The Independent Crossword June 5 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 5 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 55 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#

Young swanCYGNET6Across1 Twist forciblyWRING5Across4 A top year, with King throttled at an early stageALREADY7Across7 Barbarian suppressing old agreement? Take careLOOKOUT7Across8 Hangman's halterNOOSE5Across8 Home on wheelsCARAVAN7Across9 Liquid measureLITRE5Across10 Reservation about bad church moneyRESOURCES9Across10 Of the noseNASAL5Across11 Priest, senior religious figure not using Old Testament in scripture lessonsRABBI5Across11 Move slowly? That is fine at the top levelINCHIEF7Across12 Woman's garmentCOCKTAILDRESS13Across13 Fashion stone without much skillMODEST6Across14 Rough pathTRAIL5Across16 Completing the tour with nothing else to do?INTHELASTRESORT15Across17 Call onVISIT5Across18 Prepare mine for a fight in unpleasant placeARMPIT6Across19 Recalled report, containing ordinary lines almost bursting with content?SWOLLEN7Across20 VersusAGAINST7Across21 Digging toolSPADE5Across22 Slicing this fruit could make chap peeMANGO5Across23 ResideDWELL5Across23 StickADHERE6Across24 Source of venison? Various diners always tucking inREINDEERS9Across25 Eating out, consuming new herbGENTIAN7Across27 Turning to observe, being in pursuit of the very best beardsGOATEES7Across28

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ClashCONFLICT8Down1 Who might deliver text on court working?PROSECUTOR10Down1 PhantomGHOST5Down2 Elegant dog trade deal curtailed by UK and ItalySALUKI6Down2 Basic constituent partELEMENT7Down3 US city turning up in South Carolina agreementSYNC4Down3 FactoryWORKS5Down4 Friends at school caught on carpet being hugged by girlsCLASSMATES10Down4 Comedy series almost left on a high point?PORRIDGE8Down5 ImplicateINVOLVE7Down5 Slimy matter (Informal)GUNK4Down6 Gangsters upset over British weaponBOMB4Down6 SparkleSCINTILLATE11Down7 Blood flow issue? I start receiving treatment with O - one’s injectedAORTITIS8Down7 Cotton on rug after end of needlepointTWIG4Down9 So to speakASITWERE8Down12 Subject losing head during brief romance? That’s gratifyingFLATTERING10Down13 Small houseCOTTAGE7Down14 ContrivedDEVISED7Down15 Wasted away after soprano harboured hidden emotionsSMOULDERED10Down15 Narrowing of passage on sites rebuilt after end of hostilitiesSTENOSIS8Down16 Make voidANNUL5Down17 Hope stimulated around university - upturn in attitude - feeling of wellbeingEUPHORIA8Down18 ConditionSTATE5Down19 Musical groupBAND4Down20 Love judge imprisoning Duke, alasOHDEAR6Down21 Pulled up trees, very pleased with oneselfSMUG4Down22 Some appellation in Appendix?NINA4Down24 Attempt to support one American villain in theatreIAGO4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, June 5, 2026. 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.