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The Independent Crossword August 17 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 50 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 17 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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?101 AcrossReveal answer → Dispiriting picture?121 AcrossReveal answer → See note87 AcrossReveal answer → Undiluted48 AcrossReveal answer → Moisturised skin you hear admired89 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese island69 AcrossReveal answer → Scandinavian country610 AcrossReveal answer → Ability to discern Caesar's head among gold pieces610 AcrossReveal answer → ?511 AcrossReveal answer → France in recent times barring English outright611 AcrossReveal answer → Narrative one acted out812 AcrossReveal answer → Beginning513 AcrossReveal answer → Plans to review unopened emails?413 AcrossReveal answer → Wheels turn - factory turning out large and small trousers1014 AcrossReveal answer → Flee615 AcrossReveal answer → Lawyer's basic writing cleverer when spoken1016 AcrossReveal answer → Son pinched from mom's handbag without guilt418 AcrossReveal answer → ?618 AcrossReveal answer → 500 gatecrashing ground at event prolonged antagonism819 AcrossReveal answer → Raised platform420 AcrossReveal answer → Angel shaves around front of her ...621 AcrossReveal answer → Cafe821 AcrossReveal answer → Dog bin unfinished pasta goes in622 AcrossReveal answer → ?1022 AcrossReveal answer → Worship as bride and groom agree, initially like a shot823 AcrossReveal answer → Wetter wander around part of the Lake District1224 AcrossReveal answer →

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Means of gaining access71 DownReveal answer → Makes eyes at52 DownReveal answer → Book with Romeo in kept by92 DownReveal answer → Pompous73 DownReveal answer → Nutty dish dropped onto chair, alas53 DownReveal answer → Estimate54 DownReveal answer → Promise boyfriend with cramped identity breathing space74 DownReveal answer → Quadrille75 DownReveal answer → Wrinkly torso brought about elderly actor's exit95 DownReveal answer → Short cloak46 DownReveal answer → Horsey type last to imitate nicker56 DownReveal answer → Prescott tangling with prat, so fun to watch?147 DownReveal answer → Hertz essentially opposed to driving on the left behind bike148 DownReveal answer → Misbehaves712 DownReveal answer → Fruit tree plantation713 DownReveal answer → Scar from treacherous Arctic floes?914 DownReveal answer → Treatment714 DownReveal answer → Equally mild, sub-standard additive915 DownReveal answer → Green cormorant416 DownReveal answer → One supports aristocratic bears?717 DownReveal answer → Come next517 DownReveal answer → Completely unclothed519 DownReveal answer → Pushing tractor, one rests briefly520 DownReveal answer → Bill allows inverted badge on boots521 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, August 17, 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.