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The Independent Crossword May 7 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 62 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 7 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Supplies hose to cover end of street61 AcrossReveal answer → Flying insect31 AcrossReveal answer → Repairs53 AcrossReveal answer → Vintage Popeye in film recording that needs to be refined84 AcrossReveal answer → Fighter78 AcrossReveal answer → Leg bone59 AcrossReveal answer → Period of time410 AcrossReveal answer → Organic bananas repelling Mr Munro?910 AcrossReveal answer → Recklessly determined811 AcrossReveal answer → Starts to look enquiringly at Keir Starmer's dodgy briefings511 AcrossReveal answer → Answer negative from Macron immediately412 AcrossReveal answer → Turbulence until embraced by very old non-clerics1013 AcrossReveal answer → Study of flight1113 AcrossReveal answer → Privileged individual jailed, back in Dartmoor716 AcrossReveal answer → Narrow passage816 AcrossReveal answer → Retired in Toulouse, D'Artagnan deals in financial products617 AcrossReveal answer → Clothes (Informal)418 AcrossReveal answer → My clue shocked college621 AcrossReveal answer → Venomous snake521 AcrossReveal answer → Free time722 AcrossReveal answer → Rustic523 AcrossReveal answer → Consume324 AcrossReveal answer → Bear periodically brash pompous official724 AcrossReveal answer → My pro unit arranged bribery1025 AcrossReveal answer → Reptile beginning to chase enormous bird428 AcrossReveal answer → Maltreat stand-in brought round in A&E530 AcrossReveal answer → Connery's identical, to a smaller extent brazen931 AcrossReveal answer → Small fish tail from pilchard is hot accompaniment832 AcrossReveal answer → Mum runs drug shop in America633 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cast actors in charge of teaching method81 DownReveal answer → Bombardment71 DownReveal answer → Way out42 DownReveal answer → Fatefully, oxygen present in O- likely discharged92 DownReveal answer → Maim83 DownReveal answer → Philosophical German soldier supporting King43 DownReveal answer → Exalted54 DownReveal answer → Fierce diatribe about current measure75 DownReveal answer → Sparse65 DownReveal answer → Not at home46 DownReveal answer → Husband opening food store in megacity56 DownReveal answer → Fine beer served up for African resident57 DownReveal answer → Impossible to rectify117 DownReveal answer → Vigorous appetite, yen58 DownReveal answer → Reportedly ready for American anguish69 DownReveal answer → Hairstyle812 DownReveal answer → Lawn game714 DownReveal answer → Boy unsheathed sword314 DownReveal answer → Tool615 DownReveal answer → Papers eviscerated leftie disliking work415 DownReveal answer → Madagascan primate517 DownReveal answer → Swear nothing concealed by Head of Audi (German car firm)418 DownReveal answer → Look for419 DownReveal answer → Remember wee Kenny securing a fast time?919 DownReveal answer → Strong and solid ending for Babes in the Wood820 DownReveal answer → Widespread420 DownReveal answer → Vehicle air-conditioning turned on, heading for Rye322 DownReveal answer → In Germany with little sister, occupied by ordinary division of cells723 DownReveal answer → Pair from Australia caught importing advanced drug624 DownReveal answer → Boorish character, vacuous idiot525 DownReveal answer → A few drinks and a sandwich526 DownReveal answer → Turn over page, captivated by Dune novel527 DownReveal answer → Newspaper article featuring European cheese429 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, May 7, 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.