReveal answer → Chances to get picture in the paper (5,3)813 DownReveal answer → Quietly passionate, I've made a mistake in PR exercises (5,3)813 DownReveal answer → Meet in a complex for early performance (7)716 DownReveal answer → Afternoon showing (7)716 DownReveal answer → Package (6)617 DownReveal answer → Unusual place to pen Republic plot (6)617 DownReveal answer → Price to protect a border (5)518 DownReveal answer → Move using momentum (5)518 DownReveal answer → Nearly win over cleaner (4)420 DownReveal answer → Scorch (4)420 DownReveal answer → Light brown (3)323 DownReveal answer → Beat southern half of Himalayan country (3)323 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Sun crossword published on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.