Daily Express Crossword May 1 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 1 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 54 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Quiet deal involved bargain, say - a guitarPEDALSTEEL10Across1
WaryCIRCUMSPECT11Across1
Trouble following American sonFUSS4Across6
FollowersRETINUE7Across9
Almost rescue woman in grasslandsSAVANNA7Across10
SpearLANCE5Across10
List conceals old birdROOSTER7Across11
CleansePURGE5Across11
LassitudeLANGUOR7Across12
I test duet out - it's poorDESTITUTE9Across12
PrecisionNICETY6Across13
Scoundrel often encountered in deckKNAVE5Across13
Church painting is a mapCHART5Across14
Close acquaintanceFRIEND6Across15
Terrible stain on club used to make furnitureSATINWOOD9Across15
Without definite limits, old writer concludedOPENENDED9Across17
ImplementUTENSIL7Across18
Side-trackSHUNT5Across20
Cried about drinkCIDER5Across20
Small oval, disguised as a volleySALVO5Across21
TautTENSE5Across22
BunchCLUSTER7Across23
Fight with press to get something discardedSCRAPIRON9Across23
Before timePREMATURELY11Across24
Primate takes in terribly lost discipleAPOSTLE7Across25
Sadly, Ali isn't wearing formal attireINTAILS7Across26
Walnut, say, seen in streetTREE4Across27
Sister lied about some milkSTERILISED10Across28
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Raised pressure does change the arrangementPOSED5Down1
BuryINTER5Down2
Dave improved condition for ruinDEVASTATE9Down2
Rather old for a dentist?LONGINTHETOOTH14Down3
JoinCONNECT7Down3
Put case badly for some crockeryTEACUPS7Down4
HumblyMEEKLY6Down4
Set off around lake that's most creepyEERIEST7Down5
Guide tower for aircraftPYLON5Down5
EatCONSUME7Down6
Extremist often seen with VioletULTRA5Down7
NearnessPROPINQUITY11Down7
Broadcaster admits ancient city right to give upSURRENDER9Down8
RobbersDEPREDATORS11Down8
Available money running Paris, sayWORKINGCAPITAL14Down9
CharladyCLEANER7Down14
Actor's sin turned out to be a pastryCROISSANT9Down14
Hospital workers finding arrangement isn't honestORDERLIES9Down16
DelivererRESCUER7Down16
EvokeELICIT6Down17
Leave last of flowers inside - sweetDESSERT7Down18
VapourSTEAM5Down19
Awful endless row, more unfairDIRTIER7Down19
To the time ofUNTIL5Down21
Behold huge point, not fixedLOOSE5Down22
One's strange daughter was inquisitiveNOSED5Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Friday, May 1, 2026. 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.