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The Independent Crossword August 1 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 1 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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Armour? A lot of concern for postal vehicle71 AcrossReveal answer → Be in debt31 AcrossReveal answer → Arrow-shooting weapon33 AcrossReveal answer → Photographic depiction of warning about fresh coffee?75 AcrossReveal answer → Diminish78 AcrossReveal answer → Due59 AcrossReveal answer → American shopping centre returned wool59 AcrossReveal answer → A part of eagle I observed in California or part of Spain910 AcrossReveal answer → Frequently510 AcrossReveal answer → I open chain, diversifying, covering area around Syria?1011 AcrossReveal answer → Caller711 AcrossReveal answer → Ticker tape welcoming return of this expedition412 AcrossReveal answer → Leaping insect1112 AcrossReveal answer → Plan small church straddling border614 AcrossReveal answer → Navigator abandoning coach leading new group of troops616 AcrossReveal answer → Satirise716 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit518 AcrossReveal answer → Cosmetic supplement619 AcrossReveal answer → Fad520 AcrossReveal answer → Bring up regular payment given to secretary620 AcrossReveal answer → Learned721 AcrossReveal answer → Auction item322 AcrossReveal answer → Couple not first in competition423 AcrossReveal answer → Tree323 AcrossReveal answer → Charity retailer curtailed the openings before spring1024 AcrossReveal answer → Serving of food and wine tucked into by second drunk927 AcrossReveal answer → Ancient city favoured by senior artist528 AcrossReveal answer → African capital mostly invested in vegetable or flowering plant729 AcrossReveal answer → Turned up with support and took first place730 AcrossReveal answer →

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Travel indicator for edifice excessively viewed by Spooner81 DownReveal answer → Former pupil61 DownReveal answer → I’m a strategy game in final stage of development52 DownReveal answer → Live52 DownReveal answer → Continually light up groups of shops? OK with me, possibly103 DownReveal answer → Easily snapped73 DownReveal answer → Extravagant edges to odour rising - Chanel?64 DownReveal answer → Bet54 DownReveal answer → Antifreeze, say, satisfied Harry on reversing inside85 DownReveal answer → Handsome young man65 DownReveal answer → Opening for gourmets in the manner of a festivity46 DownReveal answer → Clumsy116 DownReveal answer → Back people to circumvent Nationalist obstruction97 DownReveal answer → Throw carelessly47 DownReveal answer → Cheers military vehicles encircling Hungary68 DownReveal answer → Unrestrained713 DownReveal answer → Prevent cherub swamping a work about religious figure1013 DownReveal answer → Deposit on teeth614 DownReveal answer → Household skills came forth after development915 DownReveal answer → Regain615 DownReveal answer → Regional516 DownReveal answer → Portent417 DownReveal answer → European promoted a lot of hot air, elevating feelgood sensation817 DownReveal answer → Dispute with Director about leading playwright818 DownReveal answer → Group of lions519 DownReveal answer → Finish work preparing for Christmas?621 DownReveal answer → Small telescope, with sharper perception, Germany imported622 DownReveal answer → Place to stay, very popular with the Spanish525 DownReveal answer → Surprise publicity event curtailed426 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 1, 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.