Daily Express Crossword May 20 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 20 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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Second indifferent journalist is beratedSCOLDED7Across1 StrifeDISCORD7Across4 Recording by socialist got thinnerTAPERED7Across5 Complied withOBEYED6Across8 IdioticASININE7Across9 Cooler makes prisoner more stupidCONDENSER9Across9 More business having puzzleREBUS5Across10 TalentedCLEVER6Across10 FrightenedAFRAID6Across11 Drive back concerning sign of lifeREPULSE7Across11 JudgementDECISION8Across12 Magnify space - he can moveENHANCE7Across12 On-the-spot coffee, say - no use, a disasterINSTANTANEOUS13Across13 CloudyOVERCAST8Across18 It's attractive when there's a currentELECTROMAGNET13Across18 DiscloseREVEAL6Across20 Predicted following a worse developmentFORESAW7Across20 PrivateSECRET6Across21 AttributeQUALITY7Across22 MendicantBEGGAR6Across23 Quiet artist somehow got writer to improveSHARPEN7Across23 LowerDEGRADE7Across24 Good score, for a birdEAGLE5Across25 Leaves a crown and continuesGOESAHEAD9Across26 He's furtive, producing a casual shoeSNEAKER7Across27 Carelessly rated the French leverTREADLE7Across28

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Safe certain to accommodate two keysSECURE6Down1 AdmitCONCEDE7Down1 ProtectionDEFENCE7Down2 One strange old man, English wine loverOENOPHILE9Down2 Live healthily, following start of dietDWELL5Down3 AlcoveRECESS6Down3 Gangster's road speed variedDESPERADO9Down4 Short during quieter sermonTERSE5Down5 ExampleINSTANCE8Down5 Bird performing role first in templePARTHENON9Down6 MiddleCENTRE6Down6 Singer, getting dressed, doesn't finishROBIN5Down7 RankRANCID6Down7 Unexpectedly spied two points, with another to allocateDISPENSE8Down8 SolitaryISOLATED8Down13 River barrierBARRAGE7Down14 Apes took off, having succeeded, as you might saySOTOSPEAK9Down14 HeightSTATURE7Down15 Short-lived rant is about hospital departmentTRANSIENT9Down15 PrimDEMURE6Down16 Diffused using a red spoutOUTSPREAD9Down16 Sense fad had become inability to hearDEAFNESS8Down17 VendorSELLER6Down17 StaggeredREELED6Down19 Single daughter, say, returns, anxiousONEDGE6Down19 Rascal took front off shoeROGUE5Down21 Bet women's rage has no nameWAGER5Down22 Native American evicts husband quicklyAPACE5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Wednesday, May 20, 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.