The Sun Crossword October 16 2025 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Sun Crossword October 16 2025 answers. The Thursday 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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Charming American backed welcome (5)SUAVE5Across1
Urbane (5)SUAVE5Across1
Duke leaving bird in launch again (7)RESTART7Across4
Begin anew (7)RESTART7Across4
Wild bears in a forest at last side by side (7)ABREAST7Across8
Keeping pace (with) (7)ABREAST7Across8
Pursue husband in legal action (5)CHASE5Across9
Go after (5)CHASE5Across9
Clear river keeps running at speed (9)EXONERATE9Across10
Declare not guilty (9)EXONERATE9Across10
Amateur in hotel before noon (3)HAM3Across11
Cured meat (3)HAM3Across11
Dad makes plump champion less round (6)FATHER6Across12
Male parent (6)FATHER6Across12
One may write nice LP off (6)PENCIL6Across14
Drawing instrument (6)PENCIL6Across14
Decompose (3)ROT3Across17
Nonsense from Dorothy (3)ROT3Across17
Upright post (9)STANCHION9Across19
Support ground contains, hot inside (9)STANCHION9Across19
Design (5)SHAPE5Across22
Figure in good condition (5)SHAPE5Across22
Circus apparatus (7)TRAPEZE7Across23
Bar that really swings? (7)TRAPEZE7Across23
Diplomatic accord (7)ENTENTE7Across24
Agreement to put new tent in central Greece (7)ENTENTE7Across24
Kirk's final frontier (5)SPACE5Across25
Small step taken in the void (5)SPACE5Across25
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Close call (5)SCARE5Down1
Mark European causing fright (5)SCARE5Down1
Ronaldsway, e.g. (7)AIRPORT7Down2
Character seen with drink: JFK for one (7)AIRPORT7Down2
Shirk (5)EVADE5Down3
English boy raised in Dodge (5)EVADE5Down3
Knocking noise (3-3)RATTAT6Down4
Mr Scabies with rubbish drum sound? (3-3)RATTAT6Down4
Stash (7)SECRETE7Down5
Hide treasure finally in South Island (7)SECRETE7Down5
Discomfit (5)ABASH5Down6
Embarrass sailor when on horse (5)ABASH5Down6
Warming weather Malta needs (7)THERMAL7Down7
Relating to heat (7)THERMAL7Down7
Envisage (7)FORESEE7Down12
Predict charge to cover metal sources (7)FORESEE7Down12
Magnate ultimately behind wind (7)EASTERN7Down13
Not western (7)EASTERN7Down13
Wild idea to agree with artist (7)CHIMERA7Down15
Lion-headed monster (7)CHIMERA7Down15
Worry classical conductor (6)RATTLE6Down16
Disconcert (6)RATTLE6Down16
Drink to history? (5)TOAST5Down18
Browned bread (5)TOAST5Down18
Cold girl shows sophistication (5)CLASS5Down20
Student group (5)CLASS5Down20
Sibling's daughter (5)NIECE5Down21
Relative close to collapse in French city (5)NIECE5Down21
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, October 16, 2025. 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.