Crossword Answers for Friday, 22 May 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 22 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one FIN
- 4
- Catch sight of SPY
- 7
- Someone who acts as assistant AIDE
- 8
- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
- 9
- An informal body of friends CREW
- 10
- A narrow fissure SLIT
- 11
- A male subordinate MEN
- 12
- A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds EPIC
- 13
- Judge to be probable ESTIMATES
- 16
- Plate with tin TINS
- 17
- A wing of an insect ALA
- 18
- Treat with contempt MOCK
- 19
- The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged LIEN
- 20
- A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
- 21
- Vulgar slang for anus ARSE
- 22
- The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen PEL
- 23
- The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES
Down
- 1
- A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire FIRESTONE
- 2
- Derived from a single egg or ovum IDENTICAL
- 3
- In use after medieval times NEW
- 4
- A card game played by one person SOLITAIRE
- 5
- Having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth PRICELESS
- 6
- Up to the present time YET
- 7
- The highest point ACME
- 10
- A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
- 12
- A quad with a square body EMS
- 14
- Append one's signature to INK
- 15
- Marked by sound judgment SANE
- 18
- Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail MAP
- 19
- Pass the tongue over LAP