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The Sun Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword September 16 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Children of bachelor cross (5)BROOD5Across1 Think anxiously for some time (5)BROOD5Across1 About to exclude the possibility of alien in variety entertainment (7)CABARET7Across4 1972 musical starring Liza Minelli (7)CABARET7Across4 Make more 21 (7)STIFFEN7Across8 Become firmer in small argument when half-cut (7)STIFFEN7Across8 Singers in church or around institute (5)CHOIR5Across9 Area in front of altar in church (5)CHOIR5Across9 Males cut out wine (8)MUSCATEL8Across10 Sweet wine (8)MUSCATEL8Across10 Raid without love leads to brawl (4)FRAY4Across12 Wear off by rubbing (4)FRAY4Across12 Delicate degree of difference (6)NUANCE6Across14 Inconvenience, losing one's subtlety (6)NUANCE6Across14 Stone in fish net (6)GARNET6Across15 Tackle for lifting cargo (6)GARNET6Across15 Sediment (4)SILT4Across18 Pose holding large deposit (4)SILT4Across18 Act with tyranny (8)DOMINEER8Across19 Bully De Niro partying with me (8)DOMINEER8Across19 Unbending (5)RIGID5Across21 To falsify papers is hard (5)RIGID5Across21 Sacrilegious (7)PROFANE7Across22 Secular teacher at University with an echo (7)PROFANE7Across22 Exponent of wordplay jokes (7)PUNSTER7Across24 Tim Vine, perhaps, is better boxing second? (7)PUNSTER7Across24 Someone living in a country not their own (5)EXPAT5Across25 Former personal assistant with time for immigrant (5)EXPAT5Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bridegroom's assistant (4,3)BESTMAN7Down1 Keeper of the ring to overcome Mother Nature, at first (4,3)BESTMAN7Down1 Sash worn in Japan (3)OBI3Down2 Charm of Russian river island (3)OBI3Down2 Resistance (8)DEFIANCE8Down3 Intended supporting detective on vacation, showing insubordination (8)DEFIANCE8Down3 Grant (6)CONFER6Down4 Discuss tree with central part missing (6)CONFER6Down4 He wrote the Brandenburg Concertos (4)BACH4Down5 Taxi returning with Henry, German composer (4)BACH4Down5 River running from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico (3,6)RIOGRANDE9Down6 Ordering a strange course in America (3,6)RIOGRANDE9Down6 Linger, as sailor extremely reactionary (5)TARRY5Down7 Loiter (5)TARRY5Down7 Device for driving metal pins into solid material (6,3)STAPLEGUN9Down11 Surprisingly, Pat lunges for office equipment (6,3)STAPLEGUN9Down11 Second lowest male voice (8)BARITONE8Down13 Singer in Italian port with accent (8)BARITONE8Down13 Shelter around Yellow River in flood (7)TORRENT7Down16 Deluge (7)TORRENT7Down16 Low value coin (6)COPPER6Down17 Someone who manages to hide penny for policeman? (6)COPPER6Down17 Fight, a bit (5)SCRAP5Down18 Get rid of (5)SCRAP5Down18 Change turning of tide (4)EDIT4Down20 Revise (4)EDIT4Down20 Creature reputed to have killed Cleopatra (3)ASP3Down23 As quickly as possible gets rid of a snake (3)ASP3Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. 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.