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The Independent Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 8 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 58 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Letter from largely grim French navy?DOUBLEU7Across1 River at SunderlandWEAR4Across1 Money (Slang)DOUGH5Across3 Ordinary brown rolls, characteristic of country life, unopenedNATURAL7Across5 AncestryLINEAGE7Across8 Stair partRISER5Across9 Both sides in turn quickly succumbing to very strong smellWHIFF5Across9 Wretched Rishi not a man to focus on the past?HISTORIAN9Across10 BeginningONSET5Across10 Rather rude, panted in auditoriumBLUE4Across11 V-shaped stripeCHEVRON7Across11 Medical procedure that Yankee's afterXRAY4Across12 Thin wrapping materialTISSUEPAPER11Across12 With only intermittent availability, call Virgin associateALIGN5Across13 Director's visit cut short, difficult personal problem having intrudedATTENBOROUGH12Across15 MoreoverBESIDES7Across16 Magical spiritGENIE5Across18 To improve perceptions of Barking, I'm initially going statesideDESTIGMATISE12Across19 DistributeALLOT5Across20 ComponentELEMENT7Across21 Compass pointNORTH5Across22 Teacher returns clutching heads of lettuce and edible nettlesRILES5Across22 Sea bird shelled seedERNE4Across23 River at NewcastleTYNE4Across23 Handle wiping the backside of Robbie SavageWILD4Across24 Exhausted, stopped noticing surroundings around end of walkZONKEDOUT9Across26 Ground near the BordersEARTH5Across27 Unbelievable new tutor transformed EnglishNOTTRUE7Across28 Unblemished and trusted student about to suffer a setbackPERFECT7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Gloomy and stressed noteDOWNBEAT8Down1 TreeWILLOW6Down1 Being everywhere, you heard I'm leaving for love of boyUBIQUITY8Down2 Female relativesAUNTS5Down2 Energy vital if expecting cuddlesLIFE4Down3 Mournful songDIRGE5Down3 Escorts away American and others staggering across universityUSHERSOUT9Down4 Rapid riseUPSURGE7Down4 Awful hospital's withdrawn therapy following dischargeNASTY5Down5 Wading birdHERON5Down5 Taking over trashy mag, failed poetTHOMASGRAY10Down6 Spiny plantCACTUS6Down6 Slowly cooking peeled fruitRAISIN6Down7 Favoured pupilTEACHERSPET11Down7 Inside covering Labour's leader, popular in government?LINING6Down8 Narrow-mindedINSULAR7Down13 FishermanANGLER6Down14 Awkward handling dentures drunk exposed hereUNDERSTEER10Down14 SofaSETTEE6Down15 Device for musician fighting angst during poor broadcastORGANSTOP9Down16 Physical strengthBRAWN5Down16 Language of the NetherlandsDUTCH5Down17 Fine fancy lingerie needs navy laceworkFILIGREE8Down17 Portrait of senior teacher's attractiveHEADSHOT8Down18 Very poorNEEDY5Down19 Love cycling in France and Norway's ArcticFROZEN6Down20 Freedom of movement curtailed by remaining 27?PLANET6Down21 Cause grieving blokes get in their heartsEVOKE5Down23 Way to avoid fool's abuseJEER4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 8, 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.