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The Independent Crossword May 12 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 12 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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Routine task51 AcrossReveal answer → Trophy34 AcrossReveal answer → Well-known58 AcrossReveal answer → Spendthrift79 AcrossReveal answer → Putting old fiddler ahead of America is hard to bear79 AcrossReveal answer → Ceremony for the dead710 AcrossReveal answer → Withdrawing food with reduced fat is criminal710 AcrossReveal answer → Beloved411 AcrossReveal answer → Supplement intermittently reducing stress311 AcrossReveal answer → Accepting fine, miss drug inspection712 AcrossReveal answer → Take in study defending male convict713 AcrossReveal answer → Calculation aid1313 AcrossReveal answer → He delivers upright staff714 AcrossReveal answer → The Independent left faltering in the dock516 AcrossReveal answer → Rear416 AcrossReveal answer → Indict leaders removed from slack school717 AcrossReveal answer → Supervise718 AcrossReveal answer → Sibyl, swapping outer layers for gown, starts to read some tea leaves720 AcrossReveal answer → Conservative caught in European caper521 AcrossReveal answer → Gift721 AcrossReveal answer → Pat rolled over lazily without enthusiasm722 AcrossReveal answer → Box522 AcrossReveal answer → Pig pen323 AcrossReveal answer → Young dog524 AcrossReveal answer → Obsessive swimmer cut around island726 AcrossReveal answer → Serious enjoyment cycling by a French city727 AcrossReveal answer → Provide with a piece from Carmen329 AcrossReveal answer → Spiked a Republican, snared by drug730 AcrossReveal answer → Digs ads showcasing Spielberg movie731 AcrossReveal answer →

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Students absorbed by ecstasy trip51 DownReveal answer → Trees81 DownReveal answer → Frequently52 DownReveal answer → Recover from concerning stroke62 DownReveal answer → Quite old73 DownReveal answer → Sci-fi character almost upset the Force?43 DownReveal answer → Sure74 DownReveal answer → English press picked up prize64 DownReveal answer → Panorama, say, probing fiscal watchdog is comparatively offensive85 DownReveal answer → Animal hide45 DownReveal answer → Telegraph's lead editor, admitting awful blunder, is one wheeled out for retirement?106 DownReveal answer → Year (Archaic)116 DownReveal answer → One of two wind instruments isn't keeping time. It's exhausting!87 DownReveal answer → Second-hand47 DownReveal answer → Pickled hard corncobs originally set aside for wild horses88 DownReveal answer → Foliage812 DownReveal answer → Type of school714 DownReveal answer → Patella715 DownReveal answer → Small step for man essentially inspiring a work of science fiction1015 DownReveal answer → Boat part417 DownReveal answer → Briefly land joke in conversation that’s crude817 DownReveal answer → Opens bin out for unwanted parts of fish818 DownReveal answer → Bog519 DownReveal answer → They come across rash in hospital round linked with irregular deaths819 DownReveal answer → Musical work420 DownReveal answer → Fruit bats scratching at links to water623 DownReveal answer → Unionist recalled vote against Remain, having lost power624 DownReveal answer → Happy with agent set up to take the place of a traveller525 DownReveal answer → Amidst storm lifeboat returned 18, perhaps428 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, May 12, 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.