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The Independent Crossword August 12 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 12 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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Clerk’s content - after small slummy pad it will be digs for him91 AcrossReveal answer → Person dropping rubbish81 AcrossReveal answer → Body of water35 AcrossReveal answer → High level of support initially seen on pitch56 AcrossReveal answer → Paraphernalia (Informal)78 AcrossReveal answer → Robust59 AcrossReveal answer → I agree with the German editor79 AcrossReveal answer → Cold capital city on limits of the normal weather710 AcrossReveal answer → Precise510 AcrossReveal answer → Some sheep wool patterned onto cloth511 AcrossReveal answer → Mail711 AcrossReveal answer → Zero gravity? - held by secure cord with something else812 AcrossReveal answer → In an all-consuming way1112 AcrossReveal answer → Around 1st of Nov increase assistance for free614 AcrossReveal answer → Privately eccentric cinema artist815 AcrossReveal answer → Error716 AcrossReveal answer → County518 AcrossReveal answer → Arcane oddball coteries818 AcrossReveal answer → Cook520 AcrossReveal answer → Grey example of river carp620 AcrossReveal answer → Repeat721 AcrossReveal answer → Hawaiian garland322 AcrossReveal answer → Falls for regressive regulations leading to depressions822 AcrossReveal answer → Type of paint finish823 AcrossReveal answer → Street’s internet access mostly high-speed524 AcrossReveal answer → Most primitive indigenous peoples having time to move east727 AcrossReveal answer → One SW county has 25% off similar compounds728 AcrossReveal answer → To some extent when arch goes over winch is required529 AcrossReveal answer → Dealt very roughly as a preventative measure930 AcrossReveal answer →

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Move around aimlessly, pale and sickly following sun41 DownReveal answer → Insulated61 DownReveal answer → A plover flying - it will cross the gap72 DownReveal answer → Leg bone52 DownReveal answer → Final part mutated in core of certain glands93 DownReveal answer → Formal letter73 DownReveal answer → Play about a city Romeo ending in heartbreak44 DownReveal answer → Musical genre134 DownReveal answer → Little critters chewed acorns round Colorado85 DownReveal answer → Dreamlike75 DownReveal answer → Going over, step inside, entirely inside - maybe a long shot56 DownReveal answer → Chasm56 DownReveal answer → Russian boy with weedkiller becomes a ‘Scottish’ hero?77 DownReveal answer → Conversation47 DownReveal answer → The last question in a row - is a beer drunk with Kelvin?108 DownReveal answer → Variety of rice713 DownReveal answer → Fast percussion playing1013 DownReveal answer → Evening prayer service714 DownReveal answer → Disclose615 DownReveal answer → It thickens line on castle that’s a bit short in drawing916 DownReveal answer → Wall painting516 DownReveal answer → Divisions of a play417 DownReveal answer → Poetic hero Sheila’s regularly seen with a battered hat817 DownReveal answer → Mental picture519 DownReveal answer → Essentially vocal rain dances for wind instrument719 DownReveal answer → Confined with no food’s intrinsically concerning721 DownReveal answer → Feudal lord for instance in fiction523 DownReveal answer → Equipment that’s electronic - it’s used to test opinions425 DownReveal answer → Wordgame is insubstantial but not “beginning with W”426 DownReveal answer →

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