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The Sun Crossword October 9 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Sun Crossword for October 9 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
Second son in delightful Cambridge area (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Endorses (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Fall of scoundrel involved in case (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Deluge (7)74 AcrossReveal answer → Rise of expert wave-rider? (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Come to the top (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Senior to old Victor in Lincoln? (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Overhead (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Nation intended to hear report (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Announcement (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Wheel track noticed in Redruth (3)311 AcrossReveal answer → Tedious routine (3)311 AcrossReveal answer → Short sailor put out crossing river (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Curt (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → English cider could be clearer (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Winter screen spray (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Great (3)317 AcrossReveal answer → Remarkable female born on first of April (3)317 AcrossReveal answer → Made damp (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Wet Tom denied being silly (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Valiant or heroic (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Courageous bishop to talk wildly (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Establish (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Where important people lie about being late? (2,5)723 AcrossReveal answer → Christian recluse (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Ascetic Europeans without authority (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Nautical poles (5)525 AcrossReveal answer → Boxes mostly thin on the ground (5)525 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Foundation (5)51 DownReveal answer → One tucks into fish heart (5)51 DownReveal answer → Privateer (7)72 DownReveal answer → Pirate in crude song broadcast (7)72 DownReveal answer → Fuel-yielding rock (5)53 DownReveal answer → Oil source has excited the French (5)53 DownReveal answer → Intelligent (6)64 DownReveal answer → Conservative student always bright (6)64 DownReveal answer → Surprise (7)75 DownReveal answer → Shock rattles terribly (7)75 DownReveal answer → Secret relationship (5)56 DownReveal answer → Affair a regret that's curtailed (5)56 DownReveal answer → European Court function set up to protect voter (7)77 DownReveal answer → Ballot caster (7)77 DownReveal answer → Congenial (7)712 DownReveal answer → Warm female in a tale by Aesop? (7)712 DownReveal answer → City buried English couple after ceremony (7)713 DownReveal answer → Location destroyed 79 AD (7)713 DownReveal answer → Work in tin and steel company (7)715 DownReveal answer → Vocal piece (7)715 DownReveal answer → Lies badly about AI network (6)616 DownReveal answer → Intercommunicate (6)616 DownReveal answer → Couple of British people (5)518 DownReveal answer → Prepare for impact (5)518 DownReveal answer → Polish PM's long teeth (5)520 DownReveal answer → Elephant ivories (5)520 DownReveal answer → Formal wear (5)521 DownReveal answer → Frock in Andre's shop (5)521 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the The Sun crossword published on Thursday, October 9, 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.