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The Independent Crossword May 25 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 60 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 60 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 25 2026. 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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As well31 AcrossReveal answer → O'Reilly's header follows short corner from England51 AcrossReveal answer → Measure the heaviness of53 AcrossReveal answer → Just over half of US adults currently back shelling Middle East54 AcrossReveal answer → One out of Vietnam, retired soldier no longer attached?37 AcrossReveal answer → Italian appetiser98 AcrossReveal answer → Suffer39 AcrossReveal answer → Giro d'Italia surprisingly drops all but one international combatant99 AcrossReveal answer → Melody's unprotected sex with other folk510 AcrossReveal answer → Armoured vehicle410 AcrossReveal answer → Modernist who wrote revolutionary score for soap?811 AcrossReveal answer → Mexican hat811 AcrossReveal answer → Rod’s making Penny jack in Michael McIntrye and co?612 AcrossReveal answer → Not harmful to the environment1113 AcrossReveal answer → Hard-living thespian told to give up booze; ...414 AcrossReveal answer → ... wild feller with no boundaries, Harris?1015 AcrossReveal answer → Church room816 AcrossReveal answer → Did advocate impeach Don "incorrectly"?1017 AcrossReveal answer → Pig meat418 AcrossReveal answer → Romeo and Posh featured in Standard419 AcrossReveal answer → Dandy321 AcrossReveal answer → Vaccinate922 AcrossReveal answer → Stirring quality of playwright’s first swashbuckling role for 3 14A622 AcrossReveal answer → Gangling523 AcrossReveal answer → Movie actors on vacation823 AcrossReveal answer → Young goat324 AcrossReveal answer → Upset water swamps Tesla?526 AcrossReveal answer → Bold cycling competitor breaks hip927 AcrossReveal answer → Ready to shed one's last tear328 AcrossReveal answer → Private corporation with love for United529 AcrossReveal answer → Holding dog off its lead530 AcrossReveal answer →

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Herculean71 DownReveal answer → Republican wearing preposterous clobber in Senate for speech51 DownReveal answer → Exclamation of apology42 DownReveal answer → Hurried to visit holiday home in Rock72 DownReveal answer → Honeysuckle83 DownReveal answer → Superior cakes start to leave one lad desperate for more63 DownReveal answer → Session band inspired by White and Plant104 DownReveal answer → Mental picture54 DownReveal answer → Strike with backspin and kiss a red45 DownReveal answer → Concave65 DownReveal answer → Number going topless to support Newton’s newspaper86 DownReveal answer → Diplomacy46 DownReveal answer → People generally into Rivals?77 DownReveal answer → Society117 DownReveal answer → Much-loved walk around historic city in Kent?98 DownReveal answer → Natural liking812 DownReveal answer → To Meloni, the Left say: “Reformation of Italy is wrong”1013 DownReveal answer → Acrobat's garment714 DownReveal answer → Fix up mushroom skewers in Asian wrap?914 DownReveal answer → Serviceable615 DownReveal answer → Quiet writer tense about working under old adversary816 DownReveal answer → Castrated fowl517 DownReveal answer → American buffoon claiming Greenland's core port ...718 DownReveal answer → Part of a castle419 DownReveal answer → ... opposes leaders in the hostile West after rebuking Trump so ...720 DownReveal answer → Aquatic bird420 DownReveal answer → ... "a twat essentially with too much capital"621 DownReveal answer → Island trips on hotel launch for Tom Cruise?524 DownReveal answer → Fiddle with computers on the counter425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, May 25, 2026. 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.