Crossword Answers for Friday, 1 May 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 1 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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An aspect of something SIDE
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A small drink SIP
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An independent ruler or chieftain AMIR
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Succeed at easily ACE
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A truck with an enclosed cargo space VANS
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The act of using USES
12
The conscious mind EGO
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A boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood ARK
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Design or destine DESIGNATE
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A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
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A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED
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Cause to spin SPUN
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An unpleasant smell PONG
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Good hearing EAR
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Move upward ROSE
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A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite ALS
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A single person or thing ONES

Down

1
Save from sins SAVED
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A standard or typical example IMAGE
3
Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era DINOSAURS
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
5
Edible purple or red berries SASKATOON
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Water frozen in the solid state ICE
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The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES
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A large pot for making coffee or tea URN
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Title for a civil or military leader AGA
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A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers INN
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Increase the tension on TENSE
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The boundary of a surface EDGES
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Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA
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Become friends; act friendly towards PAL
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In favor of PRO