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The Independent Crossword May 28 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 28 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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#
Contest German head of Nando's leaving mushrooms inCHAMPIONSHIP12Across1 FiddlestickBOW3Across1 Clarified butterGHEE4Across3 Hurt leg and backside in machinery, leading to sympathyHARMONY7Across8 CopyIMITATE7Across9 Made Charlie shake less with drugs, primarilyCOBBLED7Across9 Ski runPISTE5Across10 Sacred water lilyLOTUS5Across11 The first woman to criticise young explorerPANDORA7Across11 RaptureECSTASY7Across12 US city flooded by great lake beginning to suspect goddesses of vengeanceERINYES7Across12 Medium dry sherryAMONTILLADO11Across13 Outspoken characters representing South American writingESSAY5Across13 Amphibian, for example, on back of crocodile for a bitTOADEGREE9Across14 Pulls on holiday in racing facilityDRAGSTRIP9Across16 CallerVISITOR7Across17 Patent Uncle Arthur's masksCLEAR5Across19 Glossy fabricSATIN5Across19 Corrupt official in place, ending in tyrannyPUTREFY7Across21 Woody plantSHRUB5Across21 Row of housesTERRACE7Across22 With legs either side of Scandinavian woman, start to empathiseASTRIDE7Across23 SkilledABLE4Across23 Study plugs and other things with no teethEDENTAL7Across24 Plant containerPOT3Across24 Extremely snide comment under the breath in coastal areaSEASIDE7Across25 Use envelopes unexpectedly prepared in advanceUPONESSLEEVE12Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Horse's headgearBRIDLE6Down1 Symbol like an apostrophe from Cornwall, mostly over breaksCORONIS7Down1 Card gameWHIST5Down2 Third piece of meat with mint gravy, but no stuffing, brings expression of regretAPOLOGY7Down2 Month with clergyman for Spooner's financial officerPAYMASTER9Down3 Where chalk may be found when neededONCUE5Down4 SpouseHUSBAND7Down4 Replacement fruit is majesticSUBLIME7Down5 Mournful poemELEGY5Down5 Extremely cheap film service provided by the BBC?IPLAYER7Down6 Dried grapeRAISIN6Down6 WorsenDETERIORATE11Down7 Girl power? Girl's daughter's power? That is making traditional British dishSHEPHERDSPIE12Down7 Musical workOPUS4Down8 Hell on earth having husband promoted? Need to change, being crestfallenDISHEARTENED12Down10 French windMISTRAL7Down14 Outrage about break-ins oddly ignored in assessmentAPPRAISAL9Down15 SheenLUSTRE6Down15 PurposeINTENT6Down16 An idiot making port in BelgiumANTWERP7Down17 ViewVISTA5Down17 Make more agreeable number after second number oneSWEETEN7Down18 Brass instrumentTUBA4Down18 American discounted appealing to cop traitorCUTRATE7Down19 Building completed if I certified wallsEDIFICE7Down20 VagrantTRAMP5Down20 Calls island on Shetland, to begin withYELLS5Down22

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