Crossword Answers for Sunday, 17 May 2026

All 48 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 17 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Pass the tongue over LAP
4
A quick throw SHY
7
An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building ELL
10
Water frozen in the solid state ICE
11
Equality of score in a contest TIE
12
Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive LIE
13
A person of considerable prominence PERSONALITY
16
A male subordinate MEN
17
Make older AGE
18
Someone who skates SKATER
21
Spanish surrealist painter MIRO
23
Informal terms for the leg PIN
24
Term of address for a man SIR
26
The act of preventing BAR
27
Again but in a new or different way ANEW
29
An evil supernatural being DEVILS
31
The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
32
A colloid in a more solid form than a sol GEL
33
Weakening in force or intensity ATTENUATION
38
A quantity of no importance NIL
39
To make a mistake or be incorrect ERR
40
Being one more than one TWO
41
Extremely cold ICY
42
A final state END
43
An affirmative YES

Down

1
An impudent or insolent rejoinder LIP
2
Succeed at easily ACE
3
For a long time without essential change PERMANENTLY
4
United States filmmaker STONES
5
Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons HIN
6
An affirmative YEA
7
The quality or state of being eligible ELIGIBILITY
8
Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration LITERAL
9
A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock LEY
14
A unit of play in tennis or squash SET
15
A rapid escape LAM
18
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
19
Supplying motive force; - H.O.Taylor KINETIC
20
Relieve from RID
22
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ORS
25
Deem to be REGARD
28
Very small WEE
30
Examine carefully VET
33
Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
34
Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman NEE
35
A large pot for making coffee or tea URN
36
Be in debt OWE
37
A negative NOS