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The Independent Crossword June 12 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 12 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Retail worker overwhelmed by thank-you letters' positive conclusionsMERCHANDISE11Across1 BitPIECE5Across1 Culinary herbTHYME5Across4 Some enthusiastic church reformerHUS3Across7 OutlawPROSCRIBE9Across8 Drinking vesselCUP3Across9 See 27LOLLOROSSO10Across9 Part of eye movement that can't be controlled after operation date is cancelled initiallyOPTICDISC9Across10 Group of three notesTRIPLET7Across10 One expected to make a comeback - was a manager in, say, a period of growth earlierBOOMERANG9Across11 LoftATTIC5Across11 See 8 DownSOCIALMEDIAPLATFORM19Across12 ScrupulousPAINSTAKING11Across12 Former tennis player mostly very unpleasant like Edberg initiallyNASTASE7Across13 Heartless confrontation causes havocRUIN4Across15 PreciseEXACT5Across16 Dangerous beast demolished half of plates, dishes etc.CROC4Across18 EnlistRECRUIT7Across18 Keep secret visit short, previously being drunkCONCEAL7Across20 TransgressERR3Across21 Drunk (Informal)PLASTERED9Across22 Green turfSWARD5Across23 Canada's leader and others taking part in summits to find a way to end warPEACETALKS10Across23 Royal family treasuring good times over in European citySTUTTGART9Across24 Measuring stickRULER5Across24 Criminal director invented language books changed into DutchDESPERADO9Across26 Very funny! Motown’s Diana cuddled by ladies perhaps, then leavesLOLLOROSSO10Across27 So poorly articulatedSIC3Across28 Blow awayTAKEBYSTORM11Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Almost dead bone found in burial place possiblyMORIBUND8Down1 TitlarkPIPIT5Down1 Silly person finally gives incomprehensible answerRESPONSE8Down2 Titillating materialEROTICA7Down2 Prostitute has no right to become a physicistHOOKE5Down3 SurpassEXCEL5Down3 Number 10 in a certain context worried for new arrivalNEONATE7Down4 Wardrobe accessoryTIERACK7Down4 Get Back central to popular US TV series, not just any numberINTEGER7Down5 Sailing boatYACHT5Down5 Former Tory securing millions in a mostly big exchange of landEXCAMBION9Down6 AnticipateEXPECT6Down6 Musical act shows styleHAIRDO6Down7 TyrannicalDICTATORIAL11Down7 Head of state made a political broadcast in favour of the introduction of Musk's X perhapsSOCIALMEDIAPLATFORM19Down8 JotterNOTEPAD7Down13 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Down14 Welcome inspiring fellows following a concertAGREEMENT9Down14 Short-sided rugbySEVENS6Down15 Energy provider at last involved in rising fuels for Turkish palaceSERAGLIO8Down16 See 8SOCIALMEDIAPLATFORM19Down17 Main arteryAORTA5Down17 Traditional Russian or Ukrainian function with dry white wineCOSSACK7Down19 Provide foodCATER5Down19 Two characters promoted in TV detective's unitCOULOMB7Down20 Royal houseTUDOR5Down20 Emphatically not wearing a suitSPADES6Down21 Break down clues at first, that will get you extremely farPARSEC6Down22 See 23 AcrossPEACETALKS10Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.