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The Independent Crossword August 2 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 2 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 114 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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Subject of Geography left out for a term …WORD4Across1 CattleCOWS4Across1 FrailWEAK4Across3 … which sees head becoming Latin master ...LORD4Across3 … but English covering the last lessons of History?LORE4Across6 White furERMINE6Across7 Bivalve molluscOYSTER6Across8 Honest (Informal)ONTHELEVEL10Across9 Space for Divinity to provide incomeREVENUE7Across10 A cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane or rotor bladeAEROFOIL8Across10 Position of fascists in the past - it’s a mixed bagFARRAGO7Across11 TrinketBAUBLE6Across11 The greyish-brown larva of certain craneflies, especially of the genus TipulaLEATHERJACKET13Across12 Chaos of latest police blackoutTOTALECLIPSE12Across12 Clever or witty remark (French)BONMOT6Across13 IntentionalDELIBERATE10Across14 The North American plant Polemonium caeruleumJACOBSLADDER12Across14 Curries regularly kept by French to have laterAUREVOIR8Across15 The garden in Jerusalem where Christ was betrayed on the night before his CrucifixionGETHSEMANE10Across15 Make Manx soldiers dedicated to dutyDETAIL6Across16 In Greek mythology, an Athenian architect who made wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee CreteDAEDALUS8Across16 City in California near Los Angeles famous for film stars' homesBEVERLYHILLS12Across17 Ill willMALICE6Across18 Health centreCLINIC6Across19 England’s back batting twice before finally bowling and taking lunchDINING6Across19 Massive fan of Italian cheese - if it’s brought back for mePARTISAN8Across20 Skin irritationITCH4Across20 Country whose capital is BogotáCOLOMBIA8Across21 AmphibianNEWT4Across21 Scrappy win was eighth attempt at covering up problemsWHITEWASHING12Across22 1964 Richard Lester film featuring The BeatlesAHARDDAYSNIGHT14Across24 Sister introduces a discontented combative daughter as ‘a bit different’NUANCED7Across25 State of Virginia getting new union at universityVANUATU7Across26 Outer layer in between radius and diameter…RIND4Across27 Real surname of the children's author Dr SeussGEISEL6Across27 … minus end and start of great circle …RING4Across28 … needs 21st in series for one part of 21?RUNG4Across29 In the British Army, a member of the senior regiment of infantry in the Household BrigadeGRENADIER9Across29 F R ___, English literary critic whose books include The Great Tradition and The Common PursuitLEAVIS6Across31 Industrial city in NW France that is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie regionCAEN4Across32 French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862LESMISERABLES13Across34 The original matter from which the basic elements are said to have been formed in the big bang theoryYLEM4Across36 A port and resort in Emilia-Romagna on Italy's Adriatic coastRIMINI6Across37 In imperial Rome, the academy of learning established near the Forum in about 135 AD by HadrianATHENAEUM9Across38 Play by Alfred Jarry that opened and closed in Paris on December 10, 1896UBUROI6Across40 Poem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592-93, with a plot based on passages from Ovid's MetamorphosesVENUSANDADONIS14Across42 The first feature-length computer animated filmTOYSTORY8Across44 1970 comedy war film starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor and Donald SutherlandKELLYSHEROES12Across46 Yellow mineral that is an ore of arsenicORPIMENT8Across49 A coarse cut of beef below the aitchbone and above the legSILVERSIDE10Across53 1999 Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp, loosely based on an 1820 short story by Washington IrvingSLEEPYHOLLOW12Across56 Neil Diamond song inspired by John F Kennedy's daughterSWEETCAROLINE13Across57 American actor best known for his performances in 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront and The ExorcistLEEJCOBB8Across58

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Responsibility of The Guardian to illustrate reflectivelyWARD4Down1 City in Afghanistan on the Hari Rud RiverHERAT5Down1 NCOCORPORAL8Down1 Badly want to displace Conservative partyRAVE4Down2 US state whose capital is DenverCOLORADO8Down2 Narrow middle partWAIST5Down2 The secret intelligence service of IsraelMOSSAD6Down3 Cowboy filmWESTERN7Down3 SeveralAFEW4Down4 A heavy powerful breed of carthorse, originally from ScotlandCLYDESDALE10Down4 Some nerve - keeping time like a divaOPERATIC8Down4 EraseDELETE6Down5 Fried fish starter, battered to provide contrastDIFFER6Down5 The capital of CroatiaZAGREB6Down5 A sacred Hindu text composed around 200 BC whose name means 'song of the Blessed One'BHAGAVADGITA12Down6 Hemispherical roofDOME4Down6 Look and place letter R down first (it's representative of King)LORDLIEUTENANT14Down6 The administrative capital of South AfricaPRETORIA8Down7 Think again about scattering paper on hikeREAPPRAISE10Down7 Put out hip brought together with nice manoeuvring internallyINCONVENIENCED14Down8 The second largest town on Isle of ManRAMSEY6Down8 The only league on EarthLONE4Down9 Eminem song that topped the UK charts in December 2000STAN4Down9 AuthorNOVELIST8Down10 John ___, manager of West Ham United from 1974 to 1989, and of Ipswich Town from 1990 to 1994LYALL5Down11 StainBLEMISH7Down12 WhitenBLEACH6Down13 One used to spell with with with withWAND4Down13 Novel by Rudyard Kipling about the orphaned son of an Irish soldierKIM3Down13 Scent of female led soldier to get brief attack of nervesFRANGIPANI10Down14 NotionIDEA4Down15 SimilarALIKE5Down16 TenseTAUT4Down17 Extended overhaul to maintain big endsLONG4Down17 Get money from the rich? Ultimately the opposite hereTAXHAVEN8Down18 1928 jazz standard recorded by Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Stéphane Grappelli, Frank Sinatra and many moreIFIHADYOU9Down18 1874 play by Victorien Sardou for which Jacques Offenbach wrote incidental musicLAHAINE7Down19 The capital of TogoLOME4Down20 Run after one across the boundary here!LADDER6Down21 Opportunity to get 33% reduction in unwanted gasWIND4Down22 Plucked musical instrument, usually with a triangular body and three strings, used chiefly for Russian folk musicBALALAIKA9Down22 Obama extremely content to leave Honolulu where it isOAHU4Down23 The state capital of MaineAUGUSTA7Down23 Held on, ignoring the cold for a breatherLUNG4Down24 King of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of TroyAGAMEMNON9Down25 The former name, until 1982, of HarareSALISBURY9Down26 District of Manila that gives its name to one of Spain's best-selling beersSANMIGUEL9Down28 Item of camping equipment often placed under a sleeping bag for comfort and insulationROLLMAT7Down30 City in Kansas of which Wild Bill Hickok was marshal from April to December in 1871ABILENE7Down33 1924 song performed by, among others, Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca and Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie HallITHADTOBEYOU12Down35 1952 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the Trasks and the HamiltonsEASTOFEDEN10Down39 The annual malvaceous plant Hibiscus esculentus, also known as ladies’ fingersOKRA4Down41 Latin hymn of the 13th century, describing the Last Judgment, used in the Mass for the deadDIESIRAE8Down43 Left-arm spinner who took 174 wickets in 49 Tests for EnglandTONYLOCK8Down45 A wine-based cocktail commonly served as an aperitif in Northeast Italy, often made with Aperol, Campari or CynarSPRITZ6Down47 The yellow-and-black Eurasian finch Carduelis spinusSISKIN6Down48 The dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light entersPUPIL5Down50 Gustav ___, Austrian composer and conductor whose works include Das Lied von der Erde and the song cycle KindertotenliederMAHLER6Down51 American pop singer whose 60s hits included Rubber Ball, Take Good Care Of My Baby and The Night Has A Thousand EyesBOBBYVEE8Down52 First name of Ingrid Bergman's character in the film CasablancaILSA4Down54 See 52BOBBYVEE8Down55

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, August 2, 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.