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The Independent Crossword May 27 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 27 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#
Culinary herbTHYME5Across1 One's time touring North Dakota with Jack, fine American, though old-fashionedJIMDANDY8Across1 MeadowLEA3Across4 Spoil drop of Courvoisier brandyMARC4Across5 An objection to borderABUT4Across8 Flight providerAIRLINE7Across8 Gripping work, being assistant to pianistPAGETURNER10Across9 Arm jointELBOW5Across9 ConceptIDEA4Across10 Bright red tracks alongside Red RiverCHERRY6Across11 GraveyardCEMETERY8Across11 CompunctionREMORSE7Across12 In speech, convenient to limit hindranceHANDICAP8Across13 Weapon that's Spooner's chief boastCROSSBOW8Across14 Rock singles left out to be sortedGNEISS6Across16 Area covered by dish which is round or squarePIAZZA6Across17 AppendedATTACHED8Across18 Climb that is followed by walkSCRAMBLE8Across19 AbodeHOME4Across19 County Kerry's neighbour cut large grassy area backCORNWALL8Across21 AlloyBRASS5Across21 Carpets flogged at opening of store, about a hundredSCOLDS6Across22 Laugh gleefullyCHORTLE7Across22 RodentRAT3Across23 Moonlit, cool, unending swirls having power to moveLOCOMOTION10Across23 Beautiful goddess imprisoned by the BeastHEBE4Across24 IncineratedBURNT5Across24 When caught, go down burrowSETT4Across26 Rise as one, determined, but not fully experiencedSEASONED8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Juliet Seaman makes punchJAB3Down1 PitiableTRAGIC6Down1 Dull-looking, uniform dress in the Middle AgesMATURES7Down2 Cricket deliveryYORKER6Down2 WickedEVIL4Down3 Before noon, work steadily enoughAMPLY5Down3 ChippedLOBBED6Down4 God knows, ultimately, who rigged event where setters may win awardsDOGSHOW7Down4 ForeverALWAYS6Down5 CharityBENEVOLENCE11Down6 Kind of crack (not heroin) that gets people high?AIRLINE7Down6 Indented areaRECESS6Down7 Reportedly grab a dal, when served up - it's healthy-ish foodCAESARSALAD11Down7 Fly over to catch a one-time Queen singer in AmericaTANAGER7Down10 Our horse goes wild with Bovril - oddly, horses being this?HERBIVOROUS11Down12 PardonEXCUSE6Down13 Slight convexityCAMBER6Down14 ChannelSTRAIT6Down15 Commotion dogs British party lacking energy and swaggerBRAVADO7Down15 Hang aroundLOITER6Down16 AbandonDESERT6Down17 Crash when small weight's upended on head, sustaining stunning blowZONKOUT7Down18 The foremost of St Andrew's legacies - flag displaying crossSALTIRE7Down19 Heron flapping after second birdMOORHEN7Down20 UterusWOMB4Down20 Radioed co-ordinates in time for dropsSINKS5Down22 Rotten fish brought upBAD3Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, May 27, 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.