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The Independent Crossword May 1 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 1 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Month31 AcrossReveal answer → Investigates frontless dresses51 AcrossReveal answer → Den43 AcrossReveal answer → Quiet introduction of scale of temperature44 AcrossReveal answer → Mapmakers interrupted by recall of finished work46 AcrossReveal answer → Exactly the same99 AcrossReveal answer → Quantity of current beginning to matter in motionless crushing machine910 AcrossReveal answer → Embrace310 AcrossReveal answer → Beaver's den511 AcrossReveal answer → Executioner’s tool? Never sit to have head cut off!511 AcrossReveal answer → Gorge oneself712 AcrossReveal answer → One putting up alfresco holidaymaker?512 AcrossReveal answer → Crotchety1113 AcrossReveal answer → Dock worker to deserve being at sea?913 AcrossReveal answer → Conveyor of brief message after vehicle died814 AcrossReveal answer → Criticise volume one? Biography cut short before end of story616 AcrossReveal answer → No longer working717 AcrossReveal answer → Short time out to get family item for table618 AcrossReveal answer → One runs from greatest opponent on record819 AcrossReveal answer → Get519 AcrossReveal answer → Intention321 AcrossReveal answer → Plan - an excellent idea? - to get behind beds922 AcrossReveal answer → Meddle922 AcrossReveal answer → What going into pub set back?523 AcrossReveal answer → Ballet skirt423 AcrossReveal answer → Conclusion324 AcrossReveal answer → Ring-bearer? Father the same, bearing ring525 AcrossReveal answer → Serviceperson’s angry speech with VIP926 AcrossReveal answer → Flower idly avoiding a zone427 AcrossReveal answer → Wanting content soup used veg428 AcrossReveal answer → Go into American heartland, heading away529 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
For the most part61 DownReveal answer → Item of fruit came up hard? One gets soft71 DownReveal answer → Defender holding line in NZ colours?52 DownReveal answer → Give up52 DownReveal answer → Unusual prison pictures revealing elevated characters143 DownReveal answer → Science, kind curtailed aboard ship (cutter)84 DownReveal answer → Accomplish74 DownReveal answer → Closed down in the past, beset by US lawman65 DownReveal answer → Correct55 DownReveal answer → Public road66 DownReveal answer → Composer favouring including acceptable arrangement for five97 DownReveal answer → House117 DownReveal answer → Colour48 DownReveal answer → Flickering screen with unknown landscape78 DownReveal answer → Lined beach and pier up? Impossible to work out149 DownReveal answer → Try714 DownReveal answer → Exertion615 DownReveal answer → Excellent and wise person producing big American event915 DownReveal answer → Filament616 DownReveal answer → Respond517 DownReveal answer → American begged to follow vehicle on rails, getting run down817 DownReveal answer → A lot of birds felt sun shimmering718 DownReveal answer → Precipitation418 DownReveal answer → Send up a lot of tough seafood720 DownReveal answer → Subject520 DownReveal answer → Urge competition - something seen with soldiers?621 DownReveal answer → Spirit? Try a touch of tequila524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 1, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.