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The Independent Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 8 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
Letter from largely grim French navy?71 AcrossReveal answer → River at Sunderland41 AcrossReveal answer → Money (Slang)53 AcrossReveal answer → Ordinary brown rolls, characteristic of country life, unopened75 AcrossReveal answer → Ancestry78 AcrossReveal answer → Stair part59 AcrossReveal answer → Both sides in turn quickly succumbing to very strong smell59 AcrossReveal answer → Wretched Rishi not a man to focus on the past?910 AcrossReveal answer → Beginning510 AcrossReveal answer → Rather rude, panted in auditorium411 AcrossReveal answer → V-shaped stripe711 AcrossReveal answer → Medical procedure that Yankee's after412 AcrossReveal answer → Thin wrapping material1112 AcrossReveal answer → With only intermittent availability, call Virgin associate513 AcrossReveal answer → Director's visit cut short, difficult personal problem having intruded1215 AcrossReveal answer → Moreover716 AcrossReveal answer → Magical spirit518 AcrossReveal answer → To improve perceptions of Barking, I'm initially going stateside1219 AcrossReveal answer → Distribute520 AcrossReveal answer → Component721 AcrossReveal answer → Compass point522 AcrossReveal answer → Teacher returns clutching heads of lettuce and edible nettles522 AcrossReveal answer → Sea bird shelled seed423 AcrossReveal answer → River at Newcastle423 AcrossReveal answer → Handle wiping the backside of Robbie Savage424 AcrossReveal answer → Exhausted, stopped noticing surroundings around end of walk926 AcrossReveal answer → Ground near the Borders527 AcrossReveal answer → Unbelievable new tutor transformed English728 AcrossReveal answer → Unblemished and trusted student about to suffer a setback729 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Gloomy and stressed note81 DownReveal answer → Tree61 DownReveal answer → Being everywhere, you heard I'm leaving for love of boy82 DownReveal answer → Female relatives52 DownReveal answer → Energy vital if expecting cuddles43 DownReveal answer → Mournful song53 DownReveal answer → Escorts away American and others staggering across university94 DownReveal answer → Rapid rise74 DownReveal answer → Awful hospital's withdrawn therapy following discharge55 DownReveal answer → Wading bird55 DownReveal answer → Taking over trashy mag, failed poet106 DownReveal answer → Spiny plant66 DownReveal answer → Slowly cooking peeled fruit67 DownReveal answer → Favoured pupil117 DownReveal answer → Inside covering Labour's leader, popular in government?68 DownReveal answer → Narrow-minded713 DownReveal answer → Fisherman614 DownReveal answer → Awkward handling dentures drunk exposed here1014 DownReveal answer → Sofa615 DownReveal answer → Device for musician fighting angst during poor broadcast916 DownReveal answer → Physical strength516 DownReveal answer → Language of the Netherlands517 DownReveal answer → Fine fancy lingerie needs navy lacework817 DownReveal answer → Portrait of senior teacher's attractive818 DownReveal answer → Very poor519 DownReveal answer → Love cycling in France and Norway's Arctic620 DownReveal answer → Freedom of movement curtailed by remaining 27?621 DownReveal answer → Cause grieving blokes get in their hearts523 DownReveal answer → Way to avoid fool's abuse425 DownReveal answer →

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