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The Independent Crossword May 28 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 28 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 52 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#
Church serviceMASS4Across1 ObtainedGOT3Across3 EventuallyINTIME6Across7 Troubled by pitch of note and fade-outTONEDEAF8Across7 Into errorASTRAY6Across8 EntrancedFASCINATED10Across9 Short rocker shot in land of five riversPUNJAB6Across9 Dame from down under embraced by returning wandererEDNA4Across10 See 19THEMANWHOKNEWTOOMUCH20Across11 Soft mudSLUDGE6Across11 Recollections of Amber Moon raised so regularlyMEMORIES8Across12 Body organSPLEEN6Across13 Cabbage stuffed with right herbSAVORY6Across14 Proficient personPASTMASTER10Across14 Lecturer punches excellent boxerALI3Across16 Schumann who scored with Charlie Croft?CLARA5Across17 SummerhouseGAZEBO6Across18 Light was at the frontLED3Across18 Tropical birdPARROT6Across19 Film of how hunk came to own meth supplyTHEMANWHOKNEWTOOMUCH20Across19 Came back with plans we redrafted somewhatANSWERED8Across20 Cunning and deceitfulSLY3Across20 FlatfishSOLE4Across21 Giving the nod to hairdo: "appropriate, but not feminine"PERMITTING10Across22 First, play the part of Simon Templar?BEST4Across25 Mineral in climate control system that's initially adjusted to opposite extremeZIRCON6Across26 One ejecting vocal person now saying "t-w-i-t-t-e-r" seven times faster?EXPELLER8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MultipleMANIFOLD8Down1 Bit of fennel on outstanding dishFONDUE6Down1 Secret agentsSPIES5Down2 Police force briefly ban Miles' organic processesMETABOLISM10Down2 Recover from illnessGETWELL7Down3 Overtures of moggy's emission of wailing callMEOW4Down3 Sacred texts in animated movie promos cut by KapoorUPANISHADS10Down4 Hard woodTEAK4Down4 Worry comedian Phil's doing a head-standGNAW4Down5 MockDERIDE6Down5 Preferred Basset to ring a very old universityFAVOURED8Down6 Spanish sparkling wineCAVA4Down6 Ridiculous poser dials oaf in happy state of ignoranceFOOLSPARADISE13Down8 FrighteningFEARSOME8Down10 Soft furnishingsDRAPERY7Down12 SeafoodSCAMPI6Down13 Wayward prisoner locked up by MoINCONSTANT10Down13 Lovely twirling dance competition, on the beach perhapsVOLLEYBALL10Down15 Horse's gaitTROT4Down15 TrunkTORSO5Down16 By empty hall, reference back-flipping SportyATHLETIC8Down16 PermitPASS4Down17 European flower festivalEASTER6Down21 See 19 AcrossTHEMANWHOKNEWTOOMUCH20Down23 Wondrous stare from good monkeyGAPE4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, May 28, 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.