The Sun Crossword October 9 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword October 9 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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Second son in delightful Cambridge area (5)BACKS5Across1 Endorses (5)BACKS5Across1 Fall of scoundrel involved in case (7)CASCADE7Across4 Deluge (7)CASCADE7Across4 Rise of expert wave-rider? (7)SURFACE7Across8 Come to the top (7)SURFACE7Across8 Senior to old Victor in Lincoln? (5)ABOVE5Across9 Overhead (5)ABOVE5Across9 Nation intended to hear report (9)STATEMENT9Across10 Announcement (9)STATEMENT9Across10 Wheel track noticed in Redruth (3)RUT3Across11 Tedious routine (3)RUT3Across11 Short sailor put out crossing river (6)ABRUPT6Across12 Curt (6)ABRUPT6Across12 English cider could be clearer (6)DEICER6Across14 Winter screen spray (6)DEICER6Across14 Great (3)FAB3Across17 Remarkable female born on first of April (3)FAB3Across17 Made damp (9)MOISTENED9Across19 Wet Tom denied being silly (9)MOISTENED9Across19 Valiant or heroic (5)BRAVE5Across22 Courageous bishop to talk wildly (5)BRAVE5Across22 Establish (7)INSTATE7Across23 Where important people lie about being late? (2,5)INSTATE7Across23 Christian recluse (7)EREMITE7Across24 Ascetic Europeans without authority (7)EREMITE7Across24 Nautical poles (5)SPARS5Across25 Boxes mostly thin on the ground (5)SPARS5Across25

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Foundation (5)BASIS5Down1 One tucks into fish heart (5)BASIS5Down1 Privateer (7)CORSAIR7Down2 Pirate in crude song broadcast (7)CORSAIR7Down2 Fuel-yielding rock (5)SHALE5Down3 Oil source has excited the French (5)SHALE5Down3 Intelligent (6)CLEVER6Down4 Conservative student always bright (6)CLEVER6Down4 Surprise (7)STARTLE7Down5 Shock rattles terribly (7)STARTLE7Down5 Secret relationship (5)AMOUR5Down6 Affair a regret that's curtailed (5)AMOUR5Down6 European Court function set up to protect voter (7)ELECTOR7Down7 Ballot caster (7)ELECTOR7Down7 Congenial (7)AFFABLE7Down12 Warm female in a tale by Aesop? (7)AFFABLE7Down12 City buried English couple after ceremony (7)POMPEII7Down13 Location destroyed 79 AD (7)POMPEII7Down13 Work in tin and steel company (7)CANTATA7Down15 Vocal piece (7)CANTATA7Down15 Lies badly about AI network (6)LIAISE6Down16 Intercommunicate (6)LIAISE6Down16 Couple of British people (5)BRACE5Down18 Prepare for impact (5)BRACE5Down18 Polish PM's long teeth (5)TUSKS5Down20 Elephant ivories (5)TUSKS5Down20 Formal wear (5)DRESS5Down21 Frock in Andre's shop (5)DRESS5Down21

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