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Daily Express Crossword May 22 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 22 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
DenNEST4Across1 Prisoner's robbery is a plotCONSPIRACY10Across1 PowerSTRENGTH8Across3 Musical furniture item is a non-starterHAIR4Across6 FightBOUT4Across8 IdenticalSELFSAME8Across9 Disentangle a French composerUNRAVEL7Across10 A room's changed round, lovingly playedAMOROSO7Across11 WeakeningENFEEBLEMENT12Across11 Input came out using gasPNEUMATIC9Across12 Nothing returned former queen to passenger shipLINER5Across13 VinegaryACETIC6Across13 WholeENTIRE6Across14 Fake iron and gin cocktailFEIGN5Across14 Bearing guidanceDIRECTION9Across15 DisobedientRECALCITRANT12Across17 Element seen to change after animationMANGANESE9Across17 SecretarialCLERICAL8Across20 The matter of childrenISSUE5Across20 PitMINE4Across21 Plate, unusually, is sprungLEAPT5Across21 LongerEXTENDED8Across22 LeaningBENT4Across23 Confidential street cop deployedTOPSECRET9Across23 President's eventMADISON7Across25 Rampaging trio went mad in garage, initiallyRIOTING7Across26 Unfortunately sent homeNEST4Across27 Fine hearth distributed a measure of heatFAHRENHEIT10Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fool caught on moundCHUMP5Down1 PeerNOBLEMAN8Down1 Struggle confusedlySCUFFLE7Down2 Scandinavian wearing no ensembleNORWEGIAN9Down2 His creations are on the wayPAVEMENTARTIST14Down3 ThreefoldTREBLE6Down4 Told to be part of the familyRELATED7Down4 Church develops a cure for writerCHAUCER7Down5 WomanishEFFEMINATE10Down5 CornGRAIN5Down6 Bad ornamentation, having to decorateADORN5Down7 RegardHEED4Down7 Ordering a change to US borderRIOGRANDE9Down8 Cooperative, finding word for murder, sayCOLLECTIVENOUN14Down9 DevotionDEDICATION10Down10 ConsciousSENTIENT8Down12 Relations with fellow - he loves his kidsFAMILYMAN9Down14 FancyIMAGINE7Down15 AbradeSCRAPE6Down16 Working at home, waitingINSERVICE9Down16 OccurrenceEVENT5Down18 Turning sea into landESTONIA7Down18 Dull painACHE4Down19 Working more outside for every rulerEMPEROR7Down19 Danes out of rangeANDES5Down22 Fast to get under the influenceTIGHT5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Friday, May 22, 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.