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The Independent Crossword June 16 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for June 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Make challenging basket61 AcrossReveal answer → Pull31 AcrossReveal answer → Flying insect33 AcrossReveal answer → Dock sent back tough fish84 AcrossReveal answer → Wish for67 AcrossReveal answer → Armed forces68 AcrossReveal answer → Mobile places stocking new glass protector79 AcrossReveal answer → Untidy state49 AcrossReveal answer → Fighting axe810 AcrossReveal answer → Expert in matters of taste1111 AcrossReveal answer → Do replace content in slang with established language711 AcrossReveal answer → He's stuffed waffle to come close to encapsulating Belgium1412 AcrossReveal answer → Some cocksure talk retracted in future514 AcrossReveal answer → Presumed814 AcrossReveal answer → Throw goes with current entryway carpet915 AcrossReveal answer → Luggage item417 AcrossReveal answer → Polite sign-off after count918 AcrossReveal answer → Exercises619 AcrossReveal answer → Large bottle620 AcrossReveal answer → Swim club here ejecting old royal520 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch321 AcrossReveal answer → After week, will he bin Pac-Man to play this?1421 AcrossReveal answer → Plaything322 AcrossReveal answer → Thankless sort chosen for office grind725 AcrossReveal answer → Appraise retro chopper from my collection726 AcrossReveal answer → Secured Asian holiday with her newsroom boss ...827 AcrossReveal answer → ... if not one in France to a smaller extent628 AcrossReveal answer →

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Only sounded religious41 DownReveal answer → Subject51 DownReveal answer → Island cocktail92 DownReveal answer → Pentecost celebration72 DownReveal answer → Person making cryptic requires space, and fresh decor73 DownReveal answer → Cubicle53 DownReveal answer → Authorise74 DownReveal answer → Tiny map perhaps – it covers three points55 DownReveal answer → Undergarment45 DownReveal answer → Fried item almost neutralising wine76 DownReveal answer → What a philatelist collects66 DownReveal answer → Confuse swaying steps with splits57 DownReveal answer → Who'll make setters beg, ordered to set differently108 DownReveal answer → Suffer in pursuit of rubbish style710 DownReveal answer → Warning711 DownReveal answer → Preoccupy612 DownReveal answer → Bewitch713 DownReveal answer → Following cat, duck plunged into drink where violence could flare1013 DownReveal answer → Chubby515 DownReveal answer → Last ones in company now spreading free bad apps?716 DownReveal answer → Dexterous416 DownReveal answer → Careful visiting temporary lodging I have917 DownReveal answer → Tale518 DownReveal answer → Cheese, ramen, out-of-bounds fare for vegans719 DownReveal answer → Monarchy curses fall720 DownReveal answer → Man heading off when people go out?522 DownReveal answer → Superior pork pie brought round for one523 DownReveal answer → Spot top scorer dropping back424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, June 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.