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The Independent Crossword August 17 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 17 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 50 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#
?THOROUGHLY10Across1 Dispiriting picture?GHOSTBUSTERS12Across1 See noteWELLDONE8Across7 UndilutedNEAT4Across8 Moisturised skin you hear admiredHYDRATED8Across9 Japanese islandHONSHU6Across9 Scandinavian countrySWEDEN6Across10 Ability to discern Caesar's head among gold piecesACUMEN6Across10 ?DUPED5Across11 France in recent times barring English outrightFLATLY6Across11 Narrative one acted outANECDOTE8Across12 BeginningONSET5Across13 Plans to review unopened emails?SPAM4Across13 Wheels turn - factory turning out large and small trousersCARGOPANTS10Across14 FleeESCAPE6Across15 Lawyer's basic writing cleverer when spokenPROSECUTOR10Across16 Son pinched from mom's handbag without guiltPURE4Across18 ?CONNED6Across18 500 gatecrashing ground at event prolonged antagonismVENDETTA8Across19 Raised platformDAIS4Across20 Angel shaves around front of her ...SERAPH6Across21 CafeSNACKBAR8Across21 Dog bin unfinished pasta goes inBORZOI6Across22 ?SPLENDIDLY10Across22 Worship as bride and groom agree, initially like a shotIDOLATRY8Across23 Wetter wander around part of the Lake DistrictDERWENTWATER12Across24

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Means of gaining accessTOEHOLD7Down1 Makes eyes atOGLES5Down2 Book with Romeo in kept byHARDTIMES9Down2 PompousOROTUND7Down3 Nutty dish dropped onto chair, alasSATAY5Down3 EstimateGUESS5Down4 Promise boyfriend with cramped identity breathing spaceBIDFAIR7Down4 QuadrilleLANCERS7Down5 Wrinkly torso brought about elderly actor's exitSTAGEDOOR9Down5 Short cloakCAPE4Down6 Horsey type last to imitate nickerEQUID5Down6 Prescott tangling with prat, so fun to watch?SPECTATORSPORT14Down7 Hertz essentially opposed to driving on the left behind bikeCYCLEPERSECOND14Down8 MisbehavesPLAYSUP7Down12 Fruit tree plantationORCHARD7Down13 Scar from treacherous Arctic floes?CICATRICE9Down14 TreatmentTHERAPY7Down14 Equally mild, sub-standard additiveASPARTAME9Down15 Green cormorantSHAG4Down16 One supports aristocratic bears?TSARIST7Down17 Come nextENSUE5Down17 Completely unclothedNAKED5Down19 Pushing tractor, one rests brieflyDOZER5Down20 Bill allows inverted badge on bootsSKODA5Down21

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