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The Independent Crossword June 17 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 17 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 59 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#
Question framed by a leading lady?WHATSINANAME12Across1 PrivilegeHONOUR6Across1 AdversaryRIVAL5Across5 AppearSEEM4Across8 Securing final in tennis, Wade’s opponent climbed rankingsROSE4Across8 Motorcycle sportSPEEDWAY8Across9 German people displaying magnanimityGRACE5Across9 Rugby playerSCRUMHALF9Across10 Retrospective name associated with IrelandERIN4Across10 Pretty - possessed of sex appeal in truthVERITY6Across11 Virtue of reduced speed in built-up areaCHASTITY8Across13 Wall paintingFRESCO6Across13 Dolly maybe getting 50% bosom reduction a day earlierEVE3Across14 RegionSECTOR6Across14 Banks of huge river in Russia's state capitalHELENA6Across15 Boundless sand outside of Nigeria in semi-wild, hot biomeSAVANNAH8Across16 Type of warshipDESTROYER9Across16 Barrier protecting both sides around old Renaissance cityFLORENCE8Across19 Not to mentionLETALONE8Across19 MeltTHAW4Across21 SumTOTAL5Across22 Righteous anger after nation’s exported zero dyestuffINDIGO6Across22 EmphasisSTRESS6Across23 Bread and butter free from New YorkNAN3Across24 Job’s quality created by 1 in 10 falling into stepPATIENCE8Across25 Red-headed queen on horse keeping fashionableGINGER6Across28 Grow weary of dear Juliet, broken without RomeoJADE4Across29 Take back Wicked Oscar for one with green skin?OLIVE5Across30 Symbol for elite rugby nations' leaders?FERN4Across32 Tackle temporarily emptied poolKITTY5Across33 Dark Lord gets very loud replacement for Posh SpiceSAFFRON7Across34

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Why old men all scratch their bottoms around Spain? It’s unrefinedWHOLEMEAL9Down1 PortentOMEN4Down2 Fish starter's off the menu for Mr & MrsALEWIFE7Down2 Gradual assimilationOSMOSIS7Down3 Plastic bags covering up a bit of brewer’s droopSAG3Down3 Storage tankRESERVOIR9Down4 Rising star accepts Lethal Weapon but not Fifty ShadesNUANCES7Down4 Cereal grainRYE3Down5 Arsenal finishing second and losing league here?ARENA5Down5 Thus Spake Zarathustra gave standards about itAVESTAN7Down6 Alcoholic drinkVODKA5Down6 Part of Benedictine orderEDICT5Down7 Jumping gameLEAPFROG8Down7 Accompaniment to fish and chipsMUSHYPEAS9Down11 Desperately hope for New Age to come earlierYEARN5Down12 InclinationGRADIENT8Down12 Museum headCURATOR7Down15 CleverSMART5Down17 Very good to adopt feminine principle in competitionVYING5Down17 Short boxing blowsJABS4Down18 Piece of engineering close to Santa Fe bridging rocky glenANGLEIRON9Down18 Habit of organist’s regularly entertaining piecesRAIMENT7Down20 Nocturnal birdOWL3Down20 Sort of nemeses endlessly besieging one?ENEMIES7Down21 Backed up bog blocks means of access down the drainDONEFOR7Down23 It’s sad for Romeo, a knave Juliet’s leftALACK5Down26 "How's your father?" is in noisy exchanges with "All right!"NOOKY5Down27 Overnight cobbler of the German football teamELF3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, June 17, 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.