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The Independent Crossword May 27 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 27 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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Flipped over, part of landscape so perfect lay still61 AcrossReveal answer → American biscuit, 12 11 with an excellent example134 AcrossReveal answer → Rhine wine46 AcrossReveal answer → Stupendous case of unbelievable morons horsing around88 AcrossReveal answer → Facility48 AcrossReveal answer → Muscular spasm39 AcrossReveal answer → Editor probes social media sites for item on noodle610 AcrossReveal answer → Mushrooms711 AcrossReveal answer → Man of prominence in Cumbria? That's doubtful611 AcrossReveal answer → Ice house512 AcrossReveal answer → Miscreant caught at home between border and lake area the other way812 AcrossReveal answer → Close observation1213 AcrossReveal answer → A male's been misrepresenting skilled hands1013 AcrossReveal answer → Defect1215 AcrossReveal answer → Put away in silence after denial415 AcrossReveal answer → Defence some 12 lawyers retracted416 AcrossReveal answer → 12 11 - possibly 1D 23 tyre track belonging to them?1018 AcrossReveal answer → Defence of being elsewhere520 AcrossReveal answer → Suspect abed cutting string up? Nod vigorously821 AcrossReveal answer → Suggest721 AcrossReveal answer → Social outcasts trapped by juvenile personalities622 AcrossReveal answer → Regret322 AcrossReveal answer → Wooden shoe423 AcrossReveal answer → Town in the Borders that uncovered illuminating bit of string624 AcrossReveal answer → Horse's gait424 AcrossReveal answer → Joke one has about it, meant as retribution825 AcrossReveal answer → Former mate with brief wanting second counsel626 AcrossReveal answer → One takes a great deal of interest, certainly, in what occupies jury627 AcrossReveal answer →

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Start of road rage connected with 4x4101 DownReveal answer → Form51 DownReveal answer → 12 who's out with a part to play in exercise72 DownReveal answer → Sesame seed paste62 DownReveal answer → Laws113 DownReveal answer → Sorry rogues divided by start of case, cause of distress73 DownReveal answer → Purloined64 DownReveal answer → Vehicle75 DownReveal answer → Brute's sport fine and innocent? On the contrary75 DownReveal answer → Emperor enjoyed wet weather on island heading north76 DownReveal answer → Greek island57 DownReveal answer → Duck answer, breaking scheme to work together?97 DownReveal answer → Report of diseased leaf travellers picked up somewhere along 6's 16119 DownReveal answer → Tree with pale bark1110 DownReveal answer → Outlandish714 DownReveal answer → Silly gamble before 12 case, ultimately saying he did it?914 DownReveal answer → Treasured616 DownReveal answer → Use617 DownReveal answer → Like yobs, pleased after topping beauty717 DownReveal answer → See 4 Across1318 DownReveal answer → Smell518 DownReveal answer → Trivial519 DownReveal answer → E.g. moors map held by police sergeant with uniform on719 DownReveal answer → Chap who follows what's trending cheers broadcast of cut tree720 DownReveal answer → See 11023 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, May 27, 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.