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The Independent Crossword May 31 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 107 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword May 31 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 107 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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Dung beetleDOR3Across1 Ruler here, pet target for bashingPETERTHEGREAT13Across1 ConsiderWEIGH5Across3 Protection against rainUMBRELLA8Across7 DressedCLAD4Across8 Call for blood from unbelievable yahoo oddlyTALLYHO7Across9 SweetsJELLYBEANS10Across9 Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and AidaGIUSEPPEVERDI13Across9 Crude stuff produced by e.g. Berkshire pressPIGIRON7Across10 Headless porter? That's uncannily frighteningEERIE5Across11 1960s TV series, based on books by John Creasey, starring Steve Forrest as John ManneringTHEBARON8Across11 Large scissorsSHEARS6Across11 Being self-absorbed, Russians swimming will catch coldNARCISSUS9Across12 FavourPREFER6Across13 A three-note chord consisting of a note and the third and fifth above itTRIAD5Across13 Northern son seen recycling garbageNONSENSE8Across13 County whose administrative centre is ExeterDEVON5Across14 Without helpUNASSISTED10Across14 Stay on at seaREMAIN6Across15 Charles Dickens novel featuring Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah BounderbyHARDTIMES9Across15 Actor best known for playing Kwai Chang Caine, or "Grasshopper", in the 1970s TV series Kung FuDAVIDCARRADINE14Across16 The powdered stem of the tropical plant Curcuma longaTURMERIC8Across17 DeficitLOSS4Across18 Street wisdom about alcoholSTEROL6Across18 Name given to the Infantry Mk IV (A22) tank, the heaviest Allied tank used in World War IICHURCHILL9Across18 Bears with footwear and cushionsHASSOCKS8Across19 MenaceTHREATEN8Across19 Broken pieceSHARD5Across20 Another name for a drop sconeSCOTCHPANCAKE13Across20 PossessesHAS3Across21 Very long time needed to catch each TV seriesSOAPOPERA9Across22 Some hitman in Japan?NINJA5Across24 1994 film starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore, based on a novel by Michael CrichtonDISCLOSURE10Across24 Baroque sculptor from Swiss city, fashionable oneBERNINI7Across25 Old church bell needs colouring brownish-yellowOCHRING7Across26 Duck at McDonald's? It's overhyped in AmericaNOTHINGBURGER13Across27 1922 adventure novel by Rafael SabatiniCAPTAINBLOOD12Across27 Daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea, who received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect her town from attackSTEROPE7Across29 One of the main satellites of Uranus, discovered by William Lassell in 1851UMBRIEL7Across31 London borough whose legal challenge scuppered the GLC's Fares Fair policyBROMLEY7Across32 US state whose capital is CharlestonWESTVIRGINIA12Across35 The 1989 feature film debut of screenwriter Richard Curtis and director Mel Smith, starring Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson and Rowan AtkinsonTHETALLGUY10Across36 Debut single by The Honeycombs that topped the UK chart in 1964HAVEITHERIGHT13Across38 A 2-dimensional patterned array used to represent characters, symbols and imagesDOTMATRIX9Across40 An Italian sparkling wine named after a village near TriestePROSECCO8Across43 The official map-making body of the British governmentORDNANCESURVEY14Across46 Book by Chinese writer Jung Chang subtitled Three Daughters of ChinaWILDSWANS9Across49 1979 John Schlesinger film starring Richard Gere and Vanessa RedgraveYANKS5Across50 The toilets on a boat, in nautical slangHEADS5Across51 Celebrity chef, TV personality and former barrister best known as one half of the Two Fat Ladies, with Jennifer PatersonCLARISSADICKSONWRIGHT21Across52

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English crime writer who created detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss MarpleAGATHACHRISTIE14Down1 Model runs into Fat PangPATTERN7Down1 Large bottleDEMIJOHN8Down1 Formerly, an infantryman armed with a light musketFUSILIER8Down2 Play electronic dance music to entertain limitless EuropeansTOLERANCE9Down2 RusticRURAL5Down2 White Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in the Marche region of central ItalyVERDICCHIO10Down3 Feature of much verse and church music, mostly used in religious studiesRHYME5Down3 Marine mammalWHALE5Down3 Burnt aromatic substanceINCENSE7Down4 A predatory silk-producing arachnid of the order AraneaeSPIDER6Down4 Prominent feature film of the 90s: Basic Instinct?HOOKNOSE8Down4 PileHEAP4Down5 Sultanate in NW Borneo whose capital is Bandar Seri BegawanBRUNEI6Down5 Rubberneckers gossip after popping byGAPERS6Down5 English composer whose works include the oratorio A Child of Our Time and the opera The Midsummer MarriageMICHAELTIPPETT14Down6 Famous London underwritersLLOYDS6Down6 Elderly folk with urge to replace old kitchen gadgetsEGGTIMERS9Down6 Name Mrs March is called by her daughters in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little WomenMARMEE6Down7 Names of parts of algebraic expressions from school daysTERMS5Down7 In computing, a lever by means of which the movement of a cursor can be controlled, used mainly for gamingJOYSTICK8Down8 Public service workers in harmony, though not technicallyUNISON6Down8 In Arthurian legend, the mistress of Merlin, sometimes identified with the Lady of the LakeVIVIAN6Down10 UnnecessaryNEEDLESS8Down10 A special pack of cards used mainly for fortune-tellingTAROT5Down11 The ___, 1902 piano rag by Scott Joplin used as the theme music for the 1973 film The StingENTERTAINER11Down12 Loss of memoryAMNESIA7Down12 Religious housePRIORY6Down13 Cryptic notices circulating round the northernmost part of Milton Keynes?ECONOMIST9Down14 Fully satisfiedSATED5Down15 Dance and sing about getting higherASCENDING9Down16 EducateTEACH5Down16 Common sense (Informal)NOUS4Down17 Follow Filipino around NorwayTAGALONG8Down17 Lord Coe impressed by Portuguese saint in Japanese portSASEBO6Down18 William ___, archbishop of Canterbury impeached by the Long Parliament in 1640 and executed in 1645LAUD4Down19 Small dog's arrogant style of perambulationSWAGGER7Down20 Old family bones brought to ItalyMEDICI6Down21 Insect of the suborder Blattodea that is a household pestCOCKROACH9Down21 1995 Michael Mann film starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val KilmerHEAT4Down22 Tart wears a new garment that only covers the front of bodyAPRON5Down23 Colourless, tasteless powder consisting chiefly of mercurous chloride, used medicinally as a catharticCALOMEL7Down23 Ex-PM picked up female on the gameNEHRU5Down24 A surgical instrument for scraping the walls of certain body cavitiesCURETTE7Down25 King of England from 23 April to 18 October 1016EDMUNDIRONSIDE14Down26 Educational institution founded in 1969 for distance learningOPENUNIVERSITY14Down28 Viral disease of parrots that can be passed on to humansPSITTACOSIS11Down30 In architecture, a moulding having a cross section in the form of a letter SOGEE4Down33 The last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynastyNERO4Down34 Song by comedian Russ Abbot which reached number 7 in the charts in 1984ATMOSPHERE10Down37 The nocturnal mammal Proteles cristatus, that inhabits the plains of southern Africa and feeds on termites and insect larvaeAARDWOLF8Down39 A red grape variety used in Australian wine production, principally in northern VictoriaTARRANGO8Down41 French resort noted for its annual film festivalCANNES6Down42 The firm white fibrous membrane that forms the outer covering of the eyeballSCLERA6Down44 The third largest city in JapanOSAKA5Down45 Solid carbon dioxide used as a refrigerant and in stage showsDRYICE6Down47 1995 Martin Scorsese film for which Sharon Stone won a Best Actress Oscar nominationCASINO6Down48

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, May 31, 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.