The Independent Crossword May 4 2026 Answers
Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 4 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 54 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Serene massage involves cleansing processesENEMAS6Across1
CompleteWHOLE5Across1
Lift (a hat)DOFF4Across4
Method applied by swimmerAPPROACH8Across4
Not sanctionedUNAUTHORISED12Across7
Statement of beliefsCREDO5Across9
Pick up complaint on vessel, getting chest painHEARTBURN9Across10
Skimpy underwear itemGSTRING7Across10
Queen to feel poorly and lose heartQUAIL5Across11
RespondANSWER6Across11
Art graduate finally got uniform paint finishMAT3Across12
Show off national treasure’s privatesCROWNJEWELS11Across13
Accounts bookLEDGER6Across13
Ruin découpage - fine artist guttedDEFEAT6Across14
Good to leave swollen toe unit - that’s obviousOUTWARD7Across16
AngeredENRAGED7Across16
ArcCURVE5Across18
Weary and overweight, I suppose not having any secondsFATIGUE7Across19
IncoherentINARTICULATE12Across20
Hotel ordered bachelor to leave unseenHIDDEN6Across20
Unit of heredityGENE4Across21
EachEVERY5Across22
Rector’s fund repaired cryptsUNDERCROFTS11Across22
Reduction in leak from tap – water ultimately drainedDIP3Across25
Severe German adjudicators overturned referee’s conclusionGRAVE5Across26
Tried unsuccessfully to go around Baltic city flooded with waterIRRIGATED9Across27
Ensemble on time for eventDRESSAGE8Across28
Skywalker too arrogant initially, gaining sister and balance in the Force?STASIS6Across29
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fabric structureWEAVE5Down1
Bring up former lover, Northern Irish politicianEXHUME6Down1
ResultOUTCOME7Down2
Law bringing back tool of corporal punishment - people taken in by empty threatENACTMENT9Down2
SufficientENOUGH6Down3
Central American once held in Alcatraz, technicallyAZTEC5Down3
StrayDRIFT5Down4
See 9DOUTOFTHEFRYINGPANINTOTHEFIRE28Down5
SensationFEELING7Down5
Sought adventure amidst long grassREQUESTED9Down6
BoughtPURCHASED9Down6
Athletic Bard taking in area around Grand Canyon - wow!AMAZE5Down7
Problems in birdwatching hut’s sloping surfaceHILLSIDE8Down8
ResentfulAGGRIEVED9Down8
Heat not off hero yet - Putin firing indiscriminately as things go from bad to worseOUTOFTHEFRYINGPANINTOTHEFIRE28Down9
UnusualSTRANGE7Down12
Rule outEXCLUDE7Down14
Sees anger somehow as enthusiasmEAGERNESS9Down15
Regard with respectADMIRE6Down15
OvereatGORGE5Down17
Tales told about Midlands conference venue - ecstasy dropped into …ANECDOTES9Down17
… elderflower fizz for union leaders – giggling at first, journalist was beamingEFFULGED8Down18
PreparedREADY5Down19
Euros accepted by special advisors in Westminster – they help dig up dirtSPADES6Down21
Rapper Dr Dre’s latest (featuring Akon) not workingDRAKE5Down23
Attraction of evening swapping partnersSIGHT5Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, May 4, 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.