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The Independent Crossword June 28 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 28 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fermented pear drinkPERRY5Across1 Steps over a wallSTILE5Across4 Hosts leaders of active Russian movement in extreme secrecyARMIES6Across6 FrolicROMP4Across7 Moderate spring callSPARING7Across7 SupersededREPLACED8Across8 Shabby cafe (Informal)GREASYSPOON11Across9 Mumbling objection about terminologyLINGO5Across9 Diagram of sequences from fellow depressed companion with talentFLOWCHART9Across10 Breakfast foodMUESLI6Across11 ITV series starring Michael Elphick in the title roleBOON4Across11 A public declaration of policy issued by a political partyMANIFESTO9Across12 Too much cycling for little childTOT3Across12 ProsperDOWELL6Across13 Unsuitable pixie needn't go swimmingINEXPEDIENT11Across13 A flightless marine bird of the order Sphenisciformes of cool southern regionsPENGUIN7Across14 Perhaps the first Elizabeth R, for cruciverbalists?REDHEAD7Across14 Large historical division in the Scottish Highlands that now forms the northern part of Perth and KinrossATHOLL6Across15 Subject of script Diaz meant to be read in regular instalmentsCITIZEN7Across15 Form of humourBLACKCOMEDY11Across15 Character from French pantomime with a whitened face, white costume and pointed hatPIERROT7Across16 American actress whose films include Picnic, The Man With the Golden Arm and VertigoKIMNOVAK8Across17 Made unhappySADDENED8Across18 Historic Red Wedding?SOVIETUNION11Across18 The Latin name for the Canticle of SimeonNUNCDIMITTIS12Across18 2004 Michael Mann film starring Tom Cruise and Jamie FoxxCOLLATERAL10Across19 TransactionDEAL4Across20 Greek island in the Aegean that is the largest island of the Northern SporadesSKYROS6Across21 Limit EU farming policyCAP3Across21 Wading birdEGRET5Across21 Radioactive elementRADON5Across22 British inventor of the first successful steam locomotiveGEORGESTEPHENSON16Across23 Are digits manipulated for parliamentary family?STRIGIDAE9Across23 Organic compound's manufactured thereETHER5Across24 Back East Germany in NorwegianENDORSE7Across25 Temporary shelter's sign broken by workerLEANTO6Across26 Marine invertebrate also called a lamp shellBRACHIOPOD10Across27 German term used for historical empiresREICH5Across30 An annelid belonging to the subclass HirudineaLEECH5Across32 The former name of ThailandSIAM4Across33 1976 album by The Stills-Young Band whose title track was an elegy for Neil Young's first carLONGMAYYOURUN13Across35 1986 musical that starred Cliff Richard in its West End runTIME4Across37 Jonathan ___, American film director best known for The Silence of the Lambs and PhiladelphiaDEMME5Across38 The capital of GhanaACCRA5Across39 Actor who played Captain George Mainwaring in Dad's ArmyARTHURLOWE10Across40 1960 novel by Kingsley Amis featuring young teacher Jenny BunnTAKEAGIRLLIKEYOU16Across42 Another name for oarweedTANGLE6Across45 The first person to get ten Academy Award nominations for actingBETTEDAVIS10Across47 1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis named after a song by Elvis CostelloLESSTHANZERO12Across50 A white crystalline alcohol used as a sweetener (E420)SORBITOL8Across52 A daughter of a king of Spain or PortugalINFANTA7Across54 A series of French delta-winged fighters and bombers made by the aircraft manufacturer Dassault AviationMIRAGE6Across55 Small four-stringed guitar that originated in Hawaii in the 19th centuryUKULELE7Across56 American actor, born Harvey Lee Yeary, who played Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man and Colt Seavers in The Fall GuyLEEMAJORS9Across57 Historic seat of the ancient Irish kings in County MeathTARA4Across58

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Indecisive Prince of Hungary with charm that's not universalHAMLET6Down1 North American name for a nightjarGOATSUCKER10Down1 TinePRONG5Down1 Issued electronic order to send duke downEMANATED8Down2 The ___, the third 'Dirty Harry' film starring Clint Eastwood, released in 1976ENFORCER8Down2 Put down by forceREPRESS7Down2 The French Teletubby runs in ecstasy after a hareLEPORINE8Down3 Italian town that was a major Mediterranean port from the 10th to the 18th centuryAMALFI6Down3 Standard of comparisonYARDSTICK9Down3 Voting system cool Democrat valuedPRICED6Down4 Subtitle of American composer John Knowles Paine's Symphony No. 2 in A majorINSPRING8Down4 Plant fluidSAP3Down4 Mad Parisians might take a dip here, it's saidINSANE6Down5 Adult insectIMAGO5Down5 Ancient Egyptian god who was ruler of the underworld and judge of the deadOSIRIS6Down5 PerpetualETERNAL7Down6 Rocky hill about 130 km southeast of Rome, site of a 1944 battle in which its monastery was destroyed by Allied bombingMONTECASSINO12Down6 American director whose films include Do the Right Thing and Mo' Better BluesSPIKELEE8Down7 Genus of saltwater clams commonly known as jingle shells and saddle oystersANOMIA6Down8 periscope.tv exercised potentialPROSPECTIVE11Down8 In Roman tradition, the queen of the Olympian godsJUNO4Down9 Accompaniment to a main courseSIDEORDER9Down10 The capital of TurkeyANKARA6Down10 Reference books deal with computer interfaces outside DelawareFIELDGUIDES11Down10 Brown carries one ton - that's a huge figure!TITAN5Down11 DispleasureUMBRAGE7Down12 Lancashire seaside town whose Town football club first gained league status in 2012FLEETWOOD9Down13 Files of king snakesRASPS5Down14 BrandishedWIELDED7Down14 Fiddler can finally speak before start of recitalTINKERER8Down16 ViperADDER5Down16 Reportedly menagerie feature in Channel Islands provides growth for AmericanZUCCHINI8Down17 LongYEARN5Down17 Louse eggNIT3Down19 Piece from piano reverberates around cityVERONA6Down19 Scottish actor and impressionist who was the first choice to play Del Boy in Only Fools and HorsesENNREITEL9Down20 Say half of gnomes go without ordinary boozy concoctionEGGNOG6Down20 Steven ___, US director whose films include Jaws, ET and Jurassic ParkSPIELBERG9Down22 Aperitif lifted Spanish gent and salesmanPERNOD6Down22 1981 crime novel written by Martin Cruz Smith, set in the Soviet UnionGORKYPARK9Down24 Best Actress Oscar-winner for As Good As It GetsHELENHUNT9Down25 An ancient alphabetical writing system used by the Celts in Britain and IrelandOGHAM5Down26 A rich soft creamy cheese named after a village in Normandy where it originatedCAMEMBERT9Down28 Another name for the auricle, the external part of the earPINNA5Down29 City in Afghanistan on the Hari Rud RiverHERAT5Down31 The letter I in the NATO phonetic alphabetINDIA5Down34 Market town in Cheshire whose Town football club first gained league status in 1997MACCLESFIELD12Down36 Former name for EthiopiaABYSSINIA9Down40 American cowboy vaudeville performer and film actor known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son"WILLROGERS10Down41 The seventh studio album by The Beatles, released in August 1966REVOLVER8Down43 British band in which Midge Ure replaced John Foxx as lead singer in 1979ULTRAVOX8Down44 Town in Lower Galilee that was the home of Jesus in his youthNAZARETH8Down46 The second book of the Old TestamentEXODUS6Down48 An intentionally-applied form of noise routinely used in processing digital audio and digital video dataDITHER6Down49 Irish river that rises in the Wicklow Mountains and flows into Dublin BayLIFFEY6Down50 1981 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions recorded in NashvilleALMOSTBLUE10Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, June 28, 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.