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The Independent Crossword June 2 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 2 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Fur, for exampleHAIR4Across1 Beautiful womanBELLE5Across3 Accept as trueBELIEVE7Across8 Amazing drug, crack? Something telling me to think twiceSUPEREGO8Across8 PossessorOWNER5Across9 Weed possibly represented dangerGARDEN6Across9 BigLARGE5Across10 Inspired by preacher it established ritualsRITES5Across10 Nameless planet with rotation period of another, one of sevenSATURDAY8Across11 Asian languagePUNJABI7Across11 Hard to leave pet rodent with mother in cityAMSTERDAM9Across12 Sustained effortAPPLICATION11Across12 Ban learner stuck in reverseBLACK5Across15 Loss of memoryAMNESIA7Across17 Care for vole as mate becomes tameLOVE4Across18 AbsoluteUTTER5Across19 Church taking edge off unruly youngsterCHILD5Across20 PorcelainCHINA5Across21 Munch cold cutCHEW4Across21 Travel bagsLUGGAGE7Across22 Tree starts to sprout twigs before anything elseFIRST5Across22 Recompense workers with time after they have lunch?ATONEMENT9Across23 DistendSWELL5Across23 NimbleSPRY4Across24 Clear where the US put copper until late last year, reportedlyINNOCENT8Across26 Boulder in the centre blocking rise of the sunSOLAR5Across29 Setter's announcement when article and part of speech censoredCEMENT6Across31 Clergyman the first person to enter churchMINISTER8Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shuffle painfullyHOBBLE6Down1 Question upsetting Open University strange enough to hold a meetingQUORUM6Down1 LayaboutIDLER5Down2 A couple of things holding up Starmer maybe announcing notable achievement?FEET4Down2 ColourBROWN5Down3 Engineer creates extremely significant four-dimensional objectTESSERACT9Down3 Case of gangs following party animalsDOGS4Down4 In the distant pastLONGAGO7Down4 Stone Age circles advanced over timeAGATE5Down5 InsectEARWIG6Down5 Rector interrupting two bishops? I can feel the chillBRRR4Down6 ExposeREVEAL6Down6 Diplomatic manoeuvre reached beginning of mutual arrangementDEMARCHE8Down7 DecentRESPECTABLE11Down7 ThoughtfulPENSIVE7Down13 Lock for abandoned castleTRESS5Down13 Walk wearilyTRUDGE6Down14 Left before the end of having sex, needing straighteningATILT5Down14 Closed meetingCAUCUS6Down15 See about - how should I put it - provider of reliefLOCUM5Down16 Blood vesselARTERY6Down16 Biomolecule? In DNA see variant with added oxygenADENOSINE9Down17 LittleSMALL5Down18 Over in France nothing supported by talk promoter aligned with referencesORIENTED8Down19 VagrantTRAMP5Down20 Tended to break asunder after the startNURSED6Down24 Impatient? Try one of the axesTESTY5Down25 Hope menu contents ready to serve customersOPEN4Down27 Age occasionally overlooked at film setTIME4Down28 Hold out something that looks like a footLAST4Down30

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. 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.