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The Independent Crossword August 19 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 19 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 55 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#
VP insanely excited about a new statePENNSYLVANIA12Across1 CompleteWHOLE5Across5 TavernINN3Across6 Was victoriousWON3Across7 Setter leaves for America in ruin of marriageSPOUSAL7Across8 Over in a pit installing last of rhythm instrumentsTIMPANI7Across9 Capable of meeting financial obligationsSOLVENT7Across9 MalodorousFETID5Across10 My boring article a nut squirrelled away?ACORN5Across11 Public statementANNOUNCEMENT12Across11 Eccentrically loopy ... like thisELLIPTIC8Across12 Occasionally two in a hundredTON3Across14 Extremely painfulEXCRUCIATING12Across14 Given illumination naturally newspaper wastedSUNLIT6Across15 Flipping internally, shoot projectileDART4Across16 FuriousIRATE5Across18 Make slow progress heading off in airshipLIMP4Across18 NourishNURTURE7Across19 Perhaps Andrew discovered love away from Ontario?PRINCE6Across20 Banker cutting college area in halfCAM3Across21 Day beforeEVE3Across21 University abbreviated article - prejudice finally censoredCOLUMBIA8Across22 Mountain passCOL3Across22 Arrow partSHAFT5Across23 Case of brainier private detective in clerical garbBROWN5Across24 Returning banana, must a shopper sample another fruit?SATSUMA7Across26 Harvard's motto? In retreat, something ironic: victoryVERITAS7Across27 Quiet 24-hour period after a fast startASHWEDNESDAY12Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Powder in flowersPOLLEN6Down1 Used to beWERE4Down2 Sound made by cow entering from Exeter, a very remote place it's unlikely to jump overEXOMOON7Down2 ActuallyINEFFECT8Down3 Nothing wrong in Head being inquisitiveNOSINESS8Down3 BandageSWATHE6Down4 Goat with anatomically incorrect horns? Some royal emblem!YALE4Down4 Stinging insectWASP4Down5 Clinical observations of extremely scrupulous, vigilant treatmentVITALSIGNS10Down5 These produce rain with ample abundance every second in part of the UKNIMBI5Down6 DeliberateINTENTIONAL11Down6 Cutting from azalea can't have a thorn, for exampleACANTHA7Down7 Wise guys - scammers stealing one million talk deceptivelySMARTALECKS11Down8 NakednessNUDITY6Down8 Goads popular couple blocking change in FloridaINCITEMENTS11Down10 Conspicuous wealthOPULENCE8Down12 Disobedient deputy dismissed? More than reasonableINORDINATE10Down13 MockDERIDE6Down13 Red wineCLARET6Down15 Chewy sweetNOUGAT6Down16 Monstrous dog initially caged escaped regrettably, but certain to turn upCERBERUS8Down17 NuisancePEST4Down17 The Home Guard? Missing in action guarding island, literallyMILITIA7Down19 HurryRUSH4Down20 Spies gather nothing after Republican located in Adriatic countryCROATIA7Down21 Something anyone can see inside insect trapMOUTH5Down23 Couples in love went somewhere hotOVEN4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, August 19, 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.