Daily Express Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 8 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#

SepulchreTOMB4Across1 Compensation for a transfusion?BLOODMONEY10Across1 Work into soup recipeOPUS4Across6 ExtraADDITIONAL10Across8 Clothes cupboardWARDROBE8Across9 IdenticalSAME4Across10 At university, drunk and tenseUPTIGHT7Across10 Get comfortable with Republican colonistSETTLER7Across11 Wear casual clothes, getting reprimandDRESSDOWN9Across12 ParadiseHEAVEN6Across12 Informed after cat managed to behave badlyACTUP5Across13 YearningTHIRST6Across14 Island shows sign, without the sentimental stuffCAPRI5Across14 PenSTYLUS6Across15 Motivated, developing green sideENERGISED9Across15 RequisiteNEEDED6Across17 Scoundrel mad about cityROTTERDAM9Across17 StigmaSLUR4Across18 PoseATTITUDE8Across19 Loiter like a sailor next to railwayTARRY5Across20 DismalLUGUBRIOUS10Across21 Reappear concerning dogRECUR5Across21 IndicationSIGN4Across22 They're dispatched for criminal and a scrapPANDACARS9Across23 Young lady and woven lace fiascoDEBACLE7Across25 Accept net is broken, have a breakTAKETEN7Across26 Need to rearrange gardenEDEN4Across27 Creep off with story about cold containerRECEPTACLE10Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Sure to be securedBOUND5Down1 DecorativeORNAMENTAL10Down2 There and then, where the acne cream goesONTHESPOT9Down2 MinstrelBARD4Down3 Treatise follows biscuit and where it goesDIGESTIVETRACT14Down3 Exit back-to-front as a resultOUTCOME7Down4 TouchADJOIN6Down4 RoadSTREET6Down5 Fundamental nature of perfumeESSENCE7Down5 PlotCONSPIRE8Down6 Aviator in secret plan to capture his heartPILOT5Down7 OtherwiseELSE4Down7 Spy braced for change and earned just enoughSCRAPEDBY9Down8 Honest man encountered alien restrictionSTRAIGHTJACKET14Down9 DeceptiveMISLEADING10Down11 BraveVALOROUS8Down13 Some ammunition to transport to bankCARTRIDGE9Down14 AstralSTARRY6Down16 Cutting cars out when getting twitchSARCASTIC9Down16 IdeaNOTION6Down17 AlluviumSILT4Down18 Parking inside, remove exhaustDEPLETE7Down18 Send me a neat marine creatureMANATEE7Down19 FlingTOSS4Down20 Caught by skilful telegramCABLE5Down22 Promising evaluation about a burnSINGE5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Friday, May 8, 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.