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 The Independent's Cryptic Crossword 26 May 2025 Answers

Please find below all the The Independent's Cryptic Crossword 26 May 2025 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (26 May 2025) has a total of 30 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

Poetic work the first with dramatic stakes? Guess not...

1D

2A

3N

4T

5E

6S

7I

8N

9F

10E

11R

12N

13O

Detective to probe corrupt Vatican ruler's principles

1C

2A

3R

4D

5I

6N

7A

8L

9V

10I

11R

12T

13U

14E

15S

What holy folk will give in Frankie and Benny's maybe?

1R

2E

3L

4I

5G

6I

7O

8U

9S

10O

11R

12D

13E

14R

15S

Latin poet's moving verse for abyss

1V

2O

3I

4D

Location down under home to certain devils reclining on throne?

1S

2A

3T

Mephistopheles initially leading wicked staff

1M

2A

3C

4E

Accused person may enter this place with endless heat

1P

2L

3E

4A

Casino's hosting 21 perhaps

1S

2I

3N

Fire and brimstone beginning to affect label on pants

1S

2A

3C

4K

Fiendish act I'm in on with liar is creating offence

1C

2R

3I

4M

5I

6N

7A

8L

9I

10S

11A

12T

13I

14O

15N

Obviously diabolical spirit's vile and tart when drunk by yard

1D

2E

3M

4O

5N

6S

7T

8R

9A

10T

11I

12V

13E

14L

15Y

Underground Zones 1-9 – might four answers here be called one of them?

1C

2I

3R

4C

5L

6E

7S

8O

9F

10H

11E

12L

13L

One taken in by proof all made up

1A

2P

3R

4I

5L

6F

7O

8O

9L

Caught on top of tower with specially picked locks

1T

2W

3I

4G

5G

6E

7D

Second husband a big hit – or old hat

1S

2H

3A

4K

5O

Church centres called out scoundrels

1N

2A

3V

4E

5S

Body part some heard rumbling

1E

2A

3R

4D

5R

6U

7M

Futile gesture snubbed by crossword setters online

1N

2O

3U

4S

5E

Reminder to include right solution

1C

2U

3R

4E

A couple of significant others nothing to write home about

1S

2O

3S

4O

NASA program regularly blocked sites

1S

2T

3S

Successfully sunbathe in vessel with bottom out

1T

2A

3N

Firm friend swallows pill before large red

1C

2O

3C

4H

5I

6N

7E

8A

9L

Insiders from navy like a certain Bond dealing with gadgets in the air

1A

2V

3I

4O

5N

6I

7C

Rejecting siestas I don't say a word in this language

1S

2P

3A

4N

5I

6S

7H

The first day of advent's flipping cold

1I

2C

3E

4D

What sounds just like its heart's desire

1E

2N

3V

4Y

Newspaper carrying Methuselah's second-rate bits of verse

1I

2A

3M

4B

5I

One who's six feet under concerned with cave

1A

2N

3T

4R

5E

Amigo spoiled how The Metamorphosis ends

1I

2M

3A

4G

5O

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Facts and Figures

• There are a total of 30 clues in the 26 May 2025 The Independent's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
• The shortest answer is SAT which contains 3 Characters.
• Location down under home to certain devils reclining on throne? is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
• The longest answer is CARDINALVIRTUES which contains 15 Characters.
• Detective to probe corrupt Vatican ruler's principles is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
• The unused letters in 26 May 2025 The Independent's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are J,Q,X,Z