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The Independent Crossword June 26 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 59 clues from the The Independent Crossword for June 26 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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Without complaining, Saint Columba's left to take in attention-seeker's utterance51 AcrossReveal answer → Exhale audibly41 AcrossReveal answer → Stout Russian whip53 AcrossReveal answer → Act embodying a lack of conviction within Welsh rugby54 AcrossReveal answer → Young cow47 AcrossReveal answer → Hello Dolly's opening is screened37 AcrossReveal answer → Break88 AcrossReveal answer → One nun takes the top off friar 'for a laugh'59 AcrossReveal answer → Arrogance69 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps Spooner and his American agent cry910 AcrossReveal answer → Banish510 AcrossReveal answer → Colonel Mustard, say, or Reverend Green?1011 AcrossReveal answer → Property negotiator1111 AcrossReveal answer → Accumulation of dirt close to canal412 AcrossReveal answer → Cool woman with a whistle? Hers gets blown714 AcrossReveal answer → Stupid515 AcrossReveal answer → Oesophagus617 AcrossReveal answer → Sportswoman to portray Queen Elizabeth on stage?617 AcrossReveal answer → Wary819 AcrossReveal answer → 8, 31, 12 17, 26 21, or 6 29 24, reportedly?619 AcrossReveal answer → Corrosion420 AcrossReveal answer → Place to unwind - or not720 AcrossReveal answer → Weird521 AcrossReveal answer → Song of praise422 AcrossReveal answer → Choice rump steak's middle left until last422 AcrossReveal answer → Friend with depression - worried before date - did tremble1023 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish musical instrument Charlie brought round for one raising money?927 AcrossReveal answer → No parking in London suburb that's close to the centre528 AcrossReveal answer → Boy George's intro removed from Karma Chameleon?329 AcrossReveal answer → Waiting on a vacant driveway530 AcrossReveal answer → Badger runs right through grass531 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cracking cross is finished by Souza's opener for the Blades81 DownReveal answer → Law71 DownReveal answer → Attack52 DownReveal answer → Volunteer hitman?52 DownReveal answer → Jack53 DownReveal answer → In control of one's movements south to get to Africa and Antarctica?103 DownReveal answer → Switch side of black sword54 DownReveal answer → Survive74 DownReveal answer → Celeb gets snapped here, in seaside town, with sweetheart95 DownReveal answer → Laconic55 DownReveal answer → Dull, sadistic Christian?46 DownReveal answer → Compensate for66 DownReveal answer → Movie auditorium assigned to screening number one97 DownReveal answer → Move like a snail or like a duck, half-twisted68 DownReveal answer → Kitchen appliance712 DownReveal answer → Month613 DownReveal answer → Repton's head breaking into part of his supply for school member1013 DownReveal answer → Crime against the state714 DownReveal answer → Intensely desire515 DownReveal answer → Diagram recorded fault with incomplete machinery915 DownReveal answer → Range516 DownReveal answer → The tips of leaves and branches are blended for infusion916 DownReveal answer → Truck518 DownReveal answer → Gracious solver would put up with setter's latest boring material818 DownReveal answer → Magic garment lifted around conjurer's face621 DownReveal answer → Quietly, mum spurns sherry for an alternative524 DownReveal answer → Singer sung note525 DownReveal answer → Punter eschewing races to get a drink426 DownReveal answer →

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