Crossword Answers for Friday, 1 May 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 1 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Make a rhythmic sound DRUM
- 5
- The conscious mind EGO
- 8
- The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia IONIC
- 10
- A diagram or picture illustrating textual material FIG
- 11
- A low moral state DEPTH
- 12
- Beyond a norm in opinion or actions FAR
- 13
- A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA
- 14
- The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
- 15
- Not as expected SUSPECT
- 17
- A flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing DAG
- 18
- A master's degree in teaching MAT
- 19
- Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric RUG
- 20
- Mentally quick AGILE
- 23
- A single person or thing ONE
- 24
- Not ever; at no time in the past or future NEVER
- 25
- Add details to PAD
- 26
- The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue REDS
Down
- 1
- Get (something) done DID
- 2
- Eggs of female fish ROE
- 3
- Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable UNPLUGGED
- 4
- A slight but appreciable amount MITES
- 5
- Ready for service EFFECTIVE
- 6
- An unusually large enterprise GIANT
- 7
- A cruel wicked and inhuman person OGRE
- 9
- Archaic term for an itinerant peddler CHAPMAN
- 15
- A Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks SAUNA
- 16
- A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow EAGER
- 17
- A steep high face of rock DROP
- 21
- Be in charge of LED
- 22
- A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS