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The Independent Crossword May 4 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 4 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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Serene massage involves cleansing processes61 AcrossReveal answer → Complete51 AcrossReveal answer → Lift (a hat)44 AcrossReveal answer → Method applied by swimmer84 AcrossReveal answer → Not sanctioned127 AcrossReveal answer → Statement of beliefs59 AcrossReveal answer → Pick up complaint on vessel, getting chest pain910 AcrossReveal answer → Skimpy underwear item710 AcrossReveal answer → Queen to feel poorly and lose heart511 AcrossReveal answer → Respond611 AcrossReveal answer → Art graduate finally got uniform paint finish312 AcrossReveal answer → Show off national treasure’s privates1113 AcrossReveal answer → Accounts book613 AcrossReveal answer → Ruin découpage - fine artist gutted614 AcrossReveal answer → Good to leave swollen toe unit - that’s obvious716 AcrossReveal answer → Angered716 AcrossReveal answer → Arc518 AcrossReveal answer → Weary and overweight, I suppose not having any seconds719 AcrossReveal answer → Incoherent1220 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel ordered bachelor to leave unseen620 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of heredity421 AcrossReveal answer → Each522 AcrossReveal answer → Rector’s fund repaired crypts1122 AcrossReveal answer → Reduction in leak from tap – water ultimately drained325 AcrossReveal answer → Severe German adjudicators overturned referee’s conclusion526 AcrossReveal answer → Tried unsuccessfully to go around Baltic city flooded with water927 AcrossReveal answer → Ensemble on time for event828 AcrossReveal answer → Skywalker too arrogant initially, gaining sister and balance in the Force?629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fabric structure51 DownReveal answer → Bring up former lover, Northern Irish politician61 DownReveal answer → Result72 DownReveal answer → Law bringing back tool of corporal punishment - people taken in by empty threat92 DownReveal answer → Sufficient63 DownReveal answer → Central American once held in Alcatraz, technically53 DownReveal answer → Stray54 DownReveal answer → See 9D285 DownReveal answer → Sensation75 DownReveal answer → Sought adventure amidst long grass96 DownReveal answer → Bought96 DownReveal answer → Athletic Bard taking in area around Grand Canyon - wow!57 DownReveal answer → Problems in birdwatching hut’s sloping surface88 DownReveal answer → Resentful98 DownReveal answer → Heat not off hero yet - Putin firing indiscriminately as things go from bad to worse289 DownReveal answer → Unusual712 DownReveal answer → Rule out714 DownReveal answer → Sees anger somehow as enthusiasm915 DownReveal answer → Regard with respect615 DownReveal answer → Overeat517 DownReveal answer → Tales told about Midlands conference venue - ecstasy dropped into …917 DownReveal answer → … elderflower fizz for union leaders – giggling at first, journalist was beaming818 DownReveal answer → Prepared519 DownReveal answer → Euros accepted by special advisors in Westminster – they help dig up dirt621 DownReveal answer → Rapper Dr Dre’s latest (featuring Akon) not working523 DownReveal answer → Attraction of evening swapping partners524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, May 4, 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.