Crossword Answers for Friday, 8 May 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 8 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
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- A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED
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- Distressing ILL
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- The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 DIXIE
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- Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman NEE
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- Drawn out or made longer spatially ELONGATED
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- The limb of an animal used for food LEG
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- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
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- A personal view IDEA
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- A quarrelsome grouch CRAB
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- A tart spicy quality NIP
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- An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease FLU
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- Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of AFORESAID
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- The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet TAU
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- Keep engaged LOCKS
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- A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
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- A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions BEE
Down
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- Cover with tiles TILED
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- Derived or originating externally EXOGENOUS
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- A loud harsh or strident noise DIN
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- A surface forming a common boundary between two things INTERFACE
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- Soldier of the American Revolution LEE
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- Be in charge of LED
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- A shop selling ready-to-eat food products DELI
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- The conscious mind EGO
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- Something curved in shape ARC
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- A slight wind AIR
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- In a like manner ALIKE
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- Start to grow or develop BUDS
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- The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen PEL
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- Take in solid food ATE
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- Beyond a norm in opinion or actions FAR
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- Weep convulsively SOB