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The Independent Crossword May 31 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 31 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 53 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#
?MERINO6Across1 Substitute second one of three Shakespearean sistersSWITCH6Across1 AmbleSTROLL6Across5 Outside in deluge, fellow gets drier in the carDEMISTER8Across5 Unrestricted liberty of actionFREEREIN8Across8 ?LARD4Across9 Dangerous building's engineers caught by appropriate criminal chargeFIRETRAP8Across9 Frozen rainHAIL4Across10 Plenty breaking the lawWEALTH6Across10 Refrain from votingABSTAIN7Across11 Doctor photos including bottom, prick and legPLASTICSURGEON14Across11 Rose planted in west-facing flower gardenGREW4Across12 Thereby (Latin)IPSOFACTO9Across12 Gold fried tortilla filled by Romeo the Italian wayAUTOSTRADA10Across14 See noteWOOLFAT7Across17 Slow and careful French composer reduced tempoDELIBERATE10Across17 ?SUET4Across19 Strand unwound from ball left on courtWOOL4Across19 Doctor's cleverer friend treated more shell shockSHERLOCKHOLMES14Across20 ColourBLUE4Across20 ?CASHMERE8Across21 Feel sorry aboutREGRET6Across22 Mother with 50p, say, brought back root vegetableMANIOC6Across23 AlmostNEARLY6Across23 Old pope inside rather than outside church, and disrobedINNOCENT8Across24 Attitude I assume is OlympianPOSEIDON8Across25 US et al organised simultaneous gunfire, saySALUTE6Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Obvious trail grew blurredWRITLARGE9Down2 CerumenEARWAX6Down2 Children anxious when putting electronics togetherTEENS5Down3 PerfectIDEAL5Down3 Huge museum valued old stuff, bagging millionsHERMITAGE9Down4 HerbOREGANO7Down4 500 pies to supply storeDEPOSIT7Down5 Body cavitySINUS5Down5 Our team runs after flash vehicle driven on the pitch?MOWER5Down6 DependentRELIANT7Down6 Welfare services in Worcestershire going up, an alarming figureSCARECROW9Down7 Voice boxLARYNX6Down7 What some pappardelle at Enzo's might be?EATEN5Down8 Spooner's low-alcohol champagne perhaps driver's limitWHITELINE9Down13 TrailblazerPIONEER7Down13 Skilled workerARTISAN7Down14 Boiling southern tripSEETHINGS9Down15 A dozenTWELVE6Down15 Car fuelPETROL6Down16 Flip deep-fried pastry, pinching runny noseDOONESNUT9Down16 AspectFACET5Down18 Sell uranium which military operation has seizedAUCTION7Down18 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down19 Hot-tub party being made sexlessSPADO5Down20 Sensible group of investigators has uncovered clue firstLUCID5Down21 Anaesthetic that's laughter-inducing, about to be inhaledLOCAL5Down22

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