The Independent Crossword May 29 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 29 2026 answers. The Friday 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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InletBAY3Across1 Plant partROOT4Across3 Conclusively, for goodONCEANDFORALL13Across8 Heavy shoe enclosing sheer garmentsCLOTHING8Across8 Male duckDRAKE5Across9 Dried food is submerged in waterRAISIN6Across9 One repeatedly interrupts Australian band, generating sharp response?ACIDIC6Across10 HeartfeltEARNEST7Across10 Disliking Liberal’s pledge in GovernmentLOATHING8Across11 AccidentMISHAP6Across11 Scoundrel, after a lot of funny stuff, returned in charge of a sort of GovernmentDEMOCRATIC10Across12 Turning pointCRISIS6Across13 Stack building items, removing first and lastRICK4Across14 Exhausted soils within forest, say, providing shockTRESSES7Across16 Not one or the otherNEITHER7Across16 Visitor having time off - she’s dodging husband’s suggestions?GUESSES7Across17 Tropical fruitGUAVA5Across18 Ban from a churchEXCOMMUNICATE13Across20 Soccer team backed bringing in that chap, top man in hot surroundings?CHEF4Across20 BorderEDGE4Across21 Finished refrain in swampOVERBURDEN10Across22 Very warmHOT3Across22 Following Frenchmen in France he gets covered in earth with a sticky feelCLAMMILY8Across23 Surprised comment about world leader yielding power in rebellionMUTINY6Across25 Flower trouble kept returningDAHLIA6Across26 Depth? Start to relish one board game involving knightRICHNESS8Across27

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Deliberately obstructiveBLOODYMINDED12Down1 Some nonsense about racket that’s carved up fertile groundBLACKEARTH10Down1 House plantYUCCA5Down2 Macho guy promises on paper to be intellectual?STUDIOUS8Down2 Steering apparatusRUDDER6Down3 Detective receiving cut, having secured second data storage itemDISC4Down3 Swiftness shown by father, out of delicacyAGILITY7Down4 SmellODOUR5Down4 Ready with odd book about origin of computer navigational aidBREADCRUMB10Down5 Photographic deviceCAMERA6Down5 Spot that woman’s instrumentZITHER6Down6 FondleCARESS6Down6 Prominent figure elevating new energy sourceLION4Down7 Part of the BibleOLDTESTAMENT12Down7 On-off deviceSWITCH6Down12 Broadcast their carol, requiring no response?RHETORICAL10Down13 RecoverREGAIN6Down14 Chapter not so much about French writer’s skillCLEVERNESS10Down15 Game birdGROUSE6Down15 MoistHUMID5Down17 Mostly cancel insignificant investigationSCRUTINY8Down18 SwampedAWASH5Down19 US city’s year satisfactory with Republican brought in after big city upsetNEWYORK7Down19 French boyfriend engaged in surreptitious relationsFAMILY6Down21 Hopeless, after Bishop released stuff not meant for release?LEAK4Down24 Mark has excellent staffMACE4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 29, 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.