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The Independent Crossword June 5 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 5 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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#
Siamese possibly taking after northern EuropeanCATALAN7Across1 Central partCORE4Across1 MonarchKING4Across3 Scared following reprimandFEARFUL7Across5 Citrus fruitLEMON5Across7 Type of schoolACADEMY7Across8 Higher power backing up former leaderUPPER5Across9 Legless type calls briefly, having lost at strip poker?RINGSNAKE9Across10 Egyptian rulerPHARAOH7Across10 Around Réunion, perhaps, Vogue wasn't successfulFAILED6Across11 DeduceINFER5Across11 Conflict shown by Islamism at chapelMISMATCH8Across12 Fragrant shrubHONEYSUCKLE11Across12 Young troops use coasts to swimSEASCOUTS9Across14 Network's route curtailedLAN3Across15 Steel towerPYLON5Across17 Unit of hardness misrepresented at firstOHM3Across18 Push forwardOBTRUDE7Across19 Laziness of grant invested in pub these daysINDOLENCE9Across20 Mexican spiritTEQUILA7Across21 ViperADDER5Across22 SurrenderCEDE4Across23 Helpless charger accepting African currency for EuropeanSTRANDED8Across23 Tinker Tailor Soldier - and sure, ultimately apt to include - SpyTAMPER6Across24 DependRELY4Across24 People welcome to accept love god, not the first oneHOIPOLLOI9Across27 Vocalists recalled lush Hollywood areaALTOS5Across28 Ambush of pressure avoided by what comes before it?FORELAY7Across29 Did bug like pine?NEEDLED7Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Editor leaving very happy sound on tracksCHUFF5Down1 Islamic rulerCALIPH6Down1 Cut absurd depositTOPSIDE7Down2 Cuban danceRUMBA5Down2 Generosity of SSE?LARGESSE8Down3 Military fabric colourKHAKI5Down3 Average Agatha Christie novelNORM4Down4 NecessaryNEEDFUL7Down4 Amateur works off tin can, I suspectFANFICTION10Down5 CongenitalINNATE6Down5 Suppose Muppet raised aggressive puppetASSUME6Down6 Female sailorYACHTSWOMAN11Down6 Geometric shape in walls of former university cut from concreteFRACTAL7Down7 Article for Elle, say, covering hit treatment for old bones?LEECHING8Down8 Unit of lengthYARD4Down9 SlantingOBLIQUE7Down13 Can we remove record from sluggish churchman?JOHNWESLEY10Down13 Short sleepCATNAP6Down14 Petty squabbleSPAT4Down15 School engaged in unorthodox use of kitchen assistantSOUSCHEF8Down16 AnnualYEARLY6Down16 Light turned up in US stateDELAWARE8Down17 ArtlessNAIVE5Down18 More dark rum with a twist and hint of elderflower in cocktailMURKIER7Down19 ExcessiveUNDUE5Down20 Nation mostly supporting Cork and Dublin?CAPITAL7Down21 Warm out?UNCOOL6Down22 Destroyed and constructed without independenceRASED5Down25 Notice bad overwhelming goodSIGN4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, June 5, 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.