Crossword Answers for Saturday, 16 May 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 16 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade KRIS
5
Form or compose WAS
8
From this time HENCE
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A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs REP
11
A person of subnormal intelligence IDIOT
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The conscious mind EGO
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A journey usually by ship TRANSIT
15
Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top PIE
16
100 at equal 1 kip in Laos ATS
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Extremely distressing FEARFUL
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A broad flat muscle on either side of the back LAT
20
Out of the way ASIDE
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Succeed at easily ACE
24
The pitch range of the highest male voice TENOR
25
Take in marriage WED
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Make older AGES

Down

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The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet KHI
2
The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue RED
3
Bring into being INITIATED
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A logger who marks trees to be felled SCORER
5
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, WRESTLING
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Kindly endorsement and guidance AEGIS
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A blemish made by dirt SPOT
9
The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
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The state that precedes vomiting NAUSEA
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A treaty to cease hostilities PEACE
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An imperfection in an object or machine FLAW
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Excess bodily weight FAT
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Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck' DOE
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS