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The Independent Crossword May 30 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for May 30 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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Insect31 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish river33 AcrossReveal answer → Positioned one King, I see, like 21?75 AcrossReveal answer → Unknown person nevertheless putting women first77 AcrossReveal answer → Underwear resembling shorts67 AcrossReveal answer → Assault68 AcrossReveal answer → Concept49 AcrossReveal answer → Female offspring810 AcrossReveal answer → Come round after Hogmanay? Fellow in binge in US goes behind trees910 AcrossReveal answer → Nerve pain911 AcrossReveal answer → Daughter and husband leaving jetty in Mini511 AcrossReveal answer → Fool's mostly quaint and formal way of speaking512 AcrossReveal answer → Academic to encourage soldiers about old French914 AcrossReveal answer → Irritate mum after dispersing collection of insects1116 AcrossReveal answer → Represent816 AcrossReveal answer → Swipe horn, criminally in possession919 AcrossReveal answer → Paving block419 AcrossReveal answer → Resort recalled in story about capital of Italy520 AcrossReveal answer → Hold-ups620 AcrossReveal answer → Examination about Welsh or Irish writer521 AcrossReveal answer → Close-fitting hat621 AcrossReveal answer → Raised edge322 AcrossReveal answer → Enamelware: is ready to crack copy922 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight323 AcrossReveal answer → Bar brawl around Christmas not unknown724 AcrossReveal answer → Californian city intent on squashing vulgar refusal by Senate ultimately725 AcrossReveal answer →

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Corn for grinding needing no special stones41 DownReveal answer → Fair-haired female61 DownReveal answer → Carry out claim with chops getting cooked102 DownReveal answer → Raise72 DownReveal answer → Study origin of wine consumed by heavy drinker43 DownReveal answer → Narrow channel53 DownReveal answer → Censor to decline to respond after line in edition twisted104 DownReveal answer → Abstain from64 DownReveal answer → Catch speech while eating a lot of cheese65 DownReveal answer → Second-hand45 DownReveal answer → Clean internet up after three hundred years136 DownReveal answer → Informal66 DownReveal answer → Perfect representation of a serviceman, wobbling, astride barrel138 DownReveal answer → Soldiers supporting source of military change69 DownReveal answer → Rubbish612 DownReveal answer → Holes allowing foot to slip out? It's the last thing you want to hear1013 DownReveal answer → Moment713 DownReveal answer → Seem614 DownReveal answer → Country615 DownReveal answer → Down with professional in cricket ground, awaiting confirmation1015 DownReveal answer → Big dog pulls ahead of old monarch617 DownReveal answer → Warning device517 DownReveal answer → Source of water power straddling river618 DownReveal answer → Red gemstone418 DownReveal answer → Indefinable something within confines of cheery town422 DownReveal answer → Son tucked into fish423 DownReveal answer →

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