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The Independent Crossword May 30 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 30 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 52 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#
InsectBEE3Across1 Scottish riverDEE3Across3 Positioned one King, I see, like 21?SATIRIC7Across5 Unknown person nevertheless putting women firstWHOEVER7Across7 Underwear resembling shortsBOXERS6Across7 AssaultATTACK6Across8 ConceptIDEA4Across9 Female offspringDAUGHTER8Across10 Come round after Hogmanay? Fellow in binge in US goes behind treesFIRSTFOOT9Across10 Nerve painNEURALGIA9Across11 Daughter and husband leaving jetty in MiniDWARF5Across11 Fool's mostly quaint and formal way of speakingTWERP5Across12 Academic to encourage soldiers about old FrenchPROFESSOR9Across14 Irritate mum after dispersing collection of insectsTERMITARIUM11Across16 RepresentSPEAKFOR8Across16 Swipe horn, criminally in possessionOWNERSHIP9Across19 Paving blockSLAB4Across19 Resort recalled in story about capital of ItalyEILAT5Across20 Hold-upsDELAYS6Across20 Examination about Welsh or Irish writerSWIFT5Across21 Close-fitting hatBEANIE6Across21 Raised edgeRIM3Across22 Enamelware: is ready to crack copyCLOISONNE9Across22 Unit of weightTON3Across23 Bar brawl around Christmas not unknownRULEOUT7Across24 Californian city intent on squashing vulgar refusal by Senate ultimatelyANAHEIM7Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Corn for grinding needing no special stonesGRIT4Down1 Fair-haired femaleBLONDE6Down1 Carry out claim with chops getting cookedACCOMPLISH10Down2 RaiseELEVATE7Down2 Study origin of wine consumed by heavy drinkerSWOT4Down3 Narrow channelDITCH5Down3 Censor to decline to respond after line in edition twistedBOWDLERISE10Down4 Abstain fromESCHEW6Down4 Catch speech while eating a lot of cheeseSAFETY6Down5 Second-handUSED4Down5 Clean internet up after three hundred yearsTERCENTENNIAL13Down6 InformalCASUAL6Down6 Perfect representation of a serviceman, wobbling, astride barrelVRAISEMBLANCE13Down8 Soldiers supporting source of military changeREFORM6Down9 RubbishREFUSE6Down12 Holes allowing foot to slip out? It's the last thing you want to hearPERORATION10Down13 MomentINSTANT7Down13 SeemAPPEAR6Down14 CountryNATION6Down15 Down with professional in cricket ground, awaiting confirmationONAPPROVAL10Down15 Big dog pulls ahead of old monarchTOWSER6Down17 Warning deviceALARM5Down17 Source of water power straddling riverSTREAM6Down18 Red gemstoneRUBY4Down18 Indefinable something within confines of cheery townCITY4Down22 Son tucked into fishSHAD4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, May 30, 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.