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Daily Express Crossword May 12 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 12 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PompousGRANDIOSE9Across1 Map of esplanadePLAN4Across1 Using many instruments in rest - choral compositionORCHESTRAL10Across3 AgedOLD3Across8 CurseIMPRECATION11Across9 Knock to get the head attentiveRAPT4Across9 A French yokel takes student to be nastyUNPLEASANT10Across10 SuperintendOVERSEE7Across11 Liberated English chap, Catholic, arranged diet around fatherEMANCIPATED11Across11 MainOCEAN5Across12 RumpusSHINDY6Across13 SpiritMETTLE6Across15 Drama leans towards listening materialPLAYLISTS9Across15 DecreeEDICT5Across17 Somehow enrol a hermitLONER5Across17 InsultAFFRONT7Across18 Undergarments are hitsSOCKS5Across18 Stalwarts devise tipping pointLASTSTRAW9Across19 With diligenceASSIDUOUSLY11Across20 Probability also finishes for paraphernaliaODDSANDENDS11Across20 Small childTOT3Across22 ArtificeSTRATAGEM9Across23 Extremist fashions coins using high frequenciesULTRASONIC10Across24 Enquiring, when leaving sovereignKING4Across25 Cut-off point could go either wayBORDERLINE10Across26 Flag a recipe containing a thickenerAGAR4Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Recaps plot about form of deliveryPARCELPOST10Down1 EdgeRIM3Down2 Look for arrivalAPPEARANCE10Down2 FrockDRESS5Down3 Period before sporting event at universityRUNUP5Down4 Wild assONAGER6Down4 Harold to object to old relative and her complaintHALITOSIS9Down5 IncidentEPISODE7Down5 Look crazy, sad, idle, shockedSCANDALISED11Down6 QuarrelsomeCONTENTIOUS11Down6 Gather in more applesREAP4Down7 DecorationADORNMENT9Down7 Overdue, chipping front off tileLATE4Down8 HastyPRECIPITATE11Down10 IndecencyOBSCENITY9Down11 Good clarets improved in refrigerationCOLDSTORAGE11Down12 Renting can change, causing fascinationENTRANCING10Down13 HatesDETESTS7Down14 Vitamin worn off, darling? That's sweetBROWNSUGAR10Down14 Allows bad design for some kitchenwareSALADBOWL9Down16 PantryLARDER6Down16 VanFRONT5Down19 FalsehoodLIE3Down21 When a Scot is continentalASIAN5Down21 Starts to dress up my beagle, being stupidDUMB4Down22 Mix in prisonSTIR4Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Tuesday, May 12, 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.