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The Independent Crossword June 14 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 14 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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#
No longer freshSTALE5Across1 Expert (Informal)ACE3Across4 Plant with showy flowersIRIS4Across7 Carriage with no covering inspires pained expressionBAROUCHE8Across8 AdequateALLRIGHT8Across8 Denmark's chief fishing port, on the North Sea in JutlandESBJERG7Across9 Very old South American flowerVINCA5Across9 In spite of thatNEVERTHELESS12Across9 English indie rock band fronted by Alex TurnerARCTICMONKEYS13Across10 Casual trousersSLACKS6Across10 In contact with company ignoring voucherUPON4Across10 Proclaim ancient sauna with no walls needs developmentANNUNCIATE10Across11 Flexible measure of obesity adopted by relative in retirementLIMBER6Across12 TemptENTICE6Across13 English explorer who made contact with the Wabanaki nations while attempting to find the northwest passage to IndiaGEORGEWEYMOUTH14Across13 A clear, colourless fruit brandy produced by fermentation and double distillationEAUDEVIE8Across14 Returning a little sexy nod, rascal produces gemstoneSARDONYX8Across14 A traditional greeting in Yorkshire and surrounding countiesEYUP4Across15 CringeworthyEMBARRASSING12Across15 Criminal enterprise will ultimately scare grassesCEREALS7Across16 1847 opera by Giuseppe Verdi to a libretto by Andrea Maffei, based on Die Räuber by Friedrich von SchillerIMASNADIERI11Across17 Mock orange leader of nationalist government visiting country bordering IsraelSYRINGA7Across18 Reckless boldnessAUDACITY8Across18 In Greek mythology, the messenger and herald of the gods, whose Roman counterpart is MercuryHERMES6Across19 Comply withOBEY4Across19 Pastry dishPIE3Across20 British government department concerned with commerce and industry, first established in the 17th centuryBOARDOFTRADE12Across20 US stateTEXAS5Across21 How long it takes to produce heavy metal magazineLEADTIME8Across21 English highwayman executed in York for horse theft in 1739DICKTURPIN10Across22 European capital previously sent back some abandoned luggageGULDEN6Across23 Looking at speaking up about inflationary measure in recessionLIPREADING10Across24 Rock band fronted by Jarvis CockerPULP4Across24 1985 film written and directed by Akira KurosawaRAN3Across25 Synthpop group fronted by Philip OakeyTHEHUMANLEAGUE14Across26 School touring northern lakePOND4Across26 Short of time, playwright pens second part for Beerbohm TreeMAMEE5Across27 Chance to win big old car without endless chargesROLLOVER8Across28 Traditional gospel song that has been covered by Louis Armstrong, Patsy Cline, Little Richard, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and many othersJUSTACLOSERWALKWITHTHEE23Across30 An inheritable disease of the exocrine glands characterised by chronic infection of the respiratory tract and pancreatic insufficiencyCYSTICFIBROSIS14Across33 Hawaiian word for a garland or wreathLEI3Across35 American corporation founded in 1964 that specialises in audio equipmentBOSE4Across36 The membrane covering a muscle fibreSARCOLEMMA10Across38 Author of the autobiographies I Am Not Spock and I Am SpockLEONARDNIMOY12Across41 See 5 DownICOULDBESOGOODFORYOU20Across43 Stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity after deathRIGORMORTIS11Across45 Tibetan name for the abominable snowmanYETI4Across47 A saturated frosted-glass effect introduced by Apple in their OS X Yosemite operating systemVIBRANCY8Across48 1996 film written and directed by Tom HanksTHATTHINGYOUDO14Across49 A reduction often applied to insurance policies after one yearNOCLAIMSBONUS13Across52 A coarse fabric, often stiffened with gum, formerly used for clothingGROGRAM7Across53

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Where guys might secure temporary accommodation?CAMPSITE8Down1 Belgian winger who joined Manchester City from Rennes in 2023JEREMYDOKU10Down1 DreamlikeSURREAL7Down1 Colour of tree with leavesROAN4Down2 The legal alias of the Archbishops of YorkEBOR4Down2 Church passagewayAISLE5Down2 Lacier pants - sweet!ECLAIR6Down3 GlorifyEXALT5Down3 A traditional herbal liqueur made from alpine plants of the genus ArtemisiaGENEPI6Down3 Food (Archaic)ALIMENT7Down4 You and I agree to remove article on rising dampWETNESS7Down4 Former name for malarial feverAGUE4Down4 Theme tune to the TV series Minder co-written and sung by Dennis WatermanICOULDBESOGOODFORYOU20Down5 Flat in Little VeniceEVEN4Down5 Distinctive spiritETHOS5Down5 Record coverSLEEVE6Down6 Having been stopped by spies, revolutionary on a list reluctant to join partyANTISOCIAL10Down6 American actor and producer who married Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2000MICHAELDOUGLAS14Down6 Radiohead's fifth studio albumAMNESIAC8Down7 In conclusion, left much to be uncoveredLASTLY6Down7 Streak of light in the sky also called a shooting or falling starMETEOR6Down8 Colourless pungent highly soluble gas whose formula is NH3AMMONIA7Down10 VegetableCABBAGE7Down11 Swiss city named after a castle Rudolf III of Burgundy presented to his wife Irmengarde in 1011NEUCHATEL9Down11 ChannelSTRAIT6Down12 Japanese golfer on the PGA Tour nicknamed 'the Smiling Assassin'SHIGEKIMARUYAMA15Down12 A tiny amount of dough raised?BREADCRUMB10Down13 AdmitCONFESS7Down14 FurnishEQUIP5Down15 Line catching Australian fishRAY3Down15 So farASYET5Down16 A student of AristotelianismPERIPATETIC11Down16 Native American peopleSIOUX5Down17 Rebellious princess denied introduction to Alex GarlandLEI3Down17 Michelangelo ___, Italian modernist director whose films include L'avventura and Blow-upANTONIONI9Down18 Around noon, welcome unlimited meat and drinkGREENTEA8Down19 One who's not fully paid son for clothing labelSEMIPRO7Down20 Name of one of the courtiers in Shakespeare's HamletOSRIC5Down21 Puzzle in game's complicatedENIGMA6Down22 Irish broadcaster and writer who has presented The Late Late Show on RTÉ from September 2009RYANTUBRIDY11Down23 Man who's kept freelance job heading off on his ownGIGOLO6Down23 Help criminal President Trump initiallyABET4Down25 1925 novel by F Scott Fitzgerald set in the summer of 1922THEGREATGATSBY14Down26 Academic test essentially lackingPROF4Down26 Cary ___, English actor who played Westley in the 1987 film The Princess BrideELWES5Down27 Former world lightweight boxing champion nicknamed "the Michigan Wildcat"ADWOLGAST9Down28 The principal river of WensleydaleURE3Down29 Lesser ___, German Impressionist painter and printmaker associated with the Düsseldorf school of paintingURY3Down31 A three-note chord consisting of a note and the third and fifth above itTRIAD5Down32 Cook and maid of the Finch family in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a MockingbirdCALPURNIA9Down34 Creator of the Dilbert comic stripSCOTTADAMS10Down37 Musical instrument that is played by the windAEOLIAN7Down39 See 12SHIGEKIMARUYAMA15Down40 Former province of France ceded to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war and regained by France in 1919LORRAINE8Down41 The chief river of the Levant, also called Draco, Typhon and AxiusORONTES7Down42 Deceased court jester whose skull is exhumed by the gravedigger in Shakespeare's HamletYORICK6Down44 See 5ICOULDBESOGOODFORYOU20Down46 Villainous ensign in Shakespeare's OthelloIAGO4Down50 The plant Hibiscus esculentus, also known as ladies’ fingersOKRA4Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, June 14, 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.