Puzzler Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 May 18

• Bighead to walk with difficulty to transport (5) Crossword Clue
• Cab company over in Germany (4) Crossword Clue
• Character fired while in dock (7) Crossword Clue
• Dad holds Rik's spice (7) Crossword Clue
• Delicately textured spine twisted in jest (4-4) Crossword Clue
• Ducks broken slate (5) Crossword Clue
• Enemy left in sheet of ice (4) Crossword Clue
• Fish heading off, going astray (6) Crossword Clue
• Graduate's second service (4) Crossword Clue
• In Essex to loudly praise (5) Crossword Clue
• Instrument alternately from bomb hole (4) Crossword Clue
• Lies about southern pieces of land (5) Crossword Clue
• Loaf fragments mixed? Scrub 'em, Brad! (11) Crossword Clue
• Make a quick exit, like a mobile hairdresser (3,3,3) Crossword Clue
• Manner of nurse who's like one of the family (8) Crossword Clue
• Maverick animal mutiny (9) Crossword Clue
• Model surround by toy for free (3,2) Crossword Clue
• Model to embrace ruffian (4) Crossword Clue
• Noblemen in front of court? (5) Crossword Clue
• Our Gaelic dancing, keeping £1 for emboldening alcohol (6,7) Crossword Clue
• Partly maim a gorgeous adult insect (5) Crossword Clue
• Sounds like a cow bearing an elk (5) Crossword Clue
• Sounds like the chief hair on a lion (4) Crossword Clue
• Start breeding small river fish (5) Crossword Clue
• Train a lot of fish (6) Crossword Clue
• Tray doesn't have right ointment (5) Crossword Clue