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The Independent Crossword August 12 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 12 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 58 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#
Clerk’s content - after small slummy pad it will be digs for himSHOVELLER9Across1 Person dropping rubbishLITTERER8Across1 Body of waterSEA3Across5 High level of support initially seen on pitchSTILT5Across6 Paraphernalia (Informal)GUBBINS7Across8 RobustHARDY5Across9 I agree with the German editorAMENDER7Across9 Cold capital city on limits of the normal weatherCLIMATE7Across10 PreciseEXACT5Across10 Some sheep wool patterned onto clothFLOCK5Across11 MailLETTERS7Across11 Zero gravity? - held by secure cord with something elseTOGETHER8Across12 In an all-consuming wayOBSESSIVELY11Across12 Around 1st of Nov increase assistance for freeUNPAID6Across14 Privately eccentric cinema artistINCAMERA8Across15 ErrorMISTAKE7Across16 CountySHIRE5Across18 Arcane oddball coteriesESOTERIC8Across18 CookROAST5Across20 Grey example of river carpGROUSE6Across20 RepeatITERATE7Across21 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Across22 Falls for regressive regulations leading to depressionsSWALLOWS8Across22 Type of paint finishEGGSHELL8Across23 Street’s internet access mostly high-speedSWIFT5Across24 Most primitive indigenous peoples having time to move eastNAIVEST7Across27 One SW county has 25% off similar compoundsISOMERS7Across28 To some extent when arch goes over winch is requiredCRANE5Across29 Dealt very roughly as a preventative measureAVERTEDLY9Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Move around aimlessly, pale and sickly following sunSWAN4Down1 InsulatedLAGGED6Down1 A plover flying - it will cross the gapOVERLAP7Down2 Leg boneTIBIA5Down2 Final part mutated in core of certain glandsENDOCRINE9Down3 Formal letterEPISTLE7Down3 Play about a city Romeo ending in heartbreakLARK4Down4 Musical genreEASYLISTENING13Down4 Little critters chewed acorns round ColoradoRACCOONS8Down5 DreamlikeSURREAL7Down5 Going over, step inside, entirely inside - maybe a long shotSNIPE5Down6 ChasmABYSS5Down6 Russian boy with weedkiller becomes a ‘Scottish’ hero?IVANHOE7Down7 ConversationCHAT4Down7 The last question in a row - is a beer drunk with Kelvin?TIEBREAKER10Down8 Variety of riceBASMATI7Down13 Fast percussion playingSUPERSONIC10Down13 Evening prayer serviceVESPERS7Down14 DiscloseREVEAL6Down15 It thickens line on castle that’s a bit short in drawingARROWROOT9Down16 Wall paintingMURAL5Down16 Divisions of a playACTS4Down17 Poetic hero Sheila’s regularly seen with a battered hatHIAWATHA8Down17 Mental pictureIMAGE5Down19 Essentially vocal rain dances for wind instrumentOCARINA7Down19 Confined with no food’s intrinsically concerningUNFREED7Down21 Feudal lord for instance in fictionLIEGE5Down23 Equipment that’s electronic - it’s used to test opinionsKITE4Down25 Wordgame is insubstantial but not “beginning with W”ISPY4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, August 12, 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.