The Sun Cryptic Crossword August 4 2025 Answers
The complete list of answers to the The Sun Cryptic Crossword published on August 4 2025.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
First empire smashed by resistance
The answer is: premier
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Paradise endlessly provides lift
The answer is: heave
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(8)
Order from Burmese dictator
The answer is: edict
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(9)
Players holding an ace in card game
The answer is: canasta
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(10)
Put off: Heath in volte-face went wrong
The answer is: deterred
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(11)
Locks most important it's said
The answer is: mane
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Strode drunkenly in English county
The answer is: dorset
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Endlessly observe Magritte's calm?
The answer is: serene
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(18)
Four notes gradually diminish
The answer is: fade
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(19)
Daughter abandons flirtation for marriage
The answer is: alliance
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(22)
Instrument, old, in a car travelling
The answer is: ocarina
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(23)
On U-boat that's in trouble
The answer is: about
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(24)
Seen in matinee Dylan's poor
The answer is: needy
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(25)
Married man in AA in country
The answer is: america
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Argued case for penny on some petrol?
The answer is: pleaded
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(2)
Be patronising towards women denied start
The answer is: exist
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(3)
Surfing location in Bury clear
The answer is: internet
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(4)
Severe reprimand given in spaceship
The answer is: rocket
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(5)
Some gibberish in this clue
The answer is: hint
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(6)
Cooked sausage to satisfy
The answer is: assuage
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Delight in revolutionary online story?
The answer is: elate
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Admit EEC prepared to destroy
The answer is: decimate
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Changed air date for broadcast
The answer is: radiate
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(16)
Greek woman stirred treacle
The answer is: electra
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(17)
Mountain animal covering Andes, primarily?
The answer is: alpaca
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(18)
Father now struggling to make headlines?
The answer is: frown
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Woman your compiler grumbles about?
The answer is: naomi
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(21)
Unctuous and cunning when wife's over
The answer is: oily
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