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Daily Express Crossword May 31 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 31 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Point after closer lark...CAPER5Across1 VinegarACETICACID10Across1 ...fools an American birdSAPSUCKER9Across4 BriskALIVE5Across7 AccelerateSPEEDUP7Across8 Cultivators might be hugeEARTHSHATTERING15Across9 GentlyTENDERLY8Across10 VIP dealer played and wonPREVAILED9Across10 AspersionSLUR4Across11 Bloomer partly soft, and othersPETAL5Across11 Old Openreach customer not so smart?OBTUSER7Across12 HoleCAVITY6Across13 Leftist facing away from low windMEANDER7Across13 RobTHIEVE6Across15 Youngster let loose around strange riverTODDLER7Across15 BeholdLOOK4Across17 She's social, degenerate and extremely happyDOROTHY7Across18 MoverPROPOSER8Across18 Trendy left, missing loud soundINLET5Across20 TruthREALITY7Across21 BuildERECT5Across22 Meal without a horrible sweetMELODIOUS9Across22 DistinguishedCELEBRATED10Across23 Standard tools, formerlyHAMMERANDSICKLE15Across24 Does father tend a substitute become sluggish?STAGNATED9Across25 Mean element, in short, rubbishGETAT5Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sycophant many overlookCREEP5Down1 ForeignALIEN5Down1 Powerful king received a signPORTENT7Down2 WeatherELEMENTS8Down2 Trial run right with judges involvedREHEARSAL9Down3 AffrontINSULT6Down3 Señor gets confused initially by a Spanish greeting one learnedSCHOLAR7Down4 DeclareAVER4Down4 Vessels by a weir in GermanyPOTSDAM7Down5 GratifyINDULGE7Down5 American and European prospects first to get throughUSEUP5Down6 SpecificPARTICULAR10Down6 Maybe an osteologist's refusedKNITTED7Down7 Run forward, having to pull back a lotREGULARLY9Down8 CommitPERPETRATE10Down9 ConsignmentSHIPMENT8Down12 Runners heading off lost a fortuneOSTRICHES9Down12 ProfaneVIOLATE7Down14 Cutting back on zebra crossing?ABRIDGING9Down14 SupplicationPRAYER6Down16 Two lads face a novel problemDILEMMA7Down16 Rearing sheep breathe heavilyRAMPANT7Down17 Foolish dunce initially lostDELUDED7Down18 WarhorseSTEED5Down19 Equipment carried around Luxembourg and ItalyTOOLKIT7Down19 AncestryLINE4Down20 Draw fashionable connectionTIEIN5Down21 Sit with woman in labourSWEAT5Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Sunday, May 31, 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.