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The Independent Crossword May 13 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 13 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Sinister reputation's surpassedLEFTSTANDING12Across1 Chop with an axeHEW3Across1 PrincipalMAIN4Across3 NotwithstandingINSPITEOF9Across7 CoverLID3Across8 Ill-bred university lecturer embraces endless twisted debaucheryUNCIVIL7Across9 Copy detailed response by art instituteREPLICA7Across10 Lifting apparatusHOIST5Across10 One could have groupies excluded from auditionBAND4Across11 Exercise systemPILATES7Across11 Gets a load of contest pointsVIEWS5Across12 100-year-oldCENTENARIAN11Across12 Chinese society's brief clothing capturing centre of attentionTONG4Across13 Make betterIMPROVE7Across16 Great job making French bread?NICEWORK8Across16 A sign car vacated garage earlier onGEMINI6Across17 BeamJOIST5Across18 Ordinary Democrat going through unimagined nightmareORDEAL6Across18 SpeckDOT3Across20 Getting tense - what for?TWIGGING8Across20 ProfitableLUCRATIVE9Across21 Small horsePONY4Across22 DroopSAG3Across23 Withdraws books probing core elements of Einsteinian physicsEBBS4Across24 Valued creature's partially disabledSABLE5Across25 Improvised performance on your bike!SCAT4Across26 Cold arena leads the French to screw upCRINKLE7Across29 Crib most ideas going round - oddly that's ground breakingSEISMIC7Across30 Gym culture so unorthodox it produces dangerous opponentUGLYCUSTOMER12Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Brief result of amateur boxing scamLACONIC7Down1 AntagonisticHOSTILE7Down1 Arm jointWRIST5Down2 Number first to forage on river with its banks clearedFIVE4Down2 Thick scarfMUFFLER7Down3 Join compiler coming in commando?SOLDIER7Down3 Husband steers clear of upsets and quarrelsARROWS6Down4 BayINLET5Down4 Snow on to higher ground penetrating outskirts of DundeeDUPE4Down5 SubstancePITH4Down5 Dreadful rain over British Island's capital cityNAIROBI7Down6 DejectednessDESPONDENCY11Down6 Disrespect demonstrated by unsilenced mob surprisingly!DUMBINSOLENCE13Down7 Aunt Sally's happy family?LAUGHINGSTOCK13Down8 Crockery itemDISH4Down9 Wheeled cartTROLLEY7Down13 EnduringABIDING7Down14 Provocative dance's vulgar ending succumbs to a minor adjustmentTWEAK5Down14 FeralWILD4Down15 Woman say from the South Circular areaHENGE5Down15 Paved areaPATIO5Down17 Casual trousersJEANS5Down18 Lothario initially's avoiding flirting or touchingDABBING7Down19 LevelTIER4Down19 Fine service, hard and fastWELLSET7Down21 Wage war ultimately with extraterrestrial visitor?INCOMER7Down22 Meal taken by most of old France constitutes cakeGATEAU6Down23 Sweet Fanny Adams upsetting pack animal engenders sanctionOKAY4Down27 Beginnings of friendship in rough male companyFIRM4Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, May 13, 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.