The Independent Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 107 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 107 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 23 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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Golfer's cry41 AcrossReveal answer → Straggle headed by elderly goose71 AcrossReveal answer → Film and TV mask53 AcrossReveal answer → Parents postponing employment of second hot water bottle?75 AcrossReveal answer → Babycare facility67 AcrossReveal answer → Horse's gait68 AcrossReveal answer → English Romantic painter known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale139 AcrossReveal answer → Shop that sells fancy pastries109 AcrossReveal answer → Computer at home backing up sound system59 AcrossReveal answer → This provides cover until para breaks out910 AcrossReveal answer → Rough-spoken insolence that groom must polish up?1011 AcrossReveal answer → West Country dialect word for spring onions811 AcrossReveal answer → Sierra tailgates Clio maybe out of motorway services412 AcrossReveal answer → Resuscitate612 AcrossReveal answer → Cupboard613 AcrossReveal answer → See 501414 AcrossReveal answer → Press that is keeping in check broadcasting tycoon?1114 AcrossReveal answer → Knowledge1014 AcrossReveal answer → Derek ___, former England spin bowler nicknamed "Deadly"915 AcrossReveal answer → A broad-faced grinding tooth516 AcrossReveal answer → Breed of sheep617 AcrossReveal answer → A musical form consisting of a set of continuous variations upon a ground bass817 AcrossReveal answer → Carol fast approaching in SEAT1118 AcrossReveal answer → The eighth studio album by Rush, which became their biggest selling album in the US1418 AcrossReveal answer → Planet619 AcrossReveal answer → Fine adjustment520 AcrossReveal answer → 1971 album by Lynn Anderson1020 AcrossReveal answer → Warm up421 AcrossReveal answer → Range of adult recordings421 AcrossReveal answer → Lame fox managed with reduced prey perhaps1022 AcrossReveal answer → Infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria1222 AcrossReveal answer → Lilo & ___, 2002 Walt Disney animated film625 AcrossReveal answer → Dan Brown's first hit having shortage in stock925 AcrossReveal answer → Patron cross about new charges526 AcrossReveal answer → Liège-born composer best known for his Symphony in D minor1126 AcrossReveal answer → Characters line street wanting work727 AcrossReveal answer → Constantly inbound, regularly returning vessels728 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Samoa428 AcrossReveal answer → Common name for Rembrandt's The Shooting Company of Franz Banning Cocq1029 AcrossReveal answer → Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner for her role as Anita in the film West Side Story1031 AcrossReveal answer → 2002 single by Ash that was one of two new songs on their compilation album Intergalactic Sonic 7″s435 AcrossReveal answer → Small seaside resort on the north coast of Cornwall, six miles southwest of Newquay1137 AcrossReveal answer → Pita ___, flanker who scored Fiji's only try at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, against France639 AcrossReveal answer → American businessman who co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 and served as its first president1241 AcrossReveal answer → Monument which gives its name to the southern area of Edgware Road in London1042 AcrossReveal answer → Actress whose films include Death in Venice, Cabaret and Barry Lyndon1443 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish international right-back who played 243 games for Atlético Madrid between 2011 and 2019846 AcrossReveal answer → Song that gave Arthur Conley a Top Ten hit in 19671447 AcrossReveal answer → African country whose capital is Kampala649 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch centre-back who has joined Manchester United from Bayern Munich1450 AcrossReveal answer → Norwegian ski jumper who won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer1351 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rage41 DownReveal answer → Actor who played writer Holly Martins in The Third Man121 DownReveal answer → Indian sides in garnish finish off tandoori61 DownReveal answer → Occasionally gearbox can be mounted again62 DownReveal answer → Post-wedding party92 DownReveal answer → 1958 film starring Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant, based on the play Kind Sir by Norman Krasna102 DownReveal answer → Explosive change I implement103 DownReveal answer → The first British club to win a major European trophy163 DownReveal answer → Slimy secretion53 DownReveal answer → Fix up label or it might snap54 DownReveal answer → 1992 horror film, based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker, that was scored by Philip Glass84 DownReveal answer → Brown colour34 DownReveal answer → Cosmetic item85 DownReveal answer → Opera by Giuseppe Verdi based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez115 DownReveal answer → Stabbing item about to corrode95 DownReveal answer → Boil66 DownReveal answer → A substance with a pH of less than 746 DownReveal answer → Going through hairpieces, a usually hairy chap46 DownReveal answer → Brand of hamburger introduced by a Greater Pittsburgh area McDonald's franchisee in 196767 DownReveal answer → Material holding up Piers, a lot of type?87 DownReveal answer → Second politician, rejecting leader, left88 DownReveal answer → A provisional court judgement, especially in divorce proceedings108 DownReveal answer → Nevil ___, author whose popular novels include A Town Like Alice510 DownReveal answer → Absolve from blame910 DownReveal answer → Reminiscent811 DownReveal answer → Eastern dish of spiced rice512 DownReveal answer → Agree613 DownReveal answer → The point at which an aircraft moves from transonic to supersonic speed1213 DownReveal answer → Formal outdoor feature that could spell danger for setter?1013 DownReveal answer → Solitary types intruded upon by fellow city dwellers915 DownReveal answer → Wading bird515 DownReveal answer → Sudden blast of wind416 DownReveal answer → Where Turks might be slain - but not normally816 DownReveal answer → Facetious female's backchat mostly rubbish817 DownReveal answer → Frozen water318 DownReveal answer → Juan ___, general and politician elected three times as President of Argentina519 DownReveal answer → Wood being crushed by stone instrument619 DownReveal answer → Wind once again concerning with sharp blow620 DownReveal answer → Record company that turned down The Beatles but signed The Rolling Stones521 DownReveal answer → Giant going down when completely shorn523 DownReveal answer → Joy Division's debut album, released in 19791623 DownReveal answer → Cultured dairy product mainly found on European island424 DownReveal answer → Chicago's primary airport524 DownReveal answer → Part of the body on the back of the pelvis between the piriformis muscle and the pelvic fascia1227 DownReveal answer → A carved channel or groove, as on a Doric frieze530 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, the second son of Jacob and Zilpah532 DownReveal answer → John Steinbeck novella featuring the characters George Milton and Lennie Small1233 DownReveal answer → The epiphytic bromeliaceous plant Tillandsia usneoides1134 DownReveal answer → Coastal hamlet in the Pevensey Levels area of East Sussex1036 DownReveal answer → Municipality in Calabria famous as the site where, in 1972, two Greek bronze statues of warriors were found in the sea538 DownReveal answer → Former Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Newcastle United and Southampton left winger who won 26 caps for Scotland between 2017 and 20221040 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, the elder son of Joseph and the Israelite tribe descended842 DownReveal answer → Jacques ___, French composer whose most famous works include Divertissement and Escales544 DownReveal answer → Brightest star in the constellation Aquila645 DownReveal answer → In the Old Testament, Esau's twin brother546 DownReveal answer → Sammy ___, the all-time home run leader among foreign-born Major League Baseball players448 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 23, 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.