Answer: SUN
SUN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 274 times.
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
 - Powerful heat source
 - Light producer
 - Vampire's avoidance
 - Japanese flag symbol
 - Midnight ___
 - Mark Strong drama "Low Winter ___"
 - Phoebus
 - Brightly colored blazer
 - Image on New Mexico's flag
 - SPF part
 - Sol of ours
 - ___ chariot (vehicle for Helios)
 - Closest star to us
 - Beach application
 - Bright star
 - Source of solar power
 - It emerges at dawn
 - Bask on the beach
 - Pleasant forecast
 - Symbol on Japan's flag
 - Solar power source
 - Big ball of energy
 - Baltimore or Las Vegas newspaper
 - What planets orbit
 - Energy source for plants
 - Source of light
 - Enlightenment symbol on Rwanda's flag
 - Major source of wheat
 - Icarus's downfall
 - Go for the bronze?
 - Closest star to Earth
 - Connecticut WNBA team
 - See 2-Down
 - It's more than 90 million miles away
 - "A Raisin in the ___" (Hansberry play)
 - Depiction on Arizona and New Mexico's flags
 - Lens flare cause
 - What a stationary orrery part may represent
 - Star that sounds like a family member
 - Source of Supergirl's powers
 - What's central in heliocentrism
 - Source of vitamin D
 - Earth's 60-Across
 - Star on Argentina's flag
 - Symbol in the center of the Japanese flag
 - Phoenix NBAer
 - Star closest to Earth
 - Good picnic forecast
 - Source of UV rays
 - Thur. 3
 - The center of our solar system
 - High light?
 - Center of our solar system
 - Phoenix NBA player
 - Solar panels get energy from it
 - Stimulator of Vitamin D production
 - Major British tabloid, with "The"
 - Last day of the weekend (Abbr.)
 - Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy
 - Lie in the sand, say
 - What the circle on the Japanese flag represents
 - Phoenix pro
 - Light up?
 - Star around which Earth orbits
 - Symbol for fair weather in a forecast
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
 - USA Today - October 14, 2025
 - New York Times - October 12, 2025
 - LA Times - August 15, 2025
 - LA Times - August 07, 2025
 - LA Times - July 27, 2025
 - USA Today - May 28, 2025
 - New York Times - May 12, 2025
 - New York Times - April 05, 2025
 - New York Times - March 16, 2025
 - New York Times - February 16, 2025
 - LA Times - December 06, 2024
 - USA Today - October 03, 2024
 - New York Times - October 03, 2024
 - LA Times - September 21, 2024
 - USA Today - August 15, 2024
 - USA Today - July 24, 2024
 - New York Times - July 17, 2024
 - USA Today - July 16, 2024
 - USA Today - April 19, 2024
 
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