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The Independent Crossword August 15 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 15 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
Companies disturbed boundaries of healthy gameCOCONUTSHY10Across1 In this placeHERE4Across1 Be in debtOWE3Across3 Current force not high-powered?FLOW4Across6 Pet hateBUGBEAR7Across8 NimbleAGILE5Across9 Quick - put out improper poemUPTEMPO7Across10 EntombINTER5Across10 Young treeSAPLING7Across11 Soothing comment about a tense scene of operationsTHEATRE7Across11 Tree dweller with flightless bird in both handsLEMUR5Across12 FrighteningHAIRRAISING11Across12 Acknowledgement everyone will attend old washed-out churchALLOWANCE9Across14 Unidentified prison sentence after nabbing a railway predatorSECRETARYBIRD13Across15 EccentricODDBALL7Across17 Our Phi possibly in trouble two ways around love - love of cats?AILOUROPHILIA13Across18 DodgeEVADE5Across19 DevilDEMON5Across21 Small marine fishSARDINE7Across22 Heartless young lads rig up link between heaven and hellYGGDRASIL9Across22 Cooking vesselPAN3Across23 Unit of nautical speedKNOT4Across24 City enthralled by return of a German relativeNIECE5Across24 Bird returned at start of October with a lively mannerANIMATO7Across25 Travelling Hollywood actor returned in car initiallyNOMADIC7Across26 Some nautical gases - seaweed?ALGA4Across28 Rocky debris aroused anger in young computer expertSCREENAGER10Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Romantic partners perhaps stroke and love, yielding heartCOUPLE6Down1 ArroganceHUBRIS6Down1 Whip around and start to threatenCAT3Down2 CorrectRIGHT5Down2 International body upset America, releasing articles regarding figuresNUMERIC7Down3 ViewOPINION7Down3 Decorator ruined part of ParisTROCADERO9Down4 VitalityENERGY6Down4 Vehement line about English innHOTEL5Down5 Extreme fearTERROR6Down5 Become definite and clearCRYSTALLISE11Down6 Photographer’s concern working metal (tin) a long timeLATENTIMAGE11Down7 MoistDAMP4Down7 Degree of knowledge probing garden issues in time off from work?WEEKENDS8Down8 Go up, entering place offering a degree of freedomLEEWAY6Down9 I’m upset over nearly everything in new player adjusting poorlyMISALIGNING11Down13 BellyABDOMEN7Down13 Fortified wineSHERRY6Down14 DelayHOLDUP6Down15 FlawDEFECT6Down16 Bald and not quite honest, misrepresenting colour of wig?ASHBLONDE9Down16 Source of protein found in island, except for a rodentCAPYBARA8Down17 Skin conditionACNE4Down18 What supporters are, following United with a right great clamourUPROAR6Down19 Telecommunication worker to call love upLINEMAN7Down20 Place in a rowALIGN5Down20 Cloth dealer mostly happy about outer items in cashmereMERCER6Down21 A lot of criticism about old follower of ZenoSTOIC5Down23 Leave daughter climbing trackDOG3Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 15, 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.