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The Independent Crossword August 13 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 13 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 57 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#
Mark recalled problem for English sailors inhaling toxic gasSEMICOLON9Across1 PossessOWN3Across1 MeadowLEA3Across3 Child leaving room is cautionary signalAMBER5Across6 PretentiousAFFECTED8Across7 SnareTRAP4Across8 FollowerACOLYTE7Across9 Abolishes America's boring yearbooksANNUALS7Across9 Political theory damages around eleven millionMARXISM7Across10 Card gamePOKER5Across10 Providing backing, Republican needles producerFIR3Across11 Cut of meatSTEAK5Across12 Former editor's shockingly grim personaPIERSMORGAN11Across12 Futile look for Tesla to hireEMPLOY6Across14 Container for food damaged in cratesCANISTER8Across15 Discharged old Conservative put off returningEXCRETED8Across17 Very keenEAGER5Across17 ZealotFANATIC7Across18 Hard ground that's next to fireHEARTH6Across19 Lodgings (Informal)DIGS4Across20 RunwayAIRSTRIP8Across21 DecayROT3Across22 Final bit of activity in street with catHOMESTRETCH11Across22 Small dogPUG3Across23 Smear fish expertDAB3Across23 Top vicar regularly cutting blood supplyDIABOLO7Across25 Jewellery back in store, unless there's book missingEARRING7Across27 Good-for-nothing throwing away son's drinkWATER5Across28 Smart to fill nitrogen gas in restricted areaNOFLYZONE9Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Place of workOFFICE6Down1 Domino, perhaps, placed the wrong way by female in teamSTAFF5Down1 Share authority, mostly, about snareMANTRAP7Down2 Sewing implementNEEDLE6Down2 Winner's bloomer, losing head in tactical gameCHAMPIONESS11Down3 Board gameLUDO4Down3 Healthcare pioneer's inventory-maker?LISTER6Down4 WriterAUTHOR6Down4 Southern African plants close to arena blocking unbeatable rivalNEMESIAS8Down5 LawSTATUTE7Down5 Character of Scottish child boundlessAIR3Down6 SubsequentlyLATER5Down6 Game time for girl with diary?BRIDGET7Down7 Structure stems from anarchyROMANARCH9Down8 Mounted troopsCAVALRY7Down11 Difficult to wear old valet uniform for Hollywood starOLIVERHARDY11Down13 UnspokenTACIT5Down13 Cosmetic change at last absolutely fooled old womenEYESHADOW9Down14 Hot springGEYSER6Down14 Portable computerLAPTOP6Down15 Perhaps Vandyke to confess to approach in threatening mannerBEARDOWN8Down16 FondnessLIKING6Down16 Brief, firm collision I ignoredCOMPACT7Down18 Actors in a playCAST4Down19 1D set up Oscar and Olivia?RODRIGO7Down20 Object, from the point of view of object, is left outITSELF6Down21 Make a mess of unloading new musical instrumentBUGLE5Down24 Pole for stirring hot air periodically hiddenOAR3Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 13, 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.