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The Independent Crossword May 6 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 6 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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Cry, as time short for rejigging study of the universe141 AcrossReveal answer → Old measure of length31 AcrossReveal answer → Boyfriend (Dated)43 AcrossReveal answer → Conductor unknown in Cuba49 AcrossReveal answer → Teacher59 AcrossReveal answer → Astonishing710 AcrossReveal answer → No substance protects unaccompanied medic1010 AcrossReveal answer → Out of date711 AcrossReveal answer → I ate carp, unfortunately with bad consequences811 AcrossReveal answer → Do not change income, essentially, for backing groups612 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy413 AcrossReveal answer → Incessant1114 AcrossReveal answer → Reason for illness, oddly, lies in Soho obsession1014 AcrossReveal answer → Orderly content to chaperone a therapist417 AcrossReveal answer → Solitary417 AcrossReveal answer → Listen to them fart endlessly418 AcrossReveal answer → Convent718 AcrossReveal answer → Shocked, calls business receiving millions1019 AcrossReveal answer → Boost sheep chased by young dog621 AcrossReveal answer → Control and make use of721 AcrossReveal answer → Civic dignitary522 AcrossReveal answer → What Santa did to get around greatly impressed, it's said823 AcrossReveal answer → Quarry424 AcrossReveal answer → British Rail director taking small measure is good idea1025 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy325 AcrossReveal answer → Give out terms of reference with no introduction427 AcrossReveal answer → Selfish spoilsport to prepare trap — those people infuriate1428 AcrossReveal answer →

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Additional runs61 DownReveal answer → Ignited32 DownReveal answer → Volcanic region around Etna hot and saline112 DownReveal answer → Summary concerning player in national team53 DownReveal answer → Ratified two companies welcoming new editor94 DownReveal answer → Being94 DownReveal answer → Oriental festival ending in altercation75 DownReveal answer → Strong impulse45 DownReveal answer → Basic accommodation's one good toilet?56 DownReveal answer → Region46 DownReveal answer → Harry tethering spanner, perhaps?97 DownReveal answer → Wife of a marquis117 DownReveal answer → Dance style68 DownReveal answer → Coyest nurses agreed38 DownReveal answer → Large open central area912 DownReveal answer → Right-winger, originally Trotskyist, that Blair, perhaps, welcomes1113 DownReveal answer → Stokes tricking Beefy915 DownReveal answer → Small hole615 DownReveal answer → Cross616 DownReveal answer → Husband to leave pet with mother in city916 DownReveal answer → Title419 DownReveal answer → Great footballer, I see, is saviour720 DownReveal answer → Golf shot420 DownReveal answer → Writer skirts around tree522 DownReveal answer → Affirmative answer323 DownReveal answer → Perhaps Zack Polanski about to probe data524 DownReveal answer → Staff cross, but half-heartedly326 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, May 6, 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.