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The Independent Crossword June 21 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 21 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 111 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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Person owing moneyDEBTOR6Across1 Top of the heap? Reckon reported wine collection is about secondBESTSELLER10Across1 CountryNATION6Across5 Bar not opening? AlwaysEVER4Across6 PeruseSCAN4Across8 Laid lowSTRICKEN8Across9 Commit urban offence: spit on recreation groundDOUBLEPARK10Across9 ScallionsSPRINGONIONS12Across10 Dramatic monologue written as a traditional rhyming poem by George R Sims in 1879CHRISTMASDAYINTHEWORKHOUSE26Across10 Standard works, excluding chapter from unknown authorANON4Across10 Take onADOPT5Across11 The ___ period was the last period of the Mesozoic era, between the Jurassic and Tertiary periodsCRETACEOUS10Across11 Tolerate English entering conflictWEAR4Across12 Denatured alcohol, in shortMETHS5Across13 See 10CHRISTMASDAYINTHEWORKHOUSE26Across13 Generosity and passion are absent in girlLARGESS7Across13 1893 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that was a sequel to KidnappedCATRIONA8Across14 Three-masted ship in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionENDURANCE9Across15 Fair supply reduced by boardEQUITABLE9Across16 Collection of short pieces by Charles Dickens accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank, published in 1836SKETCHESBYBOZ13Across16 Fast food itemCHEESEBURGER12Across17 Original name for a rugged cotton twill textile used mainly for jeansSERGEDENIMES12Across18 English author starts to grant old stories some esteemGOSSE5Across18 Exhausted in rows, losing a source of enthusiasmTIRED5Across19 PredictFORETELL8Across20 Reddish dye obtained from the powdered leaves of the plant Lawsonia inermisHENNA5Across21 Enticing possibly to follow area such as certain viral treatments?ANTIGENIC9Across21 Gambling counterCHIP4Across21 Area of London bounded by Oxford Street to the north, Regent Street to the west, Leicester Square to the south and Charing Cross Road to the eastSOHO4Across22 ClergymanPASTOR6Across22 SelectCHOOSE6Across23 1941 Hollywood musical starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, with music and lyrics by Cole PorterYOULLNEVERGETRICH17Across23 Backed not interrupting fat old GermansTEUTONS7Across23 Opening temperature needing attentionTEAR4Across24 Country whose capital is AccraGHANA5Across24 See 36NIGELSHORT10Across25 Old dears discontented with betting shop offeringsODDS4Across27 Song from Bob Dylan's 1975 album Desire about a mobster who was killed on his birthdayJOEY4Across27 Stand to leave part of sports ground quietly - it’s not uprightGRANDPIANO10Across28 Actress whose films include Dangerous Liaisons, Pulp Fiction and Kill BillUMATHURMAN10Across28 Stops compensation with a million sent offENDS4Across29 Plant of the genus Aster with small autumn-blooming flowersMICHAELMASDAISY15Across29 Observer recalled accommodating fools with second and further estimatesREASSESSES10Across30 See 23YOULLNEVERGETRICH17Across33 Unit of mass equal to 64.79891 milligramsGRAIN5Across35 English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993NIGELSHORT10Across36 See 29MICHAELMASDAISY15Across37 Modernist novel by Wyndham Lewis first serialised in The Egoist from April 1916 to November 1917TARR4Across38 William T ___, character in Star Trek: The Next Generation played by Jonathan FrakesRIKER5Across40 Song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and recorded by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Barbra StreisandONENOTESAMBA12Across43 June 24, the feast of St John the BaptistMIDSUMMERSDAY13Across44 Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter whose albums include We Sing. We Dance. We Steal ThingsJASONMRAZ9Across45 Gardener and broadcaster whose books include Trowel & ErrorALANTITCHMARSH14Across50 American golfer who won the 1981 Open at Royal St George'sBILLROGERS10Across51 Part of the skull made up of four sections: the squama, petrous, tympanic and mastoidTEMPORALBONE12Across52

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Expression of enthusiasm about Ford's latest chassis, perhapsBODY4Down1 Leo Sayer hit that reached number 1 in the UK and US in 1977WHENINEEDYOU12Down1 The second member of the Trimurti in HinduismVISHNU6Down2 Let offEXCUSED7Down2 Endless desire swamping love elevated spiritSOUL4Down2 Civil parish in Norfolk whose Holy Trinity Church contains the only funerary effigy of its kind outside Westminster AbbeySTOWBARDOLPH12Down3 Conspicuous exotic, planted in stoneSALIENT7Down3 Male singerTENOR5Down3 London nightclub opposite Smithfield meat market that was number 1 on DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs" list in 2007 and 2008FABRIC6Down4 Some undesirable person?LEPER5Down4 Feel bitter atRESENT6Down4 US state whose capital is BoiseIDAHO5Down5 Preparation for course: note start of lessons separately introduced in Term One after reviewENROLMENT9Down5 Not wideNARROW6Down5 Given to touchingTACTILE7Down6 Novel by Joe Keenan that won the Thurber Prize for American Humor in October 2007MYLUCKYSTAR11Down6 Body of waterOCEAN5Down7 Northampton-born rugby player who made his England debut against Ireland in the inaugural Six Nations ChampionshipBENCOHEN8Down7 Vampire hunter leading group over shifting shingleVANHELSING10Down7 1999 British film written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'DonnellEASTISEAST10Down8 Unsettled near uproar about Conservative revivalRENASCENCE10Down8 A dark reddish-brown pigmentBURNTOCHRE10Down9 The swiftest mammalCHEETAH7Down11 Origin of daily newspaper is a dull affairDRAG4Down11 MaximPRECEPT7Down12 Another name for the Furies in classical mythologyERINYES7Down12 Bold actionsHEROICS7Down14 Butterfly possibly following butterfly spurning latest effect of the sun?HEATSTROKE10Down14 Shooting starMETEOR6Down15 Almost certain regarding approximate quantities under blockade?SURROUNDED10Down15 Not privatePUBLIC6Down16 Money European country raised for restaurantBRASSERIE9Down17 The third album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1975OMMADAWN8Down17 CommotionHOOHA5Down18 LizardGECKO5Down19 A rich stew that originated in HungaryGOULASH7Down19 Decline surgery overseen by doctor?DROP4Down20 Country whose capital is AbujaNIGERIA7Down20 Greek technology company in struggleGRAPPLE7Down22 Hard to avoid straps in gripping toolTONGS5Down24 Acute viral disease whose technical name is herpes zosterSHINGLES8Down25 Performing group, half taken aback, in stage show …CATS4Down25 … pursues note concluding Mikado (G & S)DOGS4Down26 Shakespeare play subtitled the Moor of VeniceOTHELLO7Down26 Country whose capital is KingstonJAMAICA7Down27 American rock and roll pioneer whose hits included C'mon Everybody, Somethin' Else and Summertime BluesEDDIECOCHRAN12Down30 Song recalling the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746SKYEBOATSONG12Down31 Port city in northern Chile, about 700 miles north of SantiagoANTOFAGASTA11Down32 Goran ___, the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcardIVANISEVIC10Down34 Football manager who took West Bromwich Albion to the Premier League for the first time in 2002GARYMEGSON10Down35 Bertrand ___, British philosopher awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950RUSSELL7Down39 Arthur ___, Hungarian-born writer whose works include the novel Darkness at Noon and The Ghost in the MachineKOESTLER8Down41 Surname of the French New Wave film director whose works include Last Year at Marienbad and Hiroshima mon amourRESNAIS7Down42 1921 silent John Ford Western starring Hoot GibsonACTION6Down46 Fabrice ___, Congolese-born former footballer who suffered a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup match between Tottenham Hotspur Bolton and Bolton WanderersMUAMBA6Down47 An epidermal pore that controls the passage of gases into and out of a plantSTOMA5Down48

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, June 21, 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.