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The Independent Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 23 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#
Pagan woman using intelligence against the churchWITCH5Across1 Small nailTACK4Across1 DioceseSEE3Across3 French at home: small space, note, poor internallyENFAMILLE9Across4 SomnolentSLEEPY6Across7 Calm-naturedPLACID6Across8 FrighteningFEARSOME8Across9 No good abandoning cursing about latest respectful greetingEFFENDI7Across9 Nice, struggling to contain its sea flowing back, covering particular areaENDEMIC7Across10 RotisserieSPIT4Across10 Computer displays our dates after manipulationREADOUTS8Across11 Political movementCOMMUNISM9Across11 Entirely supply copyright? That's a boostFILLIP6Across12 Revealing a lot of flesh, but no wicked spirit? HeavensSKY3Across14 British are missing former PM from part of LondonBLACKHEATH10Across15 FelinesCATS4Across16 Newspaper, say, fronted by bigwig offering source of musicSWELLORGAN10Across17 A state of untidinessDISARRAY8Across18 Protection from sun and warmth, dissipating energyHAT3Across19 GapHIATUS6Across20 StyleMANNER6Across21 A system of divination I ignored, expressing desireACHING6Across21 SnakeASP3Across22 Supplier of eggs mostly beset by small guy and comradeTOVARICH8Across22 Bill of fareMENU4Across23 Traffic control around college is not extensiveCONCISE7Across24 Articles about British actor in poor performance as patriarchABRAHAM7Across25 Looks after outhouses around pub with hesitationSHEPHERDS9Across27 Boast having attained new leading positionCROWN5Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bank employeeTELLER6Down1 Go and cry endlesslyWEE3Down1 Argument over some American designerTIFFANY7Down2 Farewell (Informal)CHEERIO7Down2 Husband seen from the rear in part of LondonHENDON6Down3 GaitersSPATS5Down3 Soon erasing line about gun in correspondenceEPISTOLARY10Down4 Call forthELICIT6Down4 Unconstrained bank elevating source of financeFREE4Down5 NoviceTYRO4Down5 Strength to stay at home around day 12MIDNIGHT8Down6 Body organSPLEEN6Down6 Thin plate, unsatisfactory, all turned upside downLAMELLA7Down7 Chap struggling with the sea beginning to consider ship's emergency featureESCAPEHATCH11Down8 More than one opposition is brought in to stop experts limiting navyRESISTANCES11Down11 UnassumingMODEST6Down12 UnusualSTRANGE7Down13 South Americans rampaging on a crusadeECUADORANS10Down13 SpittleSALIVA6Down14 Fancy cakeGATEAU6Down15 Like a family fight about pub kept upCLANNISH8Down16 EstablishSETUP5Down17 Improve opportunity, dismissing Conservative for English NationalistENHANCE7Down18 Temperature dropping from peak, not entirely warm - oh well!HEIGHHO7Down19 A fewSOME4Down19 Excellent, mostly sumptuous materialFABRIC6Down20 Tolerate conflict enveloping EuropeWEAR4Down23 Intend to dismiss a squad?MEN3Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 23, 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.