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The Independent Crossword June 20 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for June 20 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Spanking offer?61 AcrossReveal answer → Eddied71 AcrossReveal answer → Serves on a ship55 AcrossReveal answer → Sea creature in oddly overlooked pulp film spooked mum85 AcrossReveal answer → Fervent78 AcrossReveal answer → Holy saints must take 10 to retract vile cant109 AcrossReveal answer → Quarrel59 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitation410 AcrossReveal answer → Half-cut tumbler's flipped over in 1410 AcrossReveal answer → Building material811 AcrossReveal answer → One-dimensional storyteller touring outskirts of Newcastle611 AcrossReveal answer → Independent newspaper boss tackles politician with skill in broadcast812 AcrossReveal answer → Nonchalance1113 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps press doctor to take Antabuse, primarily to kick cocaine513 AcrossReveal answer → Gore's book savagely doles dirt on Hillary, for starters914 AcrossReveal answer → Lineage817 AcrossReveal answer → Cautiously advancing petition about the end of vaping918 AcrossReveal answer → Indonesian island419 AcrossReveal answer → Middle of old age?520 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps521 AcrossReveal answer → First letter722 AcrossReveal answer → Circular523 AcrossReveal answer → Excuses one under five running through Smiths823 AcrossReveal answer → Command to a horse724 AcrossReveal answer → Hurt by rotten death625 AcrossReveal answer → Forster initially married a Miss Woodhouse?426 AcrossReveal answer → Conservative creep's measure that doesn't cover much1027 AcrossReveal answer → Crawling home, royal fool back in England828 AcrossReveal answer → Weeps as server's losing current629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Sorcerer61 DownReveal answer → European language72 DownReveal answer → Number one tipple in West?72 DownReveal answer → Appear43 DownReveal answer → Crook dressed in scarlet93 DownReveal answer → Unsettling134 DownReveal answer → Concerning type seen in Martha's Vineyard?64 DownReveal answer → Form of carbon85 DownReveal answer → Linda Martell's last song performed on audio channel in the US155 DownReveal answer → Figure of speech Homer coined to describe dance86 DownReveal answer → Bird of prey56 DownReveal answer → Picked up weak spot in deck57 DownReveal answer → Distorted67 DownReveal answer → Stash Spielberg's cap with Bruce's tail on island78 DownReveal answer → Large cask812 DownReveal answer → Dull lover has no energy313 DownReveal answer → Clearness714 DownReveal answer → One tight collaboration between members of Skunk Anansie and The Prodigy?915 DownReveal answer → Tool615 DownReveal answer → Stimulus616 DownReveal answer → Possibly Robin Hood's finale, alas316 DownReveal answer → Stocky baddie on Gogglebox817 DownReveal answer → South American rodent518 DownReveal answer → Superhero split female in two!719 DownReveal answer → Female deer420 DownReveal answer → Maybe VAT charge cut for passenger-free vehicle 721 DownReveal answer → Mug up on bank's charter?622 DownReveal answer → Legendary cricketer's grand career524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, June 20, 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.