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The Independent Crossword June 6 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 6 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 57 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#
Rich water source no longer freshWELLOFF7Across1 InletBAY3Across1 Male bovineBULL4Across3 Old painter showing origins of unique Celtic instrumentUCCELLO7Across5 AttributeIMPUTE6Across7 Six-legged creatureINSECT6Across8 EveryEACH4Across9 Nimble chap’s put in illuminated sign, except for last letterLITHESOME9Across9 Approach repair quicklyRUNUP5Across10 ScatterDISPERSE8Across10 Cricket internationalsTESTMATCHES11Across11 Last letter over backing a highly-regarded personOMEGA5Across11 Time to request church working groupTASKFORCE9Across12 Enthusiast runs into part of golf course - obstacle beside the fairway?NUTTREE7Across14 Railway coachCARRIAGE8Across15 Not so much carrying log after one bout of poor healthILLNESS7Across16 Producer of stage works skinned zebra? Source of indignationROSSINI7Across17 DifferVARY4Across18 FlatfishPLAICE6Across19 Noblewoman, Early English, appearing in newspapers?PEERESS7Across19 Large birdTURKEY6Across20 Unit of computer memoryBYTE4Across21 Pig penSTY3Across22 Observed the writer, very blunt in speechEYEBALLED9Across22 Love in the current scenario is a refugeOASIS5Across23 Uncovered foolish ideas in skateboard manoeuvreOLLIE5Across25 Attack weak crew holding in first of oarsWEIGHINTO9Across26 French make no use of turning toolFRETSAW7Across27 Irish girl with reduced requirement for return after collegeCOLLEEN7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pompous languageBOMBAST7Down1 Regulation upset eccentric French speakerWALLOON7Down1 Woodworking tool in hall at HerefordLATHE5Down2 AdolescentYOUTH5Down2 New mark of excellence in Glyndebourne speciality mostly alfrescoOPENAIR7Down3 Earnestly requestBESEECH7Down3 Pay for article coming between extreme parts of chickenFOOTTHEBILL11Down4 PlaceLOCUS5Down4 Deny rejecting official employmentUSE3Down5 RarelySELDOM6Down5 Painstaking group of travellers going round SpainCAREFUL7Down6 Fail to catchMISS4Down6 Steward’s assistant, never lead, unfortunatelyLANDREEVE9Down7 Overwhelm work on ironOPPRESS7Down8 InferSURMISE7Down12 Formal agreementTREATY6Down13 Drunk is in Washington area, swallowing litres – a source of much painSLIPPEDDISC11Down13 MagicSORCERY7Down14 Group overturned wobbly easel around large pieces of mosaicTESSELLAE9Down15 Narrow laneALLEY5Down16 Quickly list river fish originating in FranceREELOFF7Down17 Prayer endingAMEN4Down17 Type of diseaseVIRUS5Down18 I take a long time to acquire right cameras?IMAGERS7Down18 Historic recording: company uplifted most of soundEPOCHAL7Down20 Poet readily suppressing source of follySASSOON7Down21 Jabber, not mentioning your slight burnSINGE5Down24 Walk on water at the outset? Amazing!WOW3Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, June 6, 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.