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Daily Express Crossword May 18 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 18 2026 answers. The Monday 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#
CalamitousDIRE4Across1 A score is recalculated and roughCOARSE6Across1 By handMANUALLY8Across3 Mixed, a bit iced, and having a conditionDIABETIC8Across4 VariousSEVERAL7Across9 RoyalREGAL5Across10 Pay to go round a citySEATTLE7Across10 Develop flower, having shapeless edgesBLOSSOM7Across11 WasteEXTRAVAGANCE12Across11 Hardly a crazy vagrantNOMAD5Across12 Worker is after fraction - hardly newTHIRDHAND9Across13 SoulSPIRIT6Across13 Carnivore woman following liberal politicians backVENUSFLYTRAP12Across14 SheepdogCOLLIE6Across15 PromptUNHESITATING12Across17 Command pick-up truck in part of airportCONTROLTOWER12Across18 SaunterAMBLE5Across20 SupportBOLSTER7Across21 UrgentPRESSING8Across22 SalverTRAY4Across23 Sensed compassion, initially, is genuineHEARTFELT9Across23 A barrier to a dodgy dealerFENCE5Across24 Quite drunk on the French drinkTEQUILA7Across25 Words concealing nothing - European is loquaciousVERBOSE7Across26 Wet sail flapping by your head in a sticky waySWEATILY8Across27 Parking, then on to frivolous predicamentPLIGHT6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Enthusiastic as an ovation about loverCASANOVA8Down1 Deal outDISPENSE8Down1 BoltRIVET5Down2 Providing security can be dreadfulALARMING8Down2 Seen, heard, and locatedSITED5Down3 At seaAFLOAT6Down4 Worried until hiding key behind one componentINBUILT7Down5 ImmoderateUNREASONABLE12Down5 Expansive actors in transmissionBROADCAST9Down6 RationalLOGICAL7Down6 Italian cuts off a nettle's headTUSCAN6Down7 BawlYELL4Down7 Arrive on time without a playCOMEDY6Down8 OriginalityCREATIVENESS12Down8 Transaction includes book about teethDENTAL6Down9 PaltryBEGGARLY8Down12 BaseIGNOBLE7Down14 Drink on table for remaining candidatesSHORTLIST9Down15 RibandRIBBON6Down16 Birds, sadly no good in final performanceSWANSONG8Down16 Cheese gathering is most fleetingBRIEFEST8Down17 BuryINTER5Down18 MoistDAMP4Down19 Elation about digital protectionTOENAIL7Down19 After month, greeting in intervalOCTAVE6Down20 Channels films for the audienceCHUTES6Down21 Audible disguise in old entertainmentMASQUE6Down22 Wild, loud and real troubleFERAL5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Monday, May 18, 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.