The Independent Crossword May 20 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 20 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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#

Identify American in riverTAGUS5Across1 Dropped rubbishLITTER6Across1 Give alcohol to legendary director taking clothes off behind screensLUBRICATE9Across4 Mild exclamation (US)GEE3Across4 OutliveSURVIVE7Across8 Staff redo badly written compromisesTRADEOFFS9Across9 ApartmentsFLATS5Across9 SidestepEVADE5Across10 One elderly relative beginning to emerge, senselessINANE5Across10 Kitchen applianceTOASTER7Across11 Read regulation out for official supervising public accountsAUDITORGENERAL14Across11 GoodsMERCHANDISE11Across12 Encouraged popular Italian leader back to motherlandINDUCED7Across13 Fix section of leaking raincoatINGRAIN7Across15 AntiquatedARCHAIC7Across17 Hard to abandon charity broadcast after returning short annotationNOTELET7Across17 Distress signalFLARE5Across19 Uniform available as quickly as possibleFLATOUT7Across19 ProstratePRONE5Across20 ExpandENLARGE7Across21 Fine 4-0, with United dispatched, being profligateGOODFORNOTHING14Across21 Cereal grainRYE3Across22 Room for manoeuvreLEEWAY6Across23 Canon hiding billion in cash for RussianRUBLE5Across25 Member of The Christians playing modest hitMETHODIST9Across26 Son matured by eating that woman in Bow's cheeseSAGEDERBY9Across27 Dispirited daughter getting behindDREAR5Across28

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Idiot limits chemical testsTITRATIONS10Down1 DiminishLESSEN6Down1 Great! Promotion for old manGRANDAD7Down2 Row of housesTERRACE7Down2 BanishmentEXILE5Down3 Infected with cold in Alabama, is dubiousSCEPTICAL9Down3 ColossalGIANT5Down4 Replenishment of drink briefly boosted long-term prisonerLIFER5Down4 Confidence about oddly absurd artwork that's outstandingBASRELIEF9Down5 Make certainENSURE6Down5 Cricket internationalsTESTMATCHES11Down6 Chemical compound in victim identifiedIMIDE5Down6 Visiting a river in East Anglia with a large dry patchATACAMA7Down7 FearfulAFRAID6Down7 Rugby game without wingers is flatEVEN4Down8 Detective losing extremely versatile ringleaderINSTIGATOR10Down12 CowardlyCRAVEN6Down13 Online businesswoman Dorothy picked up butterflyDOTCOMMER9Down14 Small birdSPARROW7Down14 InterfereTAMPER6Down15 Poisonous individual's extraordinary dig at NATOGIANTTOAD9Down16 CureREMEDY6Down16 In addition, win large drills, and something to keep them in?TOOLBAG7Down18 ShutCLOSE5Down18 UntrueFALSE5Down19 Gold and diamonds enthralling single female, leading to openingORIFICE7Down20 Fear Republican stopping lateDREAD5Down22 Potentially lousy sex with Trump, initially, in his home cityNITTY5Down23 Eye part of Emerald Isle, brieflyIRIS4Down24

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