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The Independent Crossword August 14 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 14 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
Communications code word for the letter mMIKE4Across1 Ceremonial gownROBE4Across3 Soft fine feathersDOWN4Across7 TracheaWINDPIPE8Across8 OpinionBELIEF6Across9 Used to celebrate Unionist politician standing by husband amid court caseTRIUMPHAL9Across9 FalsenessDECEIT6Across10 Idiot on Love Island enters safe spaceOASIS5Across10 Considerable violence or hateABHOR5Across11 Study of languageLINGUISTICS11Across12 Where you might go for a drive by the coast?GOLFLINKS9Across12 When key's missing, start boiling with rageHOTWIRE7Across13 At first, monitor out-of-control lorry going around nuclear plantMORNINGGLORY12Across14 ConfidentialSECRET6Across14 SufficientENOUGH6Across17 In recession, group of countries protects energy employmentUSAGE5Across17 StressEMPHASIS8Across18 Occasionally stroke little piggyTOE3Across19 Border onABUT4Across19 SurrenderCEDE4Across20 InformationDATA4Across21 Show involving Post Office framing workerPANTO5Across21 Jaguar takes on firm that's adapted to the local environmentECOTYPE7Across22 O'Sullivan's third trick shot enthrals the UK, for oneCOUNTRY7Across24 In lab coat, breaking down plant-based substanceBOTANICAL9Across26 Quickly make approachRUNUP5Across28 They deliver extremely extravagant surpriseUPSET5Across30 Latin poet's wasted promisePOTENTIAL9Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Separatists no longer controlling northern Italian mountainETNA4Down1 Roman Catholic titleMONSIGNOR9Down1 Fashionable group of ladies welcome to visit every other part of stateWITHIT6Down2 Chinese gooseberryKIWIFRUIT9Down2 Weirdly morbid, eery decorationEMBROIDERY10Down3 Raised strip of landRIDGE5Down3 Film gets a cheer, unexpectedly breaking recordTHEGREATESCAPE14Down4 Billiard table fabricBAIZE5Down4 Perhaps Flanders is hosting a climbing eventSLALOM6Down5 ProsperDOWELL6Down5 Smooth part of speechROLL4Down6 FinestBEST4Down6 Capital cousin misguidedly invested in decentralised altcoinASUNCION8Down7 Cold-blooded killers slip away, quietly heading southASPS4Down8 IndigestionDYSPEPSIA9Down10 Small sausageCHIPOLATA9Down11 Jubilant cry heard at Mecca?HOUSE5Down13 EnlistSIGNUP6Down13 Cast offSHED4Down14 After temperature drops, expedition in danger amid the wavesRIPCURRENT10Down15 ThicketCOPSE5Down15 See 14 AcrossMORNINGGLORY12Down16 Rub outERASE5Down16 Write off American, increasingly injecting this out of hospitalAMORTISE8Down18 Rise in intensity irritated unmarried actor Paul earlier onESCALATE8Down20 See 4THEGREATESCAPE14Down23 Ready to ring pub about gameTENNIS6Down25 Band's unexpected statement cut shortBLUR4Down26 Do for one finally taken to expert coiffeuseNOTE4Down27 Go to bed with jerkPULL4Down29

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 14, 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.