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The Independent Crossword May 15 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 15 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
Hate return of problem in areaANIMUS6Across1 MauledPAWED5Across1 Organ of hearingEAR3Across4 Remarkable to keep business department in servitudeTHRALL6Across5 FragrancePERFUME7Across7 Exotic produce – spouse reduced a lot of damage bringing equipment roundKIWIFRUIT9Across8 Bohemian dancePOLKA5Across8 Patterned material I brought into quiet cove?PLAID5Across9 On top ofUPON4Across10 Test driveTRIALRUN8Across11 Stench in river preceding alarmed responseREEK4Across11 Margins too tricky for rural expertAGRONOMIST10Across12 AllowablePERMISSIBLE11Across13 Crazy nudist due to lose cap – becoming this? It’s inappropriateUNSUITED8Across13 Rhythmic song, releasing primary passionANGER5Across15 Paper capturing expert angleFACET5Across17 Coal mineCOLLIERY8Across17 Series of notes from wretched pager work – I must come inARPEGGIO8Across19 SnoozeDOZE4Across19 FilmMOVIE5Across21 Material to make decorative display for candles?ICINGSUGAR10Across22 UnyieldingADAMANT7Across22 Priest not bad in sensual danceLAMA4Across23 RodentRAT3Across23 Lowest pointNADIR5Across24 Tropical tree seen during Antigua vacationGUAVA5Across25 Uncover the truth to nude dancing: a form of English viceUNDECEIVE9Across26 Jug and still, as before, for hoochPOTEEN6Across27 Exact child no longer accepting element of education?EXTORT6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Toy weaponPOPGUN6Down1 Area of armed conflictWARZONE7Down2 Introduction of water into river taking ship? There’s originalityNEWNESS7Down2 Renovate (Informal)DOUP4Down3 Annoy if coming between the sexesMIFF4Down3 StressEMPHASIS8Down4 Did something criminal – unduly pleased with gamble initially under controlSMUGGLED8Down4 Display diplomacy, ousting Conservative as wellTATTOO6Down5 Measuring stickRULER5Down5 Scoundrel supporting blocking refundREPROBATE9Down6 EarthlyTERRESTRIAL11Down6 Most prominent metal in building, ultimatelyLEADING7Down7 Agitating half of lake, getting ruff flying over pitchKERFUFFLING11Down8 Skin disorderACNE4Down9 Put off lecture after I declineDETERIORATE11Down10 About to happenIMMINENT8Down12 PantherLEOPARD7Down14 International exchange data restricting for one to assimilateINTEGRATE9Down14 DrossSCUM4Down15 Gauzy material also evident in a lot of wild partiesORGANDIE8Down16 Tin and lead alloyPEWTER6Down16 ParamourLOVER5Down18 Broadway musical that’s very much off-Broadway!CHICAGO7Down18 Tradesman beginning in garden, getting increasingly fond of bed?GLAZIER7Down20 ChessmanPAWN4Down20 Fall guy uncovered in a corporation’s meltdown finallyAUTUMN6Down21 German playwright dismissing British for realECHT4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 15, 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.