The Independent Crossword May 2 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 112 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 112 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 2 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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King taken in by Alcoholics Anonymous group41 AcrossReveal answer → Indonesian island41 AcrossReveal answer → Plaintive cry53 AcrossReveal answer → High seas seemed to be a source of oil103 AcrossReveal answer → Wandering away87 AcrossReveal answer → Give pain48 AcrossReveal answer → School subject119 AcrossReveal answer → Gentle one moved by 'blubber queen' nickname910 AcrossReveal answer → Garden ornament510 AcrossReveal answer → American poet and painter whose first names were Edward Estlin1011 AcrossReveal answer → Sailors discovered new town511 AcrossReveal answer → Clemency512 AcrossReveal answer → Rename city in the grip of revolt712 AcrossReveal answer → The common plant Bellis perennis513 AcrossReveal answer → Does bum express pong escaping trousers?713 AcrossReveal answer → Athletic footwear and apparel company founded in Bolton in 1958614 AcrossReveal answer → Sailor initially went for a number of knots514 AcrossReveal answer → Brand name for paraffin whose TV advertising included a rewritten version of the song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes815 AcrossReveal answer → Burmese-born singer best known for fronting Bow Wow Wow1316 AcrossReveal answer → Implication1116 AcrossReveal answer → Queen's worker, perhaps removing hard part of raven's wing916 AcrossReveal answer → Stylish sort of sailor/25D917 AcrossReveal answer → Song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez whose title translates as "kiss me generously"1117 AcrossReveal answer → Immense418 AcrossReveal answer → Idle819 AcrossReveal answer → Game of cards?519 AcrossReveal answer → 1993 action film starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow1119 AcrossReveal answer → Session of overindulgence520 AcrossReveal answer → Flood defence421 AcrossReveal answer → Soothing ointment male put on one soft testicle after cycling721 AcrossReveal answer → German who sang with pop star for Capital722 AcrossReveal answer → English actor whose US TV series include Lie to Me and Tin Star722 AcrossReveal answer → The soul of wit, according to Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet723 AcrossReveal answer → Sailor that's dead smooth524 AcrossReveal answer → Sheikhdom whose capital is Manama724 AcrossReveal answer → Plastic water bottles fit, and dishes, cutlery, etc.925 AcrossReveal answer → Comfortable existence of English setter, say, getting played with1026 AcrossReveal answer → What's in the sea? Unopened maps from the East427 AcrossReveal answer → Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906, which later became part of the Fiat Group627 AcrossReveal answer → Republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa whose capital is Praia929 AcrossReveal answer → An industrial port in Washington, on Puget Sound631 AcrossReveal answer → American author whose works include The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms1532 AcrossReveal answer → The Promised Land of the Israelites637 AcrossReveal answer → Genus of over 700 species of trees, shrubs and small bushes including ebony and persimmon trees938 AcrossReveal answer → The area of seats on the ground floor of a theatre or cinema nearest to the stage or screen639 AcrossReveal answer → City in Orange County, California, that is the site of Disneyland740 AcrossReveal answer → See 481841 AcrossReveal answer → Edible sea snail of the genus Haliotis743 AcrossReveal answer → 1994 film starring Tom Hanks which won six Academy Awards1146 AcrossReveal answer → Italian sculptor and architect whose works include the Baldacchino over the high altar of St Peter's Basilica in Rome1848 AcrossReveal answer → English writer best known for Three Men in a Boat1350 AcrossReveal answer → Fictitious poet-in-residence in Private Eye created in 1972 by Barry Fantoni851 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Australia's Northern Territory653 AcrossReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders554 AcrossReveal answer → The administrative centre of Wiltshire1055 AcrossReveal answer →

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A bull with ornate balls is fascinating71 DownReveal answer → Postman Pat's black-and-white cat41 DownReveal answer → Roofing material71 DownReveal answer → Site of tower originally built north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire's capital52 DownReveal answer → Memoir by Isak Dinesen, nom de plume of Danish author Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke112 DownReveal answer → Slightest52 DownReveal answer → Tobias ___, Scottish novelist, whose picaresque satires include Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle and Humphry Clinker83 DownReveal answer → Native American dwelling63 DownReveal answer → Picture74 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, the fifth son of Jacob by his wife Leah84 DownReveal answer → Balance caps from bottles including Maraschino liqueur I spilled114 DownReveal answer → Distinctive spirit55 DownReveal answer → Key from a large Tesla35 DownReveal answer → Italian city in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region that hosted the 2025 Uefa Super Cup55 DownReveal answer → Dog originally bred for fighting, ownership of which is prohibited in the UK by the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991146 DownReveal answer → Bathroom fitting56 DownReveal answer → Two characters from the heart of friendly, intimate circle76 DownReveal answer → Haitian rapper, musician and actor who found fame with the Fugees107 DownReveal answer → Animated green flying alien I see97 DownReveal answer → 1975 adventure film starring Charles Bronson, based on a 1974 novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean148 DownReveal answer → Furniture one puts clothes on78 DownReveal answer → Sailor's transgressions69 DownReveal answer → Welsh darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player, nicknamed the Iceman, who won the PDC World Championship in 2021119 DownReveal answer → The capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999410 DownReveal answer → Observe and record711 DownReveal answer → Any congenital growth or pigmented blemish on the skin612 DownReveal answer → Admit713 DownReveal answer → Charming head of Eton entering live quiz for pupils?1113 DownReveal answer → Formal dress item614 DownReveal answer → Exciting opener with USA and their Ryder Cup opponents?915 DownReveal answer → Jousting weapon515 DownReveal answer → Social grouping516 DownReveal answer → Tusk material517 DownReveal answer → Spot vacant sweetshop where freemasons gather717 DownReveal answer → Wild asses crushed oranges718 DownReveal answer → Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn premiered at the Birmingham Festival in 1846618 DownReveal answer → He fell fetching water - wet top's removed, and coat619 DownReveal answer → 2001 Michael Apted film with a screenplay by Tom Stoppard, based on a novel by Robert Harris620 DownReveal answer → Oldest, most virtuous woman repeatedly drinking beer720 DownReveal answer → Pop song whose English language version was a top ten UK hit for Sylvia in 19741121 DownReveal answer → Climb endlessly on a ladder-like structure523 DownReveal answer → Pitch from Hollywood A-lister starting late325 DownReveal answer → Aiden ___, Falkirk-born Republic of Ireland winger who joined Everton from Spartak Moscow in 2014725 DownReveal answer → Leader, with his brother Horsa, of the first Jutish settlers in Britain726 DownReveal answer → In France, a municipal district of certain cities, such as Paris1428 DownReveal answer → Translucent gelatinous substance used as a lubricant and as an ointment base1430 DownReveal answer → The ___, the fifth canvas in William Hogarth's series of six paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode633 DownReveal answer → Roman Catholic priest and detective created by G K Chesterton1134 DownReveal answer → Austrian-born actor whose roles include Jeremiah Durrance in Now, Voyager and Victor Laszlo in Casablanca1135 DownReveal answer → A thin filled pancake that is fried or baked636 DownReveal answer → A small round boneless slice of lamb from the fillet or leg842 DownReveal answer → A shoulderless, sleeveless, strapless women's garment in the UK, or, in North America, slang for a TV set844 DownReveal answer → 1977 UK number one single by Brotherhood of Man645 DownReveal answer → Fashion consultant, author and TV presenter best known for his Channel 4 programme How to Look Good Naked647 DownReveal answer → The state capital of Idaho549 DownReveal answer → See 71050 DownReveal answer → Lou ___, German musician best known for his 1999 hit single Mambo No 5452 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 2, 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.