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The Independent Crossword May 31 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 31 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
?61 AcrossReveal answer → Substitute second one of three Shakespearean sisters61 AcrossReveal answer → Amble65 AcrossReveal answer → Outside in deluge, fellow gets drier in the car85 AcrossReveal answer → Unrestricted liberty of action88 AcrossReveal answer → ?49 AcrossReveal answer → Dangerous building's engineers caught by appropriate criminal charge89 AcrossReveal answer → Frozen rain410 AcrossReveal answer → Plenty breaking the law610 AcrossReveal answer → Refrain from voting711 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor photos including bottom, prick and leg1411 AcrossReveal answer → Rose planted in west-facing flower garden412 AcrossReveal answer → Thereby (Latin)912 AcrossReveal answer → Gold fried tortilla filled by Romeo the Italian way1014 AcrossReveal answer → See note717 AcrossReveal answer → Slow and careful French composer reduced tempo1017 AcrossReveal answer → ?419 AcrossReveal answer → Strand unwound from ball left on court419 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor's cleverer friend treated more shell shock1420 AcrossReveal answer → Colour420 AcrossReveal answer → ?821 AcrossReveal answer → Feel sorry about622 AcrossReveal answer → Mother with 50p, say, brought back root vegetable623 AcrossReveal answer → Almost623 AcrossReveal answer → Old pope inside rather than outside church, and disrobed824 AcrossReveal answer → Attitude I assume is Olympian825 AcrossReveal answer → US et al organised simultaneous gunfire, say626 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Obvious trail grew blurred92 DownReveal answer → Cerumen62 DownReveal answer → Children anxious when putting electronics together53 DownReveal answer → Perfect53 DownReveal answer → Huge museum valued old stuff, bagging millions94 DownReveal answer → Herb74 DownReveal answer → 500 pies to supply store75 DownReveal answer → Body cavity55 DownReveal answer → Our team runs after flash vehicle driven on the pitch?56 DownReveal answer → Dependent76 DownReveal answer → Welfare services in Worcestershire going up, an alarming figure97 DownReveal answer → Voice box67 DownReveal answer → What some pappardelle at Enzo's might be?58 DownReveal answer → Spooner's low-alcohol champagne perhaps driver's limit913 DownReveal answer → Trailblazer713 DownReveal answer → Skilled worker714 DownReveal answer → Boiling southern trip915 DownReveal answer → A dozen615 DownReveal answer → Car fuel616 DownReveal answer → Flip deep-fried pastry, pinching runny nose916 DownReveal answer → Aspect518 DownReveal answer → Sell uranium which military operation has seized718 DownReveal answer → Brazilian dance519 DownReveal answer → Hot-tub party being made sexless520 DownReveal answer → Sensible group of investigators has uncovered clue first521 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic that's laughter-inducing, about to be inhaled522 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, May 31, 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.