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The Independent Crossword May 28 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 28 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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Contest German head of Nando's leaving mushrooms in121 AcrossReveal answer → Fiddlestick31 AcrossReveal answer → Clarified butter43 AcrossReveal answer → Hurt leg and backside in machinery, leading to sympathy78 AcrossReveal answer → Copy79 AcrossReveal answer → Made Charlie shake less with drugs, primarily79 AcrossReveal answer → Ski run510 AcrossReveal answer → Sacred water lily511 AcrossReveal answer → The first woman to criticise young explorer711 AcrossReveal answer → Rapture712 AcrossReveal answer → US city flooded by great lake beginning to suspect goddesses of vengeance712 AcrossReveal answer → Medium dry sherry1113 AcrossReveal answer → Outspoken characters representing South American writing513 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian, for example, on back of crocodile for a bit914 AcrossReveal answer → Pulls on holiday in racing facility916 AcrossReveal answer → Caller717 AcrossReveal answer → Patent Uncle Arthur's masks519 AcrossReveal answer → Glossy fabric519 AcrossReveal answer → Corrupt official in place, ending in tyranny721 AcrossReveal answer → Woody plant521 AcrossReveal answer → Row of houses722 AcrossReveal answer → With legs either side of Scandinavian woman, start to empathise723 AcrossReveal answer → Skilled423 AcrossReveal answer → Study plugs and other things with no teeth724 AcrossReveal answer → Plant container324 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely snide comment under the breath in coastal area725 AcrossReveal answer → Use envelopes unexpectedly prepared in advance1226 AcrossReveal answer →

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Horse's headgear61 DownReveal answer → Symbol like an apostrophe from Cornwall, mostly over breaks71 DownReveal answer → Card game52 DownReveal answer → Third piece of meat with mint gravy, but no stuffing, brings expression of regret72 DownReveal answer → Month with clergyman for Spooner's financial officer93 DownReveal answer → Where chalk may be found when needed54 DownReveal answer → Spouse74 DownReveal answer → Replacement fruit is majestic75 DownReveal answer → Mournful poem55 DownReveal answer → Extremely cheap film service provided by the BBC?76 DownReveal answer → Dried grape66 DownReveal answer → Worsen117 DownReveal answer → Girl power? Girl's daughter's power? That is making traditional British dish127 DownReveal answer → Musical work48 DownReveal answer → Hell on earth having husband promoted? Need to change, being crestfallen1210 DownReveal answer → French wind714 DownReveal answer → Outrage about break-ins oddly ignored in assessment915 DownReveal answer → Sheen615 DownReveal answer → Purpose616 DownReveal answer → An idiot making port in Belgium717 DownReveal answer → View517 DownReveal answer → Make more agreeable number after second number one718 DownReveal answer → Brass instrument418 DownReveal answer → American discounted appealing to cop traitor719 DownReveal answer → Building completed if I certified walls720 DownReveal answer → Vagrant520 DownReveal answer → Calls island on Shetland, to begin with522 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, May 28, 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.