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The Independent Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 49 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 17 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 49 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#
Critical about weak golf on the back of lessonsSCATHING8Across1 See noteWINGFORWARD11Across1 Right leaving rogue aristocrat disinheritedCUTOFF6Across6 DisconcertUNSETTLE8Across8 ?PERT4Across9 Term for singultus? Have a go at hiccupSNAG4Across9 Tube connected back on Franco's heart before deathANTEMORTEM10Across10 ?PRESUMPTUOUS12Across10 Volts inside transformed the inner zoo's inescapable boundaryEVENTHORIZON12Across11 Make an exact copy ofREPLICATE9Across11 Breakdown company tails Italian cars, ignoring TeslaFIASCO6Across14 Highly regarded old partner rangEXTOLLED8Across16 Type of pictureSELFPORTRAIT12Across16 A certain (Liberal perhaps) North American to the westANGELENO8Across17 SeaweedKELP4Across19 15 give evidenceDEPOSE6Across19 Mental disorderNEUROSIS8Across20 OverwhelmingDEVASTATING11Across21 Is oiler able to go finally, with America picking quarrels?CANTANKEROUS12Across21 Last month city turned greener, to announce start of campaignDECLAREWAR10Across24 National emblem that's terrifying on lieutenant's faceLEEK4Across26 Old lady spat on Republican, giving tissueMARROW6Across27 Yeti wanders around some blasted mountain wildernessYOSEMITE8Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Easy to reach sister's house where pigeon regularly nestsCONVENIENT10Down2 DisregardIGNORE6Down2 EstimateGUESS5Down3 Cub leader's ramble starting late with tons to carryTIGRESS7Down3 Turning up halfway through test panicky is not idealINAPT5Down4 BestOPTIMAL7Down4 Now newest yoga moves prevailGETONESOWNWAY13Down5 CerealWHEAT5Down5 Staunch Titoist cleared out communist dictator's original closetsCOMMITTED9Down6 Sympathetic relationshipRAPPORT7Down6 Stir cooking fat after hearing how long it lastsTURMOIL7Down7 Salad plantCRESS5Down7 Charge pound for love, perhapsFEEL4Down8 See 5GETONESOWNWAY13Down12 Oval shapeELLIPSE7Down12 LapCIRCUIT7Down13 Article taken from old Iranian's shelter hard to get rid ofPERSISTENT10Down13 Wedding attendantUSHER5Down14 Obvious method to bag runs - fielding errorOVERTHROW9Down15 ?PINION6Down15 ?PINNA5Down17 Dealing with story about case of ageism upset correspondentEMAILER7Down18 PerchROOST5Down18 Left aboard spaceship, Mike's worry reported to Houston?PROBLEM7Down20 French bread you proved, one hearsEUROS5Down22 Giant gnome gardener keeps insideMEGA4Down23

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