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The Independent Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 23 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Pagan woman using intelligence against the church51 AcrossReveal answer → Small nail41 AcrossReveal answer → Diocese33 AcrossReveal answer → French at home: small space, note, poor internally94 AcrossReveal answer → Somnolent67 AcrossReveal answer → Calm-natured68 AcrossReveal answer → Frightening89 AcrossReveal answer → No good abandoning cursing about latest respectful greeting79 AcrossReveal answer → Nice, struggling to contain its sea flowing back, covering particular area710 AcrossReveal answer → Rotisserie410 AcrossReveal answer → Computer displays our dates after manipulation811 AcrossReveal answer → Political movement911 AcrossReveal answer → Entirely supply copyright? That's a boost612 AcrossReveal answer → Revealing a lot of flesh, but no wicked spirit? Heavens314 AcrossReveal answer → British are missing former PM from part of London1015 AcrossReveal answer → Felines416 AcrossReveal answer → Newspaper, say, fronted by bigwig offering source of music1017 AcrossReveal answer → A state of untidiness818 AcrossReveal answer → Protection from sun and warmth, dissipating energy319 AcrossReveal answer → Gap620 AcrossReveal answer → Style621 AcrossReveal answer → A system of divination I ignored, expressing desire621 AcrossReveal answer → Snake322 AcrossReveal answer → Supplier of eggs mostly beset by small guy and comrade822 AcrossReveal answer → Bill of fare423 AcrossReveal answer → Traffic control around college is not extensive724 AcrossReveal answer → Articles about British actor in poor performance as patriarch725 AcrossReveal answer → Looks after outhouses around pub with hesitation927 AcrossReveal answer → Boast having attained new leading position528 AcrossReveal answer →

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Bank employee61 DownReveal answer → Go and cry endlessly31 DownReveal answer → Argument over some American designer72 DownReveal answer → Farewell (Informal)72 DownReveal answer → Husband seen from the rear in part of London63 DownReveal answer → Gaiters53 DownReveal answer → Soon erasing line about gun in correspondence104 DownReveal answer → Call forth64 DownReveal answer → Unconstrained bank elevating source of finance45 DownReveal answer → Novice45 DownReveal answer → Strength to stay at home around day 1286 DownReveal answer → Body organ66 DownReveal answer → Thin plate, unsatisfactory, all turned upside down77 DownReveal answer → Chap struggling with the sea beginning to consider ship's emergency feature118 DownReveal answer → More than one opposition is brought in to stop experts limiting navy1111 DownReveal answer → Unassuming612 DownReveal answer → Unusual713 DownReveal answer → South Americans rampaging on a crusade1013 DownReveal answer → Spittle614 DownReveal answer → Fancy cake615 DownReveal answer → Like a family fight about pub kept up816 DownReveal answer → Establish517 DownReveal answer → Improve opportunity, dismissing Conservative for English Nationalist718 DownReveal answer → Temperature dropping from peak, not entirely warm - oh well!719 DownReveal answer → A few419 DownReveal answer → Excellent, mostly sumptuous material620 DownReveal answer → Tolerate conflict enveloping Europe423 DownReveal answer → Intend to dismiss a squad?326 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 23, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.