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The Independent Crossword May 25 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 51 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 25 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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Across

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Assemble trick grid which possibly splits101 AcrossReveal answer → Made more efficient111 AcrossReveal answer → Remaining piece put back however small46 AcrossReveal answer → Person in charge47 AcrossReveal answer → ?88 AcrossReveal answer → Chasm59 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of ball hits leg710 AcrossReveal answer → Bring into being610 AcrossReveal answer → Glass of beer drunk by Spooner to celebrate711 AcrossReveal answer → See note911 AcrossReveal answer → Small clean trousers wrinkle512 AcrossReveal answer → Runner with hoop earrings jogged913 AcrossReveal answer → Cheap wine not opened by thoughtful lady on vacation1314 AcrossReveal answer → ?616 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrity chef on broadcast filling in met old BBC correspondent1318 AcrossReveal answer → ?518 AcrossReveal answer → ?820 AcrossReveal answer → Field remains full of wheat, initially at any rate920 AcrossReveal answer → Chilled421 AcrossReveal answer → Coiffeur1122 AcrossReveal answer → Presumably nothing from Q in your mind523 AcrossReveal answer → Binary judgment's backing women as they were long ago724 AcrossReveal answer → £1 for the last of 26 Italian pastries725 AcrossReveal answer → Lack the strength to lean over426 AcrossReveal answer → Cheeky Irish always cutting payment to landlord1027 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rough like sensei's blows?61 DownReveal answer → Advertising phrase61 DownReveal answer → African Queen worked free in time, then it capsized92 DownReveal answer → Out of practice52 DownReveal answer → Agency helping to keep European here143 DownReveal answer → Entertainer73 DownReveal answer → Eccentric left collection of animals with tails removed54 DownReveal answer → Syringa54 DownReveal answer → Youth I see across stage attractive on set95 DownReveal answer → Lack of care75 DownReveal answer → Scarcity66 DownReveal answer → Worry the top comes off lock57 DownReveal answer → Radiation unintentionally reveals the inside of car parts88 DownReveal answer → OTT style Colin developed with drag queen149 DownReveal answer → Native of Tel Aviv?712 DownReveal answer → In the region713 DownReveal answer → Native of Astana?614 DownReveal answer → Grant's brother and 'is woman play around915 DownReveal answer → Say again615 DownReveal answer → Conductor designate travelled by bike916 DownReveal answer → Fried potatoes517 DownReveal answer → Name large dog that pirouettes after Nureyev, perhaps817 DownReveal answer → Russian pancakes519 DownReveal answer → Not all Gestapo interrogations done nicely619 DownReveal answer → Party in a navy dress521 DownReveal answer → Ecuador's capital no longer safe around clubs522 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, May 25, 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.