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The Independent Crossword May 19 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 19 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Enticing models could be studied thusDRAWING7Across1 SheepdogCOLLIE6Across1 Ground mealFLOUR5Across5 Bolt cut by toolSCRAPER7Across5 Catch sight ofSPOT4Across8 AnnoyIRRITATE8Across9 Statement lamenting old time, unencoded message formatPLAINTEXT9Across9 IntroductoryPRELIMINARY11Across10 Angry winger lets striker have itCROSS5Across10 Big beetle destroying South Carolina – one from Egypt?ARAB4Across11 Wild babes naked for part of breakfastBAKEDBEANS10Across12 InvestigatePROBE5Across12 SlapSMACK5Across13 Against mission forgetting saint of great ageANTIQUE7Across14 Catch spouse scratching backside in mirrorENTRAP6Across16 A level studentSIXTHFORMER11Across17 Volcanic flow starts to bury oceanic basinLAVABO6Across17 Roundhead's opponentCAVALIER8Across18 Cannabis lovers head for sativa hair productsSTONERS7Across19 Difficult journeyTREK4Across20 Church taxTITHE5Across21 Fruit dessertSORBET6Across22 Seafood sorbet whipped up with a cryOYSTERCRAB10Across22 Tempt liberal university with right drugLURE4Across23 Cannoli, essentially ground stuff in a shellNACRE5Across26 Radioactive element? Before noon, Curie mixed around one millionAMERICIUM9Across27 Protected man on board ushered past playersCASTLED7Across28 Split up and put down each row's thematic groupDISBAND7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Make Italian dish, going at midpoint for a curryDOPIAZA7Down1 TheoreticallyONPAPER7Down2 Yoga pose was anagrammed, partiallyASANA5Down2 One charged entry to Adventure IslandIONA4Down3 Door featureLETTERBOX9Down3 Call forthELICIT6Down4 Note, explosive danger surrounds itGRENADE7Down4 ProhibitFORBID6Down5 Drunk now, whether you like it or notSOTHERE7Down5 Shake buttocks as low as possibleROCKBOTTOM10Down6 ElectOPT3Down6 Irritable (Informal)RATTY5Down7 Rugby player arriving empty devoured spreadPROPAGATE9Down7 Sibling tense after dealing with weatherRESIST6Down8 Former schoolALMAMATER9Down11 Mare chewed though grass courses of ample sizeSQUAREMEAL10Down13 Formal processionCORTEGE7Down14 Does business answer for boring leaflets?TRANSACTS9Down15 Three timesTHRICE6Down15 Halls of justiceCOURTS6Down16 BeginSTART5Down17 Where fruit might turn red, if not greenORCHARD7Down18 InsectANT3Down19 What farmer sows bears wonder plantSEAWEED7Down19 United, under Solskjaer’s lead, moved quicklySTEAMED7Down20 Topless dance in clubs twice lifted spiritCOGNAC6Down21 Some pharmaceutical town in NYUTICA5Down24 A boy's introduction to slide whistleHISS4Down25

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, May 19, 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.