Crossword Answers for Saturday, 2 May 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 2 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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An affirmative YES
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A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds EPIC
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A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves OAK
9
A woman of refinement LADY
10
Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America GRIZZLIES
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Not affiliated with a major recording company INDIE
14
Employ scabs or strike breakers in RAT
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In favor of PRO
17
A pompous fool ASS
20
A particular environment or walk of life ORBIT
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Absolutely essential NECESSARY
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Move towards NEAR
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A male human offspring SON
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Weapons considered collectively ARMS
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The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE

Down

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United States baseball player YOGI
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Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions EARN
3
An unexpected slide SKID
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An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building ELL
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Two items of the same kind PAIR
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A personal view IDEA
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A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure CYST
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Move very fast ZIP
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A quantity of no importance ZEROS
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A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ORS
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A former copper coin of Pakistan and India ANNA
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An observer who perceives visually SEER
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Deprive of by deceit SCAM
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A lower limit BASE
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Extremely robust IRON
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A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea TYNE
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS