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The Independent Crossword June 26 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 26 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
Without complaining, Saint Columba's left to take in attention-seeker's utteranceSTOIC5Across1 Exhale audiblySIGH4Across1 Stout Russian whipKNOUT5Across3 Act embodying a lack of conviction within Welsh rugbySHRUG5Across4 Young cowCALF4Across7 Hello Dolly's opening is screenedHID3Across7 BreakFRACTURE8Across8 One nun takes the top off friar 'for a laugh'INFUN5Across9 ArroganceHUBRIS6Across9 Perhaps Spooner and his American agent cryBEDFELLOW9Across10 BanishEXILE5Across10 Colonel Mustard, say, or Reverend Green?SERVICEMAN10Across11 Property negotiatorESTATEAGENT11Across11 Accumulation of dirt close to canalPOOL4Across12 Cool woman with a whistle? Hers gets blownREFRESH7Across14 StupidCRASS5Across15 OesophagusGULLET6Across17 Sportswoman to portray Queen Elizabeth on stage?PLAYER6Across17 WaryCAUTIOUS8Across19 8, 31, 12 17, 26 21, or 6 29 24, reportedly?POTTER6Across19 CorrosionRUST4Across20 Place to unwind - or notTORONTO7Across20 WeirdEERIE5Across21 Song of praiseHYMN4Across22 Choice rump steak's middle left until lastRARE4Across22 Friend with depression - worried before date - did tremblePALPITATED10Across23 Rubbish musical instrument Charlie brought round for one raising money?COLLECTOR9Across27 No parking in London suburb that's close to the centreINNER5Across28 Boy George's intro removed from Karma Chameleon?SON3Across29 Waiting on a vacant drivewayREADY5Across30 Badger runs right through grassHARRY5Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cracking cross is finished by Souza's opener for the BladesSCISSORS8Down1 LawSTATUTE7Down1 AttackGOFOR5Down2 Volunteer hitman?OFFER5Down2 JackKNAVE5Down3 In control of one's movements south to get to Africa and Antarctica?CONTINENTS10Down3 Switch side of black swordSABRE5Down4 SurviveOUTLIVE7Down4 Celeb gets snapped here, in seaside town, with sweetheartREDCARPET9Down5 LaconicTERSE5Down5 Dull, sadistic Christian?GREY4Down6 Compensate forOFFSET6Down6 Movie auditorium assigned to screening number oneHALLOWEEN9Down7 Move like a snail or like a duck, half-twistedDAWDLE6Down8 Kitchen applianceTOASTER7Down12 MonthAUGUST6Down13 Repton's head breaking into part of his supply for school memberPARROTFISH10Down13 Crime against the stateTREASON7Down14 Intensely desireCRAVE5Down15 Diagram recorded fault with incomplete machineryFLOORPLAN9Down15 RangeSCOPE5Down16 The tips of leaves and branches are blended for infusionHERBALTEA9Down16 TruckLORRY5Down18 Gracious solver would put up with setter's latest boring materialCORDUROY8Down18 Magic garment lifted around conjurer's faceTRICKS6Down21 Quietly, mum spurns sherry for an alternativePERRY5Down24 Singer sung noteTENOR5Down25 Punter eschewing races to get a drinkBEER4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, June 26, 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.