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The Independent Crossword May 25 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 25 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 51 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#
Assemble trick grid which possibly splitsCONGREGATE10Across1 Made more efficientSTREAMLINED11Across1 Remaining piece put back however smallSTUB4Across6 Person in chargeBOSS4Across7 ?TELEGRAM8Across8 ChasmABYSS5Across9 Sort of ball hits legOFFSPIN7Across10 Bring into beingCREATE6Across10 Glass of beer drunk by Spooner to celebrateLARGEIT7Across11 See noteWIRECLOTH9Across11 Small clean trousers wrinklePURSE5Across12 Runner with hoop earrings joggedORGANISER9Across13 Cheap wine not opened by thoughtful lady on vacationINEXPENSIVELY13Across14 ?FABRIC6Across16 Celebrity chef on broadcast filling in met old BBC correspondentALISTAIRCOOKE13Across18 ?CABLE5Across18 ?MATERIAL8Across20 Field remains full of wheat, initially at any rateLEASTWAYS9Across20 ChilledICED4Across21 CoiffeurHAIRSTYLIST11Across22 Presumably nothing from Q in your mindUPTOP5Across23 Binary judgment's backing women as they were long agoTWOFOLD7Across24 £1 for the last of 26 Italian pastriesCANNOLI7Across25 Lack the strength to lean overCANT4Across26 Cheeky Irish always cutting payment to landlordIRREVERENT10Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Rough like sensei's blows?CHOPPY6Down1 Advertising phraseSLOGAN6Down1 African Queen worked free in time, then it capsizedNEFERTITI9Down2 Out of practiceRUSTY5Down2 Agency helping to keep European hereREPRESENTATION14Down3 EntertainerARTISTE7Down3 Eccentric left collection of animals with tails removedGONZO5Down4 SyringaLILAC5Down4 Youth I see across stage attractive on setTELEGENIC9Down5 Lack of careNEGLECT7Down5 ScarcityDEARTH6Down6 Worry the top comes off lockTRESS5Down7 Radiation unintentionally reveals the inside of car partsBETARAYS8Down8 OTT style Colin developed with drag queenGRANDILOQUENCE14Down9 Native of Tel Aviv?ISRAELI7Down12 In the regionLOCALLY7Down13 Native of Astana?KAZAKH6Down14 Grant's brother and 'is woman play aroundPHILANDER9Down15 Say againREPEAT6Down15 Conductor designate travelled by bikeELECTRODE9Down16 Fried potatoesCHIPS5Down17 Name large dog that pirouettes after Nureyev, perhapsBALLETIC8Down17 Russian pancakesBLINI5Down19 Not all Gestapo interrogations done nicelyAPOINT6Down19 Party in a navy dressADORN5Down21 Ecuador's capital no longer safe around clubsSUCRE5Down22

About this puzzle

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