The Independent Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 110 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 9 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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Signified51 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral34 AcrossReveal answer → Travel permit47 AcrossReveal answer → Not typical88 AcrossReveal answer → One name I attempt is name of architect59 AcrossReveal answer → Make ineligible109 AcrossReveal answer → Leader of Solidarity who won the 1983 Nobel peace prize1010 AcrossReveal answer → Growth of rock, with wind instrument if something in vogue910 AcrossReveal answer → Parliament following party lines? It’s just a plaything for Trump's people911 AcrossReveal answer → The world's first virtual mobile network, acquired by Vodafone in 19961212 AcrossReveal answer → Eastern light reveals antelope512 AcrossReveal answer → Living room612 AcrossReveal answer → Bird of prey613 AcrossReveal answer → Supports reverting to stocking sources of wood913 AcrossReveal answer → Small port in NE Libya taken from the Italians by the British in January 1941614 AcrossReveal answer → Unsuitable function I recalled hosting President515 AcrossReveal answer → In Norse mythology, a dwarf who possessed a treasure hoard, which was stolen by Loki715 AcrossReveal answer → Me (Informal)1015 AcrossReveal answer → Dismiss the necessary four from Berlin, not five716 AcrossReveal answer → Singer who had a top ten hit with Stop! in 1989816 AcrossReveal answer → 1975 David Bowie single that appeared on the Station to Station album the following year1117 AcrossReveal answer → Request acceptable - one may get a flower718 AcrossReveal answer → Improper818 AcrossReveal answer → 1984 debut album by Nik Kershaw1119 AcrossReveal answer → Long and limp420 AcrossReveal answer → Cast out material, completely out of time520 AcrossReveal answer → In addition321 AcrossReveal answer → Something after work? Go with gentleman922 AcrossReveal answer → Senior member522 AcrossReveal answer → 1985 Peter Weir film starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis723 AcrossReveal answer → A literary or archaic name for China624 AcrossReveal answer → English comedian associated with Emu725 AcrossReveal answer → Former area supplying Italian food525 AcrossReveal answer → Self-centred, say, regarding hearing? One’s tense inside926 AcrossReveal answer → The largest US state627 AcrossReveal answer → No railway covers the route initially going from London to Edinburgh?928 AcrossReveal answer → Funeral song to stop incorporating reflection of old King529 AcrossReveal answer → Asiatic tree of the genus Pogostemon, the leaves of which yield a fragrant oil929 AcrossReveal answer → Jean ___, 17th-century French poet and dramatist whose plays include Andromaque and Phèdre630 AcrossReveal answer → The fifth studio album by King Crimson, released in 19731931 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Colombia636 AcrossReveal answer → The state capital of Minnesota938 AcrossReveal answer → The spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court and some other educational establishments640 AcrossReveal answer → The testis of a male fish filled with mature sperm741 AcrossReveal answer → A papal ambassador to a foreign government or court642 AcrossReveal answer → 1959 Top Ten hit for Neil Sedaka, co-written with Howard Greenfield743 AcrossReveal answer → Former LibDem MP for Montgomeryshire who was President of the Howard League for Penal Reform from 2006 to 20131146 AcrossReveal answer → Charity founded in 1986 by Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry1147 AcrossReveal answer → Winter Olympic event that combines rifle shooting and cross-country skiing849 AcrossReveal answer → Infectious disease named from the belief that the disease was caused by the unwholesome air in swampy districts752 AcrossReveal answer → City that is the capital of the province of Overijsseland in the Netherlands653 AcrossReveal answer → American actor who died of a drug overdose in 19931255 AcrossReveal answer → English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost1056 AcrossReveal answer →

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Family fare, fine to some extent61 DownReveal answer → Roman emperor born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus41 DownReveal answer → Female servant41 DownReveal answer → Almost exploit rugby team for vast wealth82 DownReveal answer → Richard Brinsley ___, Irish dramatist whose works include The Rivals and School for Scandal82 DownReveal answer → Forsake72 DownReveal answer → Look after article in flipping memory63 DownReveal answer → The very large plankton-eating fish Cetorhinus maximus, also called a sailfish123 DownReveal answer → Short-lived93 DownReveal answer → Elevated exercise involving a Biblical character44 DownReveal answer → Possess34 DownReveal answer → English writer best known for The Darling Buds of May74 DownReveal answer → Small marine fish of the herring family, widely caught for food and fish products55 DownReveal answer → Sign up55 DownReveal answer → Ready to supply more? Bet sex line will be busy105 DownReveal answer → The first of Slade's six UK number one singles106 DownReveal answer → Yellow spice76 DownReveal answer → Leaving group after ultimately futile sacrifice86 DownReveal answer → 2008 winner of the BBC's Helen Rollason Award who played rugby for Bristol and England and cricket for Gloucestershire157 DownReveal answer → Embargo on articles - fruit?67 DownReveal answer → The Norse god of thunder48 DownReveal answer → Feud: old soldier cheers, welcoming conclusion88 DownReveal answer → 1983 Billy Bragg song that became a hit single when covered by Kirsty MacColl the next year119 DownReveal answer → Baseless910 DownReveal answer → Village in Berkshire that was the starting point of marches organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament1111 DownReveal answer → Perfumed liquid711 DownReveal answer → Singer and songwriter who represented the UK in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with Space Man813 DownReveal answer → Faithfulness714 DownReveal answer → Fruit, green and black, wrapped in small sort of cloth1014 DownReveal answer → Chromium enduring, not potassium? Suspicious behaviour816 DownReveal answer → Perch516 DownReveal answer → Soon417 DownReveal answer → Winter sports vehicle rebuilt in each city817 DownReveal answer → Old World songbird with a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumage618 DownReveal answer → Fuss319 DownReveal answer → Trivial political figure, overlooked by a hitman after turning up819 DownReveal answer → See 13820 DownReveal answer → River in central Canada that rises in Saskatchewan and flows east through several lakes to Hudson Bay921 DownReveal answer → French very upset following popular addition to magazine?621 DownReveal answer → 1963 Robert Wise horror film starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn1122 DownReveal answer → Divine females are entering new conveniences623 DownReveal answer → Mostly offensive, wrapped in offensive label624 DownReveal answer → 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 Ferry1526 DownReveal answer → Gemstone? Never picked up unknown quantities427 DownReveal answer → In J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, a horse of Rohan that no one except Gandalf could ride928 DownReveal answer → The former name for Katowice from 1953 to 19561132 DownReveal answer → Legendary Persian queen who was the storyteller in the One Thousand and One Nights1233 DownReveal answer → Inflammation of small masses of lymphatic tissue situated on each side of the back of the mouth1134 DownReveal answer → An electronic valve with three electrodes635 DownReveal answer → The main vessel in the arterial network537 DownReveal answer → Author who created James Bond1039 DownReveal answer → 1991 hit single by Lisa Stansfield844 DownReveal answer → A mollusc of the class Pelecypoda, which includes clams, cockles, oysters and mussels745 DownReveal answer → Virtual assistant developed by Amazon548 DownReveal answer → Female forename that comes from the Greek word for goddess450 DownReveal answer → Body part to which the adjective labial relates351 DownReveal answer → Asian country whose capital is Vientiane454 DownReveal answer →

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