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The Independent Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 49 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 49 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 17 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
Critical about weak golf on the back of lessons81 AcrossReveal answer → See note111 AcrossReveal answer → Right leaving rogue aristocrat disinherited66 AcrossReveal answer → Disconcert88 AcrossReveal answer → ?49 AcrossReveal answer → Term for singultus? Have a go at hiccup49 AcrossReveal answer → Tube connected back on Franco's heart before death1010 AcrossReveal answer → ?1210 AcrossReveal answer → Volts inside transformed the inner zoo's inescapable boundary1211 AcrossReveal answer → Make an exact copy of911 AcrossReveal answer → Breakdown company tails Italian cars, ignoring Tesla614 AcrossReveal answer → Highly regarded old partner rang816 AcrossReveal answer → Type of picture1216 AcrossReveal answer → A certain (Liberal perhaps) North American to the west817 AcrossReveal answer → Seaweed419 AcrossReveal answer → 15 give evidence619 AcrossReveal answer → Mental disorder820 AcrossReveal answer → Overwhelming1121 AcrossReveal answer → Is oiler able to go finally, with America picking quarrels?1221 AcrossReveal answer → Last month city turned greener, to announce start of campaign1024 AcrossReveal answer → National emblem that's terrifying on lieutenant's face426 AcrossReveal answer → Old lady spat on Republican, giving tissue627 AcrossReveal answer → Yeti wanders around some blasted mountain wilderness828 AcrossReveal answer →

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Easy to reach sister's house where pigeon regularly nests102 DownReveal answer → Disregard62 DownReveal answer → Estimate53 DownReveal answer → Cub leader's ramble starting late with tons to carry73 DownReveal answer → Turning up halfway through test panicky is not ideal54 DownReveal answer → Best74 DownReveal answer → Now newest yoga moves prevail135 DownReveal answer → Cereal55 DownReveal answer → Staunch Titoist cleared out communist dictator's original closets96 DownReveal answer → Sympathetic relationship76 DownReveal answer → Stir cooking fat after hearing how long it lasts77 DownReveal answer → Salad plant57 DownReveal answer → Charge pound for love, perhaps48 DownReveal answer → See 51312 DownReveal answer → Oval shape712 DownReveal answer → Lap713 DownReveal answer → Article taken from old Iranian's shelter hard to get rid of1013 DownReveal answer → Wedding attendant514 DownReveal answer → Obvious method to bag runs - fielding error915 DownReveal answer → ?615 DownReveal answer → ?517 DownReveal answer → Dealing with story about case of ageism upset correspondent718 DownReveal answer → Perch518 DownReveal answer → Left aboard spaceship, Mike's worry reported to Houston?720 DownReveal answer → French bread you proved, one hears522 DownReveal answer → Giant gnome gardener keeps inside423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, May 17, 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.