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The Independent Crossword June 8 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword June 8 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 50 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#
Item of sports equipmentSQUASHRACKET12Across1 Slender girl shapely after remodelling but needing A&ESYLPH5Across1 Rather inflexible suits returned by swimmerSTIFFISH8Across4 Orchestra playing Elgar holds back in symphony, mostlyBYANDLARGE10Across8 Pointed toothFANG4Across8 See noteWORLDCUP8Across9 Study woodwind instrument's soundREAD4Across9 Grass-cutting implementSCYTHE6Across10 Motorway blocked by a vehicle dealing with bent tubesMACARONI8Across10 ProbableLIKELY6Across11 University on Florida island benefitting from fortuneFLUKEY6Across11 Unplaced horseALSORAN7Across12 Act rated poorly Shakespeare's? Nothing in thatTREADTHEBOARDS14Across12 Metro, sirens and riots in part of ParisARRONDISSEMENT14Across15 ?BEAKER6Across16 Particularly afraid of supernatural creature in photoPHOBIC6Across18 ?SPHERE6Across18 Park warden trailing round yard where fruit trees growORANGERY8Across20 SwampINUNDATE8Across20 Manner of walkingGAIT4Across21 Soldiers with egg on uniformUNIT4Across22 Branch of medicineRHEUMATOLOGY12Across22 Put underground cafes all over the place as meeting pointsINTERFACES10Across23 Call to approve two presents over the phoneHEARHEAR8Across24 Mark from lash on deckhand's back remainedDWELT5Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Magnus Pym, a stereotype keeping control in Le Carré?SPYMASTER9Down1 Couple enjoy collecting new silver separatelyLINKAGE7Down2 ?QUAICH6Down2 Introductory line that chap will loveHELLO5Down3 AnxietyANGST5Down3 Honest fellow with spots on nose taking portrait back?STRAIGHTSHOOTER15Down4 Glaring mistakes (Informal)HOWLERS7Down4 Fine cycling legend beyond descriptionINEFFABLE9Down5 MonthAPRIL5Down5 Set of instructions to make Chinese Disney film incompleteFORMULA7Down6 Soft smooth leatherKIDSKIN7Down6 Can it copy fashion?SHAPE5Down7 RuffleTOUSLE6Down7 With an oblique glanceASKANCE7Down12 EsteemRESPECT7Down13 European editor in the ascendancy taking on Channel 4 using logicDEDUCTIVE9Down13 Banknote (Informal)TENNER6Down14 Finish, say that Negrete demonstrated partly doing a flipDETERGENT9Down14 TiresomeTRYING6Down15 Yellow mosquito, for instance, that flies round and roundORBITER7Down16 Chase group inside 19 partying with drugsENGRAVE7Down17 ?REALM5Down17 Ancient earthwork has hedgerow in the middle with bird laying eggs on itHENGE5Down19 German philosopherHEGEL5Down19 Cold dry sandwiches unpleasant to smell and tasteACRID5Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, June 8, 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.