The Sun Crossword September 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Sun Crossword September 5 2025 answers. The Friday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Mean to maintain maturity (7)AVERAGE7Across8 Mediocre (7)AVERAGE7Across8 Arrive at (5)REACH5Across9 Communicate with power (5)REACH5Across9 About to assess old plane (5)CRATE5Across10 Packing case (5)CRATE5Across10 Meet Tory never drunk renouncing right (7)CONVENE7Across11 Assemble (7)CONVENE7Across11 Confront Helen, a GLC eccentric (9)CHALLENGE9Across12 Dare (9)CHALLENGE9Across12 Stand among Lilliputians (3)PUT3Across14 Place or deposit (3)PUT3Across14 Produce pork pies? (3)LIE3Across16 Falsehood (3)LIE3Across16 Wealth (9)SUBSTANCE9Across17 Possessions matter (9)SUBSTANCE9Across17 Guess that's unreliable (7)SUSPECT7Across19 Have doubts about (7)SUSPECT7Across19 Theatrical work (5)DRAMA5Across21 Tundra man pens play (5)DRAMA5Across21 Humiliation (5)SHAME5Across22 Disgrace has me in trouble (5)SHAME5Across22 Issue forth (7)EMANATE7Across23 East Sea creature sheds tail in Spring (7)EMANATE7Across23

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Ludicrous (8)FARCICAL8Down1 Rising air force CIC a liberal? Absurd (8)FARCICAL8Down1 Split (8)SEPARATE8Down2 What might be apart, see? (8)SEPARATE8Down2 Dainty fabric (4)LACE4Down3 Spike left with fighter pilot (4)LACE4Down3 Signal fire (6)BEACON6Down4 Serve time inside lighthouse, maybe? (6)BEACON6Down4 Church part (8)TRANSEPT8Down5 Broken patterns in cathedral wing (8)TRANSEPT8Down5 Station in Cordoba sector (4)BASE4Down6 Ignoble (4)BASE4Down6 Brogue, e.g. (4)SHOE4Down7 He so ruined footwear (4)SHOE4Down7 Leinster riotous one hears (8)LISTENER8Down13 Radio fan (8)LISTENER8Down13 Pair touring Canada pranged station wagon? (5,3)PANDACAR8Down14 Police transport (5,3)PANDACAR8Down14 Adolescent brewed green tea (8)TEENAGER8Down15 Youngster (8)TEENAGER8Down15 Trouble (6)BOTHER6Down18 Sibling lacks resistance to plague (6)BOTHER6Down18 Nerve of son among elite soldiers (4)SASS4Down19 Cheek (4)SASS4Down19 Go mad in retirement (4)STAB4Down20 Pierce violently (4)STAB4Down20 Make a call (4)DIAL4Down21 Watch face seen in media lately (4)DIAL4Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Friday, September 5, 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.