Crossword Answers for Monday, 4 May 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Monday, 4 May 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Be in charge of LED
4
Wink briefly BAT
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A card game played by one person SOLITAIRE
10
Kill in large numbers ERADICATE
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Being one more than nine TEN
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Soft semiliquid food MESS
13
A European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea POS
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The rate of moving GAIT
16
Informal terms for a mother MUM
19
A storehouse for goods and merchandise WAREHOUSE
21
Convert ordinary language into code ENCRYPTED
22
The conscious mind EGO
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A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED

Down

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Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote LORE
2
A feeling of strong eagerness ELAN
3
Get (something) done DID
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Influence in an unfair way BIAS
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The creation of beautiful or significant things ARTS
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The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE
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A unit of play in tennis or squash SET
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A grass grown for hay TIMOTHY
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Succeed at easily ACES
13
A vertical supporting structure PIER
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Act as an organized group GANG
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(of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow ARCO
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A deaf person who is unable to speak MUTE
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Take or consume USED
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A master's degree in education MED
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Very small WEE
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Select as an alternative over another OPT