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The Independent Crossword May 5 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 5 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
A little bit cut from start of unpleasant film after one PM in IndiaMODICUM7Across1 Small hole in the skinPORE4Across1 Badly offPOOR4Across3 Math in Cambridge University one's caught copyingMIMETIC7Across5 RAF officerGROUPCAPTAIN12Across7 Cause to tiltTIP3Across8 Skin's outer layerEPIDERMIS9Across9 Permission to depart for holidayLEAVE5Across9 Fake Tales of San Francisco echo in song. Alex Turner originally arranged ...FANTASIES9Across10 ... Dancing Shoes track and treats ...SHORTCAKES10Across11 ... high part in vocal tonallyALTO4Across12 Soup dishTUREEN6Across12 Not translucentOPAQUE6Across13 A Certain Romance is next to be mixed to get disc rightTHENOTEBOOK11Across14 Means of paymentDEBITCARD9Across16 TypeILK3Across18 Like a rebel, Andy Nicholson initially has his go in Arctic ...ANARCHISTIC11Across18 Type of busDOUBLEDECKER12Across19 Violent personTHUG4Across21 ... Monkeys' first appearance. Topping the bill, the gents dominateLOOM4Across21 RemainSTAY4Across22 How extremely capable girl's reconnected small wooferWELSHCORGI10Across22 Dung cart I upset causing smearingTRADUCING9Across25 Norfolk estuary, indefinitely flooded?AWASH5Across26 Listen! In case it's not finished, they'll produce stuff to feed 21 in IndiaCHARKAS7Across27 Is Mardy Bum to make tens of thousands?MYRIADS7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
It's difficult having Scottish island seafood filletedMULISH6Down1 ThrivePROSPER7Down1 Narcos got head of family of 4. That's absolutely right!DEADON6Down2 Act as a proxy forREPRESENT9Down2 Plant containerPOT3Down3 How did Cane make ane mickle pickle?CLEFTSTICK10Down3 Mob. 1-1-0-1000 dialled upMAFIA5Down4 Narcotic drugOPIUM5Down4 Dude! Please leave some vegetables!MANGETOUT9Down5 Worked upAGITATED8Down5 Room on a shipCABIN5Down6 Seemingly hungry chap gives a whimper!MOAN4Down6 One having a dozen donuts? That's a lot, even for Brits these days!TRILLION8Down7 Long robes from C&A worn over short stockingsCASSOCKS8Down8 AppropriateEXPEDIENT9Down10 Soft shoes (US)SNEAKERS8Down11 Carry cold and hot tea inside something handy for a seaside picnicBEACHCHAIR10Down13 RapidlyQUICKLY7Down14 Desert animalCAMEL5Down15 They may require medicines essentially injected into the skin right awayEPIDEMICS9Down15 Drunkenly call "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" like thisBALLETIC8Down16 CubicleBOOTH5Down17 The View from the Afternoon, one's grabbing coat, leaving at the endPANORAMA8Down17 To supply a department requires a lot of shippingARMADA6Down19 ImploreBEG3Down20 Matches at night need themLIGHTS6Down20 What centurion used to cover face when wrapped upSAGUM5Down23 When the Sun Goes Down single's number 1 in this countryDUSK4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, May 5, 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.