The Independent Crossword May 30 2026 Answers

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Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 30 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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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Writing materialPAPER5Across1 Bombers essentially level city bordering lake without shameBRAZENLY8Across1 Body of waterSEA3Across4 Turn back women wearing jeansSWIVEL6Across5 Love affairROMANCE7Across8 Irish singer whose UK hit singles include Walk Tall and Elusive ButterflyVALDOONICAN11Across9 LeatherSUEDE5Across9 European doctors on hand for periods of withdrawalRETREATS8Across9 Tree-huggers fine revolutionary, unfortunatelyKOALAS6Across10 ConsequenceREPERCUSSION12Across10 Plant also called the African lilyAGAPANTHUS10Across11 Lived with the Spanish in outskirts of DetroitDWELT5Across12 Famous street artistBANKSY6Across12 Just starting remarkably nice pint after oneINCIPIENT9Across13 The maple genus of treesACER4Across13 Cut of beefRIBEYE6Across13 Great salmon river that forms the border between Scotland and England along part of its routeTWEED5Across14 Important reason for refusing service in restaurant?NOTABLE7Across14 DisableINCAPACITATE12Across15 Synthetic medical stimulant known as speedAMPHETAMINE11Across15 English actor whose TV roles include Harcourt in Edge of Darkness, Bert Large in Doc Martin and the herald in RomeIANMCNEICE10Across16 Anecdotes about extremely nondescript giftsTALENTS7Across16 CupidityGREED5Across17 Portuguese producer and DJ whose single Touch Me went to number one in the UK in 2001RUIDASILVA10Across17 Art formCOLLAGE7Across19 Passage emerging from former church run by discontented priestEXCERPT7Across19 American actor best known for playing Don Draper in Mad MenJONHAMM7Across19 US state whose capital is TallahasseeFLORIDA7Across20 Small vegetablePEA3Across20 Deep gorgeABYSS5Across21 Some surreal art simply reflected atmospheric phenomenonMISTRAL7Across21 Phil ___, American entertainer and comedy actor best known for playing Sergeant BilkoSILVERS7Across22 Daughter initially implied suspicious character is dog killer?DISTEMPER9Across22 Emptied bin filled with uncooked meatBRAWN5Across24 Ticket scam captivates pressCOUPON6Across25 Multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece who have won European titles in football, basketball, volleyball, water polo, wrestling and table tennisOLYMPIACOS10Across25 Decreased rent, to Spooner's eternal tormentHELLFIRE8Across26 Doubt misers regularly admitted responsibilitiesDUTIES6Across27 Former England cricket captain who overtook Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsmanCOLINCOWDREY12Across27 Fellow leaving attractive soprano inscriptionsETCHINGS8Across28 Decapod crustacean whose first pair of limbs are modified as pincersCRAB4Across28 1983 Lewis Gilbert film with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his stage playEDUCATINGRITA13Across30 The large black passerine bird Corvus frugilegusROOK4Across32 Prickly climbing plant of the genus Smilax with large aromatic roots and heart-shaped leavesSARSAPARILLA12Across34 British soldier who wrote The Seven Pillars of WisdomTELAWRENCE10Across37 Any of two or more atoms with the same atomic number that contain different numbers of neutronsISOTOPE7Across39 Hans ___, controversial German-born psychologist whose works include Uses and Abuses of PsychologyEYSENCK7Across40 Belgian port on the River ScheldtANTWERP7Across42 The umbelliferous fodder plant hogweed, also known as Indian celery, Indian rhubarb or pushkiCOWPARSNIP10Across45 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1927 orchestration of Tea for Two from the musical No, No, Nanette by Vincent YoumansTAHITITROT10Across46 Lead singer of Dawn who topped the singles charts with Knock Three Times and Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak TreeTONYORLANDO11Across48 Kenneth ___, actor who played the role of Jimmy Porter in the original production of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger in 1956HAIGH5Across50 In the Old Testament, the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wifeLEAH4Across51 The fourteenth studio album by REM, released in 2008ACCELERATE10Across52 American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose films include the 1992 comedy Mo' MoneyDAMONWAYANS11Across53

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Market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford that lies within the historic county boundaries of CheshireALTRINCHAM10Down1 Bachelor with no date gatecrashing weirdly arcane shindigBARNDANCE9Down1 HarbourPORT4Down1 Political entity in pre-Hispanic Mexico whose capital city was Tollan-XicocotitlanTOLTECEMPIRE12Down2 Genuine gold article conservationists originally insured comprehensivelyAUTHENTIC9Down2 Black breadPUMPERNICKEL12Down2 The fourth-longest river in Europe, known to the Greeks as the BorysthenesDNIEPER7Down3 Bail out of plane circling around south of SpainEJECT5Down3 Second-placed competitorsRUNNERSUP9Down3 Nickel steel alloy also known generically as FeNi36INVAR5Down4 Strip naked in backstreet toiletLATRINE7Down4 Bad smellSTENCH6Down4 Beast of burdenASS3Down5 1979 single by The Sugarhill Gang generally considered to be the song that first popularised hip hop in the United States and around the worldRAPPERSDELIGHT14Down5 US prisonPENITENTIARY12Down6 The capital of SurinamePARAMARIBO10Down6 Court finally seized stately home's fuel reservesWOODPILES9Down6 Regulating device found in retrieval vehicleVALVE5Down7 Small ornamental bag, typically used to hold sewing articlesETUI4Down7 Close-fitting hatBEANIE6Down7 Record in auditorium for composerLISZT5Down8 French author whose novels include Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in EightyJULESVERNE10Down8 Character in EastEnders who has been played by Emma Herry, Samantha Leigh Martin, Scarlett Alice Johnson and Alice HaigVICKIFOWLER11Down9 A supplement modifying a will or revoking some provision of itCODICIL7Down10 Minute amountSCINTILLA9Down11 Intelligence gatherer dismisses posh British nationalSCOT4Down11 First name of the character in Dynasty played by Joan CollinsALEXIS6Down12 Card gameBRIDGE6Down12 Spiny treeACACIA6Down14 Beating GOP rebel with a big stick!BARGEPOLE9Down15 ChargesFEES4Down16 Telling state to protect a reporter on vacationNARRATION9Down17 PlungeDIP3Down18 Aboard ship, decorator without a harnessing line shiversSPLINTERS9Down18 Pseudonym of a well-known French urban artist whose work is modelled on the crude pixellation of 8-bit video gamesINVADER7Down18 Mistake blood group in reportTYPO4Down20 Musical ornament mentor modified to conceal diamondsMORDENT7Down21 American actress, producer and TV host who made her film debut as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters' 1988 film HairsprayRICKILAKE9Down21 Given the chop, investigators turned on journalistDICED5Down22 Posed entertaining question, in shortSQUAT5Down23 A person who calculates insurance risks and premiumsACTUARY7Down23 Stadium that is home to Liverpool FCANFIELD7Down24 Spew black lies, oddly about SwitzerlandBELCH5Down24 English painter noted especially for his paintings of Christ in a contemporary English settingSTANLEYSPENCER14Down26 1966 single by The Hollies written by future 10cc member Graham GouldmanBUSSTOP7Down29 Major Egyptian construction project on the River Nile completed in 1970ASWANHIGHDAM12Down31 Viennese composer of operettas such as The Chocolate SoldierOSCARSTRAUS11Down33 Poem written by Horace c. 19 BC and first translated into English in 1566 by Thomas DrantARSPOETICA10Down35 Song by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre which was a hit for Anita Bryant in 1960 and for Marie Osmond in 1973PAPERROSES10Down36 English artist, illustrator, author, and poet best known for The Owl and the PussycatEDWARDLEAR10Down38 Town in Kent on the River Medway that formerly had a royal naval dockyardCHATHAM7Down41 ITV franchise holder for the East of England, responsible for the TV programme Sale of the CenturyANGLIA6Down43 2015 animated film featuring creatures from the Despicable Me filmsMINIONS7Down44 Character in the Toy Story films voiced by Tom HanksWOODY5Down47 Russian for 'no'NYET4Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 30, 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.