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The Independent Crossword May 1 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 1 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 58 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#
MonthMAY3Across1 Investigates frontless dressesROBES5Across1 DenLAIR4Across3 Quiet introduction of scale of temperatureSOFT4Across4 Mapmakers interrupted by recall of finished workOPUS4Across6 Exactly the sameIDENTICAL9Across9 Quantity of current beginning to matter in motionless crushing machineSTAMPMILL9Across10 EmbraceHUG3Across10 Beaver's denLODGE5Across11 Executioner’s tool? Never sit to have head cut off!NOOSE5Across11 Gorge oneselfOVEREAT7Across12 One putting up alfresco holidaymaker?HIKER5Across12 CrotchetyBADTEMPERED11Across13 Dock worker to deserve being at sea?STEVEDORE9Across13 Conveyor of brief message after vehicle diedPOSTCARD8Across14 Criticise volume one? Biography cut short before end of storyVILIFY6Across16 No longer workingRETIRED7Across17 Short time out to get family item for tableNAPKIN6Across18 One runs from greatest opponent on recordARCHIVAL8Across19 GetFETCH5Across19 IntentionAIM3Across21 Plan - an excellent idea? - to get behind bedsSTRATAGEM9Across22 MeddleINTERFERE9Across22 What going into pub set back?REHAB5Across23 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across23 ConclusionEND3Across24 Ring-bearer? Father the same, bearing ringFRODO5Across25 Serviceperson’s angry speech with VIPCELEBRANT9Across26 Flower idly avoiding a zoneLILY4Across27 Wanting content soup used vegSPUD4Across28 Go into American heartland, heading awayENTER5Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
For the most partMAINLY6Down1 Item of fruit came up hard? One gets softROSEHIP7Down1 Defender holding line in NZ colours?BLACK5Down2 Give upYIELD5Down2 Unusual prison pictures revealing elevated charactersSUPERSCRIPTION14Down3 Science, kind curtailed aboard ship (cutter)SCISSORS8Down4 AccomplishACHIEVE7Down4 Closed down in the past, beset by US lawmanFOLDED6Down5 CorrectRIGHT5Down5 Public roadSTREET6Down6 Composer favouring including acceptable arrangement for fivePROKOFIEV9Down7 HouseACCOMMODATE11Down7 ColourBLUE4Down8 Flickering screen with unknown landscapeSCENERY7Down8 Lined beach and pier up? Impossible to work outINDECIPHERABLE14Down9 TryATTEMPT7Down14 ExertionEFFORT6Down15 Excellent and wise person producing big American eventSUPERBOWL9Down15 FilamentTHREAD6Down16 RespondREACT5Down17 American begged to follow vehicle on rails, getting run downTRAMPLED8Down17 A lot of birds felt sun shimmeringNESTFUL7Down18 PrecipitationRAIN4Down18 Send up a lot of tough seafoodLOBSTER7Down20 SubjectTHEME5Down20 Urge competition - something seen with soldiers?EGGCUP6Down21 Spirit? Try a touch of tequilaHEART5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 1, 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.