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The Independent Crossword May 24 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 24 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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Convincing suggestion for businessman?61 AcrossReveal answer → Throwing event61 AcrossReveal answer → Tail Miss Piggy had is splitting64 AcrossReveal answer → Garment65 AcrossReveal answer → ?88 AcrossReveal answer → Extravagant old princess wearing fancy clothes109 AcrossReveal answer → ?49 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress410 AcrossReveal answer → Warmer boob410 AcrossReveal answer → Partial811 AcrossReveal answer → Reader loving literature superficially611 AcrossReveal answer → See note912 AcrossReveal answer → Specialised dictionary idiot brought over in triumph812 AcrossReveal answer → Italian peers east regularly on walk back from Aldi813 AcrossReveal answer → Strip to plunge into boiling water?615 AcrossReveal answer → Still covered with random lace, bride twirled617 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish scarf817 AcrossReveal answer → BBC boss starts to examine tweets stored by Lineker's devices819 AcrossReveal answer → ?420 AcrossReveal answer → ?421 AcrossReveal answer → Planet invaded by second alien creature with tufty ears821 AcrossReveal answer → Estrange822 AcrossReveal answer → Fire's lovely after a ramble623 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of a poem623 AcrossReveal answer → In short supply624 AcrossReveal answer → Last member of 1950s radio comedy425 AcrossReveal answer → Vagrant had race against senior minister1026 AcrossReveal answer → Harangue weary assistant on the phone627 AcrossReveal answer → Conservative is revolting in difficult moments628 AcrossReveal answer →

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Examinee may go out taking papers91 DownReveal answer → Hebrew prophet62 DownReveal answer → Flush stuck52 DownReveal answer → Spicy Spanish sausage73 DownReveal answer → Negative jerks disregarding good quality of Forrest Gump?73 DownReveal answer → Fish, shellfish, etc74 DownReveal answer → Culinary herb55 DownReveal answer → Did weed have an energetic dance?75 DownReveal answer → Suburban property beginning to dry up, rent cheap place in NYC?96 DownReveal answer → Muslim pilgrim56 DownReveal answer → Slice iron through rolling green57 DownReveal answer → Putrid67 DownReveal answer → Spooner's providing canal-side labour for ridiculous figure138 DownReveal answer → Sloping letters713 DownReveal answer → Barbadian singer714 DownReveal answer → Caroline squirms letting Mike in, a smutty labourer914 DownReveal answer → Warning615 DownReveal answer → Causing vomiting616 DownReveal answer → Thieving needs clear criminal intelligence916 DownReveal answer → Earth going round sun which is yellow and hot718 DownReveal answer → Nominal518 DownReveal answer → South American animal519 DownReveal answer → Upsetting bloody film about India's partition720 DownReveal answer → Interrupt Kazakh journalist, giving answer up front522 DownReveal answer → See interruptions on YouTube much?524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, May 24, 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.