The Sun Crossword September 24 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword September 24 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 52 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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Secretive English quartet in vessel (7)EVASIVE7Across8 Avoiding commitment (7)EVASIVE7Across8 Diminish (5)ABATE5Across9 Sailor, worried, to calm down (5)ABATE5Across9 Tory deserting solid Greek location (5)CRETE5Across10 Mediterranean island (5)CRETE5Across10 Irish one keeping silver for a time (4,3)IRONAGE7Across11 Era from 1200 BCE (4,3)IRONAGE7Across11 Illustrate moving epic tale about cross (9)EXPLICATE9Across12 Clarify (9)EXPLICATE9Across12 Do work as thespian (3)ACT3Across15 Performance (3)ACT3Across15 Positioned the box (3)SET3Across16 Egyptian god (3)SET3Across16 Zealot (9)EXTREMIST9Across17 Radical mix setter concocted (9)EXTREMIST9Across17 Cut short a card game (7)ABRIDGE7Across20 Curtail (7)ABRIDGE7Across20 Kirk's final frontier (5)SPACE5Across22 Astronauts here taking small step (5)SPACE5Across22 Use razor (5)SHAVE5Across24 Son to possess smooth face? (5)SHAVE5Across24 Connection (7)LINKAGE7Across25 Part of mechanism leaking fluid (7)LINKAGE7Across25

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Deliver from harm (6)RESCUE6Down1 Secure unstable salvage (6)RESCUE6Down1 Domesticate (4)TAME4Down2 Processed meat not wild (4)TAME4Down2 Schedule (8)TIMELINE8Down3 Order issue about a river ebbing (8)TIMELINE8Down3 Ocular membrane (6)RETINA6Down4 Eye part near it ruptured (6)RETINA6Down4 Portuguese city (4)FARO4Down5 Just one dropped round in Algarve location (4)FARO4Down5 Indian princess has hair a man styled (8)MAHARANI8Down6 Hindu royal (8)MAHARANI8Down6 Gobi, e.g. (6)DESERT6Down7 Abandon The Waste Land? (6)DESERT6Down7 Fatherly friend keeps a bird (8)PATERNAL8Down13 Of male parent (8)PATERNAL8Down13 Not a good bet dealing with grand service (8)EVENSONG8Down14 Evening prayers (8)EVENSONG8Down14 Superfluous spears thrown (6)SPARSE6Down16 Meagre (6)SPARSE6Down16 Threefold (6)TREBLE6Down18 Unmarried rock singer? (6)TREBLE6Down18 Greek city the worst? Not quite (6)THEBES6Down19 Old Athenian rival (6)THEBES6Down19 Act the same on return (4)DEED4Down21 Feat (4)DEED4Down21 Just open a container (4)AJAR4Down23 Not quite shut (4)AJAR4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, September 24, 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.