Daily Express Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 16 2026 answers. The Saturday 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.

Also solved on May 16

Crosswords With Friends Crossword Daily Themed Crossword Eugene Sheffer Crossword Evening Standard Crossword LA Times Crossword NYT Midi Crossword NYT Mini Crossword New York Times Crossword Newsday Crossword Puzzle Page Crossword The Guardian Crossword The Independent Crossword The Sun Crossword Thomas Joseph Crossword USA Today Quick Cross Crossword Wall Street Journal Crossword

Across

Click a clue for every answer it has ever had

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Man first seen with former queen's listREGISTER8Across1 Some staid linguist doing nothingIDLING6Across5 TravelJOURNEY7Across6 CoachTRAIN5Across7 AllowLET3Across9 One fighter bit me, agitated temporarilyFORTHETIMEBEING15Across10 BesiegeBELEAGUER9Across10 Large award left by one with a plantLOBELIA7Across11 WaresMERCHANDISE11Across12 Axe used by bowler? He's in courtHATCHET7Across12 Instrument - 100 learn it, possiblyCLARINET8Across13 HypocrisyINSINCERITY11Across15 Girl initially interrupting dreadful lamentDIRGE5Across15 RepulsiveREPELLENT9Across17 With head of organisation beside lake, I have fruitOLIVE5Across18 Make firmFIX3Across19 So chatty at first, one talented and friendlySOCIABLE8Across20 ConcurAGREE5Across21 JudgmentVERDICT7Across22 Generous party supporterLIBERAL7Across23 Clive - he damaged carVEHICLE7Across25 Speak in vain now the beasts are rampagingWASTEONESBREATH15Across26 Read aloud for leaders of European countries during ceremonyRECITE6Across27 Quiet socialist with a Conservative almost finding hunterPREDATOR8Across28

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Royal seen with a couple of fellows before the French lotteryRAFFLE6Down1 CringeCOWER5Down1 AttemptTRY3Down2 A big laird's unusual biscuitGARIBALDI9Down2 MeasureMETE4Down3 Academic producing chapter inside relating to the sunSCHOLAR7Down3 Additional part of text, racyEXTRA5Down4 ChillnessFRIGIDITY9Down4 MaladyDISEASE7Down5 Discussed including flying animal in actDEBATED7Down6 One ringleader quiet about one from EireIRISH5Down7 Ambitious person having got egret somehowGOGETTER8Down8 MendREPAIR6Down8 Forceful and clear chap I met unexpectedlyEMPHATIC8Down9 CircumferencePERIMETER9Down11 Noise of a henCACKLE6Down13 SufferUNDERGO7Down14 Young bird originally located in north-east street in GatesheadNESTLING8Down14 NipPINCH5Down16 Disinclined to give unruly Celt a turnRELUCTANT9Down16 Disciple finding female with nothing on lake more depressedFOLLOWER8Down17 RequireNEED4Down18 Serious listener connected with new European saintEARNEST7Down19 UnevenODD3Down20 He's in commercial, embarrassed when stuckADHERED7Down21 Rope used by vet finally getting anaestheticTETHER6Down22 For graduate, second in command, it's elementaryBASIC5Down24 Eyeshade held by Bev is ordinaryVISOR5Down25

Daily Express archive

All dates

August 26, 2026 — Wednesday August 25, 2026 — Tuesday August 24, 2026 — Monday August 23, 2026 — Sunday August 22, 2026 — Saturday August 21, 2026 — Friday August 20, 2026 — Thursday August 19, 2026 — Wednesday August 18, 2026 — Tuesday August 17, 2026 — Monday

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Saturday, May 16, 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.