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The Independent Crossword June 20 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 20 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 57 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#
Spanking offer?KILLER6Across1 EddiedWHIRLED7Across1 Serves on a shipCREWS5Across5 Sea creature in oddly overlooked pulp film spooked mumLUMPFISH8Across5 FerventZEALOUS7Across8 Holy saints must take 10 to retract vile cantSACROSANCT10Across9 QuarrelARGUE5Across9 PrecipitationRAIN4Across10 Half-cut tumbler's flipped over in 1ORCA4Across10 Building materialCONCRETE8Across11 One-dimensional storyteller touring outskirts of NewcastleLINEAR6Across11 Independent newspaper boss tackles politician with skill in broadcastIMPARTED8Across12 NonchalanceINSOUCIANCE11Across13 Perhaps press doctor to take Antabuse, primarily to kick cocaineMEDIA5Across13 Gore's book savagely doles dirt on Hillary, for startersBLOODSHED9Across14 LineageANCESTRY8Across17 Cautiously advancing petition about the end of vapingTIPTOEING9Across18 Indonesian islandBALI4Across19 Middle of old age?FIFTY5Across20 PerhapsMAYBE5Across21 First letterINITIAL7Across22 CircularROUND5Across23 Excuses one under five running through SmithsFORGIVES8Across23 Command to a horseGIDDYUP7Across24 Hurt by rotten deathOFFEND6Across25 Forster initially married a Miss Woodhouse?EMMA4Across26 Conservative creep's measure that doesn't cover muchSQUAREINCH10Across27 Crawling home, royal fool back in EnglandINFESTED8Across28 Weeps as server's losing currentWATERS6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SorcererWIZARD6Down1 European languageITALIAN7Down2 Number one tipple in West?IMAGINE7Down2 AppearLOOK4Down3 Crook dressed in scarletLARCENIST9Down3 UnsettlingDISCONCERTING13Down4 Concerning type seen in Martha's Vineyard?RESORT6Down4 Form of carbonCHARCOAL8Down5 Linda Martell's last song performed on audio channel in the USLONGISLANDSOUND15Down5 Figure of speech Homer coined to describe danceMETAPHOR8Down6 Bird of preyEAGLE5Down6 Picked up weak spot in deckFLOOR5Down7 DistortedSKEWED6Down7 Stash Spielberg's cap with Bruce's tail on islandSECRETE7Down8 Large caskHOGSHEAD8Down12 Dull lover has no energyMAT3Down13 ClearnessCLARITY7Down14 One tight collaboration between members of Skunk Anansie and The Prodigy?SKINFLINT9Down15 ToolHAMMER6Down15 StimulusFILLIP6Down16 Possibly Robin Hood's finale, alasDAY3Down16 Stocky baddie on GoggleboxHEAVYSET8Down17 South American rodentCOYPU5Down18 Superhero split female in two!IRONMAN7Down19 Female deerHIND4Down20 Maybe VAT charge cut for passenger-free vehicle TANKCAR7Down21 Mug up on bank's charter?BORROW6Down22 Legendary cricketer's grand careerGRACE5Down24

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