Clues for the word "SUN"
We've had 369 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 780 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on June 01, 2026.
Definition of sun
- n. - See Sunn.
- n. - The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
- n. - Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
- n. - The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
- n. - That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
- v. t. - To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
Referring Clues
- Shining example?
- Morning riser
- It rises at dawn
- It sets earlier and earlier in the fall
- Great ball of fire
- ___ Valley, Idaho
- Tan
- Where to spot spots
- Ice melter
- Lighter?
- Center of many an orbit
- Juliet, to Romeo
- Vancouver daily
- Tanner
- Source of global warming
- Great ball o' fire?
- Daily riser
- Catch some rays
- Las Vegas newspaper, with "the"
- Giant heater
- Burn preventer
- Heat source
- Icarus' undoing
- Overhead light?
- Natural tanner
- Big shiner
- Subject of "worship"
- Light source
- Bright light
- Star
- Center of many revolutions
- Appropriate center for this puzzle
- Phoenix cager
- The Sabbath, to Christians: Abbr.
- Radiation source
- Globe : Boston :: ___ : Baltimore
- Kind of dry
- Yellow blazer
- Our star
- Heavenly body in the "Today Show" logo
- Baltimore's "Yes, Virginia,..." newspaper
- It "shines" in 18-, 23-, 37-, 52-, and 59-Across
- Early riser?
- Center of the solar system
- Daylight
- Fourth-day creation, in Genesis
- Day light?
- Beach attraction
- Baltimore paper
- Baltimore newspaper
- Giant heater in the sky
- Baltimore daily
- Warmer
- Newspaper that published 68-Down's clue
- Energy source
- Weather map symbol
- See 26-Down
- Day light
- Light of day
- Back burner?
- It's often blocked on beaches
- Shiner
- U.K. tabloid, with "The"
- One rising at dawn
- Solar-system center
- Tanning agent
- Source of natural light
- Star, essentially
- Symbol on a weather map
- Dawn riser
- Earth's source of heat and light
- Dial opener
- "Here Comes the ___"
- Light from above
- ___ Yat-sen
- "Dial" opener?
- It has a photosphere
- Shine source
- Kind of fish or flower
- Type of porch
- Mood brightener
- Power source
- Great ball of fire?
- Work on a tan
- Space heater?
- Day starter, in two ways
- Snow melter
- Center of the universe for a heliocentrist
- Tanning agent?
- Source of rays
- Heliocentric universe center
- Big energy supplier
- Daylight source
- Star near Mercury
- Ball of fire?
- Java developer
- Goths avoid it, generally
- Word with dress or suit
- Sol
- Word with dress or suit
- Syzygy part
- Bask
- "Green" energy source
- Beachgoer's desire
- Bask
- Reason for wearing glasses
- Rising star?
- Baltimore daily, with "the"
- Vampire vaporizer
- Where to see flares and spots
- Something soaked up
- Major star
- Morning light
- Helios
- Near star
- Nearest star
- Weather-map icon
- Closest star
- Weather map icon
- Weather-map symbol
- Close star
- Soak up some rays
- Sky sight
- Big star
- Heliocentrist's heart
- Morning star
- Day glow?
- New York newspaper
- Day of wk.
- Get some rays
- Earth heater
- Earth's star
- Star of Earth
- It rises daily
- Producer of UV rays
- Apollo's chariot "passenger"
- Daystar
- Thing to fry in
- Britain's biggest-selling paper, with "The"
- Chicago dinosaur
- Important star
- Earth warmer
- The ultimate early riser
- Summer blazer, which can come before the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers
- Day warmer
- Nearest star to Pluto
- Icarus's undoing
- Item on Argentina's flag
- Vegas paper
- Pioneer of the Chinese Republic
- Huge star
- The Vancouver ______
- Main burner?
- Helios' realm
- Copernicus subject
- Warming star
- Natural heater
- Celestial body
- Lie on the beach
- ___ tea
- Sky light?
- Solar system center
- Shiner?
- "Music of the ___" (Rihanna's debut album)
- Cause of Icarus's downfall
- Old blazer?
- ___-dried tomatoes
- It may be blocked by a screen
- Symbol on New Mexico's flag
- Fireball in the sky
- "That will be ere the set of ___": "Macbeth"
- Figure on Argentina's flag
- Earth lighter
- Take rays
- Light-giver
- Nearest star to Earth
- ___Peaks (Skiing destination near Kamloops)
- Daily power source
- Solar body
- Smiley icon on a weather map
- Argentine flag feature
- Source of ultraviolet rays
- Solar system's center
- Keeps us warm
- Heat provider for all
- Renewable energy source
- ___ Valley, ID
- "Arise, fair ___, and kill the envious moon": Romeo
- Lie on a beach
- Old sol
- "The ___ Also Rises"
- "3rd Rock from the ___"
- Realm of the god Helios
- Flare producer
- Source of clean energy
- Source of awakening rays
- Think size.something old and new at the same time
- Light of the world
- Word with block or screen
- Word with screen or block
- Source of most moonlight
- Source of solar energy
- Beach superstar?
- Shadow caster
- Part of SPF
- Symbol on the flag of Argentina or Uruguay
- What Helios personified
- World lighter
- Daylight provider
- Earth's light source
- Solar orb
- It warms the earth
- It warms Earth
- What plants need to grow
- Great ball of fire in the sky
- It's a great ball of fire
- It heats the earth
- It shines often
- Major light source
- Lie on the beach, or beach heater
- Big ball of fire, really
- It's the hottest thing around
- Closest star to you
- It's "a mass of incandescent gas," in a TMBG song
- Earth's heater
- Warming 1-Down
- Hub of the solar system
- Weezer: "Island in the ___"
- Soundgarden "Black Hole ___"
- Eddie Vedder "Hard ___"
- What Floyd "Set the Controls" for
- Weezer's "Island" is in it
- Centre of a solar system
- Joseph Arthur "In the ___"
- What Weezer's "Island" is in
- Our nearest star
- A red setter, perhaps
- An early riser
- A shiner
- "It's daylight," the child said
- "It will burn you if you're not careful, child," you say
- Leeds United's star
- Red setter, perhaps?
- Hub of our planetary system
- Fireball 93,000,000 miles away
- ... a scorcher of a day!
- Our central star
- Center of Earth's orbit
- Taiwanese flag feature
- Relative reported for newspaper
- Flower power?
- It's nice and warm in dress uniform
- Namibian flag symbol
- Thing on Argentina's flag
- High light?
- Enjoy the beach, maybe
- Solar energy source
- Setter of crosswords, uncensored
- Planetary lighting centre
- Source of daylight
- Powerful heat source
- Yellow symbol on a weather map
- Star gets unusual part
- Early riser?
- Dracula avoided it
- Day light?
- Mercury is the closest planet to it
- Celestial object
- Hemingway title word
- Light producer
- Vampire's avoidance
- The tanner's son, we hear
- Japanese flag symbol
- Uruguay flag feature
- Brightest star
- Brightly colored blazer
- Image on New Mexico's flag
- SPF part
- Clean energy source
- Nice 1 follows Special 1
- ___ chariot (vehicle for Helios)
- Beach application
- Bright star
- Earth's light
- Source of solar power
- It sets in the west
- It emerges at dawn
- Systematic solar centre
- Closest star to Earth
- Bask on the beach
- Pleasant forecast
- Phoenix baller
- Burn cause
- Symbol on Japan's flag
- Solar power source
- Every day it's down at the end
- Big ball of energy
- Feature of Argentina’s flag
- Baltimore or Las Vegas newspaper
- What planets orbit
- Energy source for plants
- Space heater?
- Source of light
- Enlightenment symbol on Rwanda's flag
- Massive heater
- Major source of wheat
- Icarus's downfall
- Go for the bronze?
- Connecticut WNBA team
- See 2-Down
- Incredibly large heater
- Our major star
- Our closest star
- Around it, planets turn in opposite directions!
- It's more than 90 million miles away
- Star on the Rwandan flag
- Depiction on Arizona and New Mexico's flags
- Lens flare cause
- What a stationary orrery part may represent
- Amazing light provider
- Star that sounds like a family member
- Brightest light we see
- Source of vitamin D
- Star on Nepal's flag
- Earth's 60-Across
- Shiner?
- Source of a tan
- Biggest heater you'll ever need
- Source of Supergirl's powers
- What's central in heliocentrism
- Star on Argentina's flag
- ___-dried tomato
- Symbol in the center of the Japanese flag
- Phoenix NBAer
- Star closest to Earth
- Heater for a garden
- Good picnic forecast
- It rises in the east
- Welcome summer shiner
- Ra and Helios are deities of this
- Source of UV rays
- Star on Namibia's flag
- "The ___ Is Also a Star"
- Thur. 3
- The center of our solar system
- Red setter, perhaps?
- Big-time star
- Center of a solar system
- Center of our solar system
- Main heater?
- Phoenix NBA player
- The light of day
- Solar panels get energy from it
- Earth's lighter
- Stimulator of Vitamin D production
- Major British tabloid, with "The"
- Last day of the weekend (Abbr.)
- It's up at the crack of dawn
- What Ra, Sol, Helios and Huitzilopochtli personify
- Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy
- World's biggest heater?
- Lie in the sand, say
- Big 36-Down
- What the circle on the Japanese flag represents
- Phoenix pro
- Light up?
- Symbol for fair weather in a forecast
- What planets revolve around
- Star that warms Mars
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- New Zealand Herald - March 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 18, 2026
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- Penny Dell Daily - February 26, 2026
- LA Times - February 24, 2026
- New York Times - February 23, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 09, 2026
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- LA Times - February 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 01, 2025
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- New Zealand Herald - November 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2025
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- Penny Dell Sunday - November 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 01, 2025
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