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The Independent Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 9 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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#
SignifiedMEANT5Across1 MineralORE3Across4 Travel permitVISA4Across7 Not typicalABNORMAL8Across8 One name I attempt is name of architectINIGO5Across9 Make ineligibleDISQUALIFY10Across9 Leader of Solidarity who won the 1983 Nobel peace prizeLECHWALESA10Across10 Growth of rock, with wind instrument if something in vogueSAXIFRAGE9Across10 Parliament following party lines? It’s just a plaything for Trump's peopleDOLLHOUSE9Across11 The world's first virtual mobile network, acquired by Vodafone in 1996PEOPLESPHONE12Across12 Eastern light reveals antelopeELAND5Across12 Living roomLOUNGE6Across12 Bird of preyFALCON6Across13 Supports reverting to stocking sources of woodFOOTRESTS9Across13 Small port in NE Libya taken from the Italians by the British in January 1941TOBRUK6Across14 Unsuitable function I recalled hosting PresidentINAPT5Across15 In Norse mythology, a dwarf who possessed a treasure hoard, which was stolen by LokiANDVARI7Across15 Me (Informal)YOURSTRULY10Across15 Dismiss the necessary four from Berlin, not fiveCASHIER7Across16 Singer who had a top ten hit with Stop! in 1989SAMBROWN8Across16 1975 David Bowie single that appeared on the Station to Station album the following yearGOLDENYEARS11Across17 Request acceptable - one may get a flowerBEGONIA7Across18 ImproperUNTOWARD8Across18 1984 debut album by Nik KershawHUMANRACING11Across19 Long and limpLANK4Across20 Cast out material, completely out of timeEXILE5Across20 In additionTOO3Across21 Something after work? Go with gentlemanWEEKNIGHT9Across22 Senior memberDOYEN5Across22 1985 Peter Weir film starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillisWITNESS7Across23 A literary or archaic name for ChinaCATHAY6Across24 English comedian associated with EmuRODHULL7Across25 Former area supplying Italian foodPASTA5Across25 Self-centred, say, regarding hearing? One’s tense insideEGOTISTIC9Across26 The largest US stateALASKA6Across27 No railway covers the route initially going from London to Edinburgh?NORTHERLY9Across28 Funeral song to stop incorporating reflection of old KingDIRGE5Across29 Asiatic tree of the genus Pogostemon, the leaves of which yield a fragrant oilPATCHOULI9Across29 Jean ___, 17th-century French poet and dramatist whose plays include Andromaque and PhèdreRACINE6Across30 The fifth studio album by King Crimson, released in 1973LARKSTONGUESINASPIC19Across31 The capital of ColombiaBOGOTA6Across36 The state capital of MinnesotaSAINTPAUL9Across38 The spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court and some other educational establishmentsHILARY6Across40 The testis of a male fish filled with mature spermSOFTROE7Across41 A papal ambassador to a foreign government or courtNUNCIO6Across42 1959 Top Ten hit for Neil Sedaka, co-written with Howard GreenfieldOHCAROL7Across43 Former LibDem MP for Montgomeryshire who was President of the Howard League for Penal Reform from 2006 to 2013ALEXCARLILE11Across46 Charity founded in 1986 by Richard Curtis and Lenny HenryCOMICRELIEF11Across47 Winter Olympic event that combines rifle shooting and cross-country skiingBIATHLON8Across49 Infectious disease named from the belief that the disease was caused by the unwholesome air in swampy districtsMALARIA7Across52 City that is the capital of the province of Overijsseland in the NetherlandsZWOLLE6Across53 American actor who died of a drug overdose in 1993RIVERPHOENIX12Across55 English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of FrostDAVIDJASON10Across56

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Family fare, fine to some extentKINDOF6Down1 Roman emperor born Lucius Domitius AhenobarbusNERO4Down1 Female servantMAID4Down1 Almost exploit rugby team for vast wealthMILLIONS8Down2 Richard Brinsley ___, Irish dramatist whose works include The Rivals and School for ScandalSHERIDAN8Down2 ForsakeABANDON7Down2 Look after article in flipping memoryMOTHER6Down3 The very large plankton-eating fish Cetorhinus maximus, also called a sailfishBASKINGSHARK12Down3 Short-livedTRANSIENT9Down3 Elevated exercise involving a Biblical characterESAU4Down4 PossessOWN3Down4 English writer best known for The Darling Buds of MayHEBATES7Down4 Small marine fish of the herring family, widely caught for food and fish productsSPRAT5Down5 Sign upENROL5Down5 Ready to supply more? Bet sex line will be busyEXTENSIBLE10Down5 The first of Slade's six UK number one singlesCOZILUVYOU10Down6 Yellow spiceSAFFRON7Down6 Leaving group after ultimately futile sacrificeOFFERING8Down6 2008 winner of the BBC's Helen Rollason Award who played rugby for Bristol and England and cricket for GloucestershireALASTAIRHIGNELL15Down7 Embargo on articles - fruit?BANANA6Down7 The Norse god of thunderTHOR4Down8 Feud: old soldier cheers, welcoming conclusionVENDETTA8Down8 1983 Billy Bragg song that became a hit single when covered by Kirsty MacColl the next yearANEWENGLAND11Down9 BaselessUNFOUNDED9Down10 Village in Berkshire that was the starting point of marches organised by the Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentALDERMASTON11Down11 Perfumed liquidCOLOGNE7Down11 Singer and songwriter who represented the UK in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with Space ManSAMRYDER8Down13 FaithfulnessLOYALTY7Down14 Fruit, green and black, wrapped in small sort of clothSTRAWBERRY10Down14 Chromium enduring, not potassium? Suspicious behaviourCREEPING8Down16 PerchROOST5Down16 SoonANON4Down17 Winter sports vehicle rebuilt in each cityICEYACHT8Down17 Old World songbird with a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumageORIOLE6Down18 FussADO3Down19 Trivial political figure, overlooked by a hitman after turning upNUGATORY8Down19 See 13SAMRYDER8Down20 River in central Canada that rises in Saskatchewan and flows east through several lakes to Hudson BayCHURCHILL9Down21 French very upset following popular addition to magazine?INSERT6Down21 1963 Robert Wise horror film starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson and Russ TamblynTHEHAUNTING11Down22 Divine females are entering new conveniencesNAIADS6Down23 Mostly offensive, wrapped in offensive labelTICKET6Down24 1956 song written by Jay Hawkins that has been covered by artists such as Nina Simone, The Alan Price Set, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bryan FerryIPUTASPELLONYOU15Down26 Gemstone? Never picked up unknown quantitiesONYX4Down27 In J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, a horse of Rohan that no one except Gandalf could rideSHADOWFAX9Down28 The former name for Katowice from 1953 to 1956STALINOGROD11Down32 Legendary Persian queen who was the storyteller in the One Thousand and One NightsSCHEHERAZADE12Down33 Inflammation of small masses of lymphatic tissue situated on each side of the back of the mouthTONSILLITIS11Down34 An electronic valve with three electrodesTRIODE6Down35 The main vessel in the arterial networkAORTA5Down37 Author who created James BondIANFLEMING10Down39 1991 hit single by Lisa StansfieldALLWOMAN8Down44 A mollusc of the class Pelecypoda, which includes clams, cockles, oysters and musselsBIVALVE7Down45 Virtual assistant developed by AmazonALEXA5Down48 Female forename that comes from the Greek word for goddessTHEA4Down50 Body part to which the adjective labial relatesLIP3Down51 Asian country whose capital is VientianeLAOS4Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 9, 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.