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The Independent Crossword May 3 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 3 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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Impromptu101 AcrossReveal answer → Senior clergyman intimate with very becoming maidens78 AcrossReveal answer → ?68 AcrossReveal answer → Red wine69 AcrossReveal answer → European sleeps on Channel Tunnel line, going back79 AcrossReveal answer → Scotch added on drinks dad and I had910 AcrossReveal answer → See note810 AcrossReveal answer → Harry deprived of king's insignia511 AcrossReveal answer → Notion411 AcrossReveal answer → Part of bolt on doorframe painted round512 AcrossReveal answer → Human beings612 AcrossReveal answer → For real crime, Capone cleared out bank913 AcrossReveal answer → Bottoms up!614 AcrossReveal answer → Heroic term interchangeable with "Centre of roundabout west of Paris"1315 AcrossReveal answer → Blemish416 AcrossReveal answer → Practise818 AcrossReveal answer → British label on pants giving one away in German's house918 AcrossReveal answer → Serious620 AcrossReveal answer → Fish squirted water from mouths across river520 AcrossReveal answer → ?621 AcrossReveal answer → Separate intro for song on record521 AcrossReveal answer → Criterion1022 AcrossReveal answer → News in the paper concerning Republican in the soup923 AcrossReveal answer → Offer to cover tracks reflected trouble725 AcrossReveal answer → French drink tea with delight, mostly726 AcrossReveal answer →

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Difficult crossword arrived? Bugger, you might say101 DownReveal answer → Five Turkish and British commanders in Rover82 DownReveal answer → Honoured52 DownReveal answer → Reversible instrument43 DownReveal answer → Patio73 DownReveal answer → Miraculous nun is at God's disposal104 DownReveal answer → Racecourse54 DownReveal answer → Make use of75 DownReveal answer → Country walk with first half climbing attractive rock65 DownReveal answer → Distress signal56 DownReveal answer → Fierce wife is lady every so often46 DownReveal answer → Pointless67 DownReveal answer → Bright church strangely frightening67 DownReveal answer → Young animal had to enter cocoon68 DownReveal answer → Upstart713 DownReveal answer → Think a lot of groups ran past?1013 DownReveal answer → Editor's lead article in fact without substance1014 DownReveal answer → Live together714 DownReveal answer → Scamp615 DownReveal answer → Strong cold wind around island impaired hearing816 DownReveal answer → States positively upset, losing American accent617 DownReveal answer → ?517 DownReveal answer → ?518 DownReveal answer → Too near618 DownReveal answer → Pinny519 DownReveal answer → Reprimand headless chicken?619 DownReveal answer → End of manoeuvres in tank covering great area422 DownReveal answer → Lick a bit of expensive cappuccino up424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, May 3, 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.