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Daily Express Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 17 2026 answers. The Sunday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Stuff top of picnic hamperCRAMP5Across1 MergeAMALGAMATE10Across1 Consider opinion hackneyedTAKESTOCK9Across4 ScopeRANGE5Across7 Put backREPLACE7Across8 In the end, a sci-fi production is aggravatingINTENSIFICATION15Across9 TravellerWAYFARER8Across10 Let fool go back for research materialSACKCLOTH9Across10 FoilEPEE4Across11 Second girl uncovered after first girlMOIRA5Across11 Last word in traditional yurts faces a facilityAMENITY7Across12 ContaminateINFECT6Across13 Workaround absorbing radiation is a big dealSUPREMO7Across13 StraightforwardDIRECT6Across15 Lead given to dope with a metal emergencySTOPGAP7Across15 ComfortEASE4Across17 Perhaps clothing getting rent is goodPLEASES7Across18 ArbitratorMEDIATOR8Across18 Agent about to move in a greenhouse?REPOT5Across20 CheatSWINDLE7Across21 MotionlessINERT5Across22 Encounter resistance - not like this!RUNACROSS9Across22 RelianceDEPENDENCE10Across23 Expressive rascal notices sir is in troubleIMPRESSIONISTIC15Across24 Cover now beyond Jack and Simon, sayTARPAULIN9Across25 Star, for example, back in the family?GENUS5Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Vitamin in southern foodCHIPS5Down1 IrritateANNOY5Down1 Brief assault on male diplomatATTACHE7Down2 SuspensionABEYANCE8Down2 Thieving old man in a flap?PANICKING9Down3 AtticGARRET6Down3 One on record breaks tax storiesTRILOGY7Down4 Be sadMOPE4Down4 Miasma around Harrogate upset entitled menKNIGHTS7Down5 CrushTRAMPLE7Down5 Shepherd initially close to flockSWARM5Down6 LethargyDROWSINESS10Down6 Gold provided with diamonds creates an openingORIFICE7Down7 Woolly anoraks go with jumpersKANGAROOS9Down8 VotersELECTORATE10Down9 PartitionDIVISION8Down12 Subordinates going off without one is ridiculous!ABSURDIST9Down12 ConvivialFESTIVE7Down14 Pontification before discomfortPREACHING9Down14 ProtectDEFEND6Down16 Acceptable essay, theoreticallyONPAPER7Down16 Jumpers obviously lousy tops for sunny weatherPARASOL7Down17 Sleuth named extremists have to identifyPINDOWN7Down18 SubjectTHEME5Down19 Fleeced with a note added to contract?SHORTEN7Down19 InactiveIDLE4Down20 Old reservists showing character in GreeceTHETA5Down21 Round lettuce Kansas legend coversSOCKS5Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Sunday, May 17, 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.