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The Sun Crossword October 16 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Sun Crossword for October 16 2025. 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
Charming American backed welcome (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Urbane (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Duke leaving bird in launch again (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Begin anew (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Wild bears in a forest at last side by side (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Keeping pace (with) (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Pursue husband in legal action (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Go after (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Clear river keeps running at speed (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Declare not guilty (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Amateur in hotel before noon (3)311 AcrossReveal answer → Cured meat (3)311 AcrossReveal answer → Dad makes plump champion less round (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Male parent (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → One may write nice LP off (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Drawing instrument (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Decompose (3)317 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense from Dorothy (3)317 AcrossReveal answer → Upright post (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Support ground contains, hot inside (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Design (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Figure in good condition (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Circus apparatus (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Bar that really swings? (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Diplomatic accord (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Agreement to put new tent in central Greece (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Kirk's final frontier (5)525 AcrossReveal answer → Small step taken in the void (5)525 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Close call (5)51 DownReveal answer → Mark European causing fright (5)51 DownReveal answer → Ronaldsway, e.g. (7)72 DownReveal answer → Character seen with drink: JFK for one (7)72 DownReveal answer → Shirk (5)53 DownReveal answer → English boy raised in Dodge (5)53 DownReveal answer → Knocking noise (3-3)64 DownReveal answer → Mr Scabies with rubbish drum sound? (3-3)64 DownReveal answer → Stash (7)75 DownReveal answer → Hide treasure finally in South Island (7)75 DownReveal answer → Discomfit (5)56 DownReveal answer → Embarrass sailor when on horse (5)56 DownReveal answer → Warming weather Malta needs (7)77 DownReveal answer → Relating to heat (7)77 DownReveal answer → Envisage (7)712 DownReveal answer → Predict charge to cover metal sources (7)712 DownReveal answer → Magnate ultimately behind wind (7)713 DownReveal answer → Not western (7)713 DownReveal answer → Wild idea to agree with artist (7)715 DownReveal answer → Lion-headed monster (7)715 DownReveal answer → Worry classical conductor (6)616 DownReveal answer → Disconcert (6)616 DownReveal answer → Drink to history? (5)518 DownReveal answer → Browned bread (5)518 DownReveal answer → Cold girl shows sophistication (5)520 DownReveal answer → Student group (5)520 DownReveal answer → Sibling's daughter (5)521 DownReveal answer → Relative close to collapse in French city (5)521 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, October 16, 2025. 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.