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The Independent Crossword May 29 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 29 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 56 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Without hesitation, gun dogs can lead you to badger holesSETTS5Across1 VesselBOAT4Across1 Hole in a needleEYE3Across4 What may arise from steeds rushing across pampa unconfined?STAMPEDES9Across4 Zodiac signGEMINI6Across8 A wrecked stateRUINS5Across9 Upset conductor by beginning to danceRATTLED7Across9 Black uniform seen on colonel in charge of tending cattleBUCOLIC7Across10 British Rail have transport in Paddington, for oneBROWNBEAR9Across11 Words of endearmentSWEETNOTHINGS13Across11 Remove the first piece of toilet paper - it's coming outISSUE5Across12 Glowing coalsEMBERS6Across12 Cook, say, flour, eggs and milkBATTER6Across13 Liberal chap obsessed with pussy?CATHOLIC8Across14 Thinly dispersedSPARSE6Across14 Tropical fish, whales and a turtle?TETRAPOD8Across17 SimultaneouslyATTHESAMETIME13Across17 Dog's beaten - how sadSHADOW6Across19 FashionTREND5Across20 FuelDIESEL6Across21 RodentRAT3Across22 Dash alongside horse to force into an inletEMBAY5Across22 In a fitting mannerDULY4Across23 Rugby player from Britain doing fine at the end of the seasonSPRINGBOK9Across24 Something dug by female ox left wearing digging toolFOXHOLE7Across26 Parsnip in frying pan, both sides of which are modifiedSKIRRET7Across27 Song by prog rock band rated 'weird', but then, at last, 'revolutionary'YESTERDAY9Across28 Decontaminating a sesspool containing ammonia and methane?GASES5Across29

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Small baby tiger, say, runs inside bushSCRUB5Down1 CorpulentOBESE5Down2 Charlie's atop castle with traitor beheaded in retaliationTITFORTAT9Down2 Tornado (Informal)TWISTER7Down3 Stop speaking, because Roland Barthes's article is boringSILENCE7Down3 Senior journalistEDITOR6Down4 Head for Schwarzkopf counter further downSADDER6Down4 SoilEARTH5Down5 A right bad smell coming from the heart of treesARBOREAL8Down5 MealDINNER6Down6 Gregory is hot and hungryPECKISH7Down6 Northern valleys the source of slate and lead supplyDALES5Down7 Type of triangleISOSCELES9Down7 Afraid, move around bully that's beyond reproachSACREDCOW9Down8 Artificial languageESPERANTO9Down10 Dairy productBUTTER6Down13 Frivolous person that's fat carried by stagecoachBUTTERFLY9Down13 Red, winged creatures - hens?LADYBIRDS9Down15 Make-believePRETEND7Down15 BrigandBANDIT6Down16 Large cask holds all of beer's frothHOGSHEAD8Down16 Sea duckEIDER5Down18 From now on, the heart of Queen Mary is brokenANYMORE7Down18 PerfectIDEAL5Down19 Looking for money dropped outsideHUNTING7Down20 Macabre girls mutilated the backside of teddyGRISLY6Down21 Socks and pants abandoned by the side of riverBOXES5Down23 High-flown things I start to think during filmKITES5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, May 29, 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.