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The Independent Crossword May 20 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 20 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
Identify American in river51 AcrossReveal answer → Dropped rubbish61 AcrossReveal answer → Give alcohol to legendary director taking clothes off behind screens94 AcrossReveal answer → Mild exclamation (US)34 AcrossReveal answer → Outlive78 AcrossReveal answer → Staff redo badly written compromises99 AcrossReveal answer → Apartments59 AcrossReveal answer → Sidestep510 AcrossReveal answer → One elderly relative beginning to emerge, senseless510 AcrossReveal answer → Kitchen appliance711 AcrossReveal answer → Read regulation out for official supervising public accounts1411 AcrossReveal answer → Goods1112 AcrossReveal answer → Encouraged popular Italian leader back to motherland713 AcrossReveal answer → Fix section of leaking raincoat715 AcrossReveal answer → Antiquated717 AcrossReveal answer → Hard to abandon charity broadcast after returning short annotation717 AcrossReveal answer → Distress signal519 AcrossReveal answer → Uniform available as quickly as possible719 AcrossReveal answer → Prostrate520 AcrossReveal answer → Expand721 AcrossReveal answer → Fine 4-0, with United dispatched, being profligate1421 AcrossReveal answer → Cereal grain322 AcrossReveal answer → Room for manoeuvre623 AcrossReveal answer → Canon hiding billion in cash for Russian525 AcrossReveal answer → Member of The Christians playing modest hit926 AcrossReveal answer → Son matured by eating that woman in Bow's cheese927 AcrossReveal answer → Dispirited daughter getting behind528 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Idiot limits chemical tests101 DownReveal answer → Diminish61 DownReveal answer → Great! Promotion for old man72 DownReveal answer → Row of houses72 DownReveal answer → Banishment53 DownReveal answer → Infected with cold in Alabama, is dubious93 DownReveal answer → Colossal54 DownReveal answer → Replenishment of drink briefly boosted long-term prisoner54 DownReveal answer → Confidence about oddly absurd artwork that's outstanding95 DownReveal answer → Make certain65 DownReveal answer → Cricket internationals116 DownReveal answer → Chemical compound in victim identified56 DownReveal answer → Visiting a river in East Anglia with a large dry patch77 DownReveal answer → Fearful67 DownReveal answer → Rugby game without wingers is flat48 DownReveal answer → Detective losing extremely versatile ringleader1012 DownReveal answer → Cowardly613 DownReveal answer → Online businesswoman Dorothy picked up butterfly914 DownReveal answer → Small bird714 DownReveal answer → Interfere615 DownReveal answer → Poisonous individual's extraordinary dig at NATO916 DownReveal answer → Cure616 DownReveal answer → In addition, win large drills, and something to keep them in?718 DownReveal answer → Shut518 DownReveal answer → Untrue519 DownReveal answer → Gold and diamonds enthralling single female, leading to opening720 DownReveal answer → Fear Republican stopping late522 DownReveal answer → Potentially lousy sex with Trump, initially, in his home city523 DownReveal answer → Eye part of Emerald Isle, briefly424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, May 20, 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.