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The Independent Crossword May 24 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 24 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 54 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#
Convincing suggestion for businessman?COGENT6Across1 Throwing eventDISCUS6Across1 Tail Miss Piggy had is splittingSHADOW6Across4 GarmentTSHIRT6Across5 ?MAHOGANY8Across8 Extravagant old princess wearing fancy clothesINORDINATE10Across9 ?JUTE4Across9 Indian dressSARI4Across10 Warmer boobMUFF4Across10 PartialONESIDED8Across11 Reader loving literature superficiallyKINDLE6Across11 See noteWOODFIBRE9Across12 Specialised dictionary idiot brought over in triumphGLOSSARY8Across12 Italian peers east regularly on walk back from AldiMARCHESI8Across13 Strip to plunge into boiling water?NOODLE6Across15 Still covered with random lace, bride twirledBECALM6Across17 Spanish scarfMANTILLA8Across17 BBC boss starts to examine tweets stored by Lineker's devicesGADGETRY8Across19 ?HEMP4Across20 ?TEAK4Across21 Planet invaded by second alien creature with tufty earsMARMOSET8Across21 EstrangeALIENATE8Across22 Fire's lovely after a rambleVOLLEY6Across23 Unit of a poemSTANZA6Across23 In short supplySCARCE6Across24 Last member of 1950s radio comedyGOON4Across25 Vagrant had race against senior ministerARCHDEACON10Across26 Harangue weary assistant on the phoneTIRADE6Across27 Conservative is revolting in difficult momentsCRISES6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Examinee may go out taking papersCANDIDATE9Down1 Hebrew prophetISAIAH6Down2 Flush stuckGORED5Down2 Spicy Spanish sausageCHORIZO7Down3 Negative jerks disregarding good quality of Forrest Gump?NAIVETE7Down3 Fish, shellfish, etcSEAFOOD7Down4 Culinary herbTHYME5Down5 Did weed have an energetic dance?HOEDOWN7Down5 Suburban property beginning to dry up, rent cheap place in NYC?DIMESTORE9Down6 Muslim pilgrimHAJJI5Down6 Slice iron through rolling greenWAFER5Down7 PutridROTTEN6Down7 Spooner's providing canal-side labour for ridiculous figureLAUGHINGSTOCK13Down8 Sloping lettersITALICS7Down13 Barbadian singerRIHANNA7Down14 Caroline squirms letting Mike in, a smutty labourerCOALMINER9Down14 WarningCAVEAT6Down15 Causing vomitingEMETIC6Down16 Thieving needs clear criminal intelligenceLARCENOUS9Down16 Earth going round sun which is yellow and hotMUSTARD7Down18 NominalTOKEN5Down18 South American animalLLAMA5Down19 Upsetting bloody film about India's partitionDIVIDER7Down20 Interrupt Kazakh journalist, giving answer up frontABORT5Down22 See interruptions on YouTube much?LOADS5Down24

About this puzzle

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