Daily Express Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword May 9 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 52 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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Stylish woman on a river holds oneDEBONAIR8Across1 Wild lads in Majorca, for exampleISLAND6Across5 ExhibitionDEMONSTRATION13Across7 HeadedPRECEDED8Across8 SimpleEASY4Across9 Formerly popular, a sad male with ring on rarelyONCEINABLUEMOON15Across10 DreadedFEARED6Across10 Trellis is used by teetotal one in delicate fabricLATTICE7Across11 FigureNUMBER6Across12 Socialist going round after the usual time is connectedRELATED7Across12 Eccentric, arrogant, supplying herbTARRAGON8Across13 NegligentREMISS6Across14 Smell associated with a new personHUMAN5Across15 Give work toEMPLOY6Across16 HappyGLAD4Across18 Part of leg shown during prank, legalANKLE5Across18 Large storeEMPORIUM8Across20 Age of unusual tiny treeETERNITY8Across20 ComprehensionUNDERSTANDING13Across22 Leave said courseDESSERT7Across23 Taller, I turned out to be preciseLITERAL7Across25 Behave without restraint and disappoint one's animal, sayLETONESHAIRDOWN15Across26 Foolish person getting strip of pastaNOODLE6Across27 Lithe cat incredibly fitATHLETIC8Across28

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Confusing Leo, odd casual drawingDOODLE6Down1 RespiteREPRIEVE8Down1 AgreeCONCUR6Down2 Defender with dog will return by the same routeBACKTRACK9Down2 AppliedUSED4Down3 More inquisitive about one being rowdierNOISIER7Down3 One cost makes us furiousIRATE5Down4 BeliefCREDENCE8Down4 CurrentSTREAM6Down5 Secrecy involving the last broadcastSTEALTH7Down6 EnemiesFOES4Down6 Concerning a spellABOUT5Down7 Sound of bell leading to argumentDINGDONG8Down8 Force Len out of Italian cityFLORENCE8Down9 ScatterDISPERSE8Down11 PersuasiveELOQUENT8Down13 Best get rates to improveGREATEST8Down14 ReallyINDEED6Down15 Damaging broom, a tot's vesselMOTORBOAT9Down16 BurlesquePARODY6Down17 Party welcomed by guy left at home with musical instrumentMANDOLIN8Down17 ConnectLINK4Down19 Seemingly endless film seen with hesitation by northern manETERNAL7Down19 PlotPLAN4Down21 Unaffected by a turn performed by a traineeNATURAL7Down21 Class in one cold health facilityCLINIC6Down22 Group getting to fightSETTO5Down24 Smallest amount - incredibly staleLEAST5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Saturday, May 9, 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.