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The Independent Crossword August 20 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 20 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 57 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#
Smoke when discontented? Possibly smoke to become contentedSECURE6Across1 SiameseTHAI4Across1 British riverDEE3Across3 Church drops housing constraint at last, to be sureCERTAIN7Across4 PromisePLEDGE6Across7 Lack of interestAPATHY6Across8 FasteningKNOT4Across9 Perhaps his reign gets misinterpretedGREETINGS9Across9 Youngsters support PolesTEENS5Across10 Form of neuralgiaSCIATICA8Across10 Strict in moral outlookPURITANICAL11Across11 Leaves your old mate on vacationTHYME5Across11 Generous setter protects fruit batROUSSETTE9Across12 Entrance the German, being very determinedDOORDIE7Across13 Fine gauze fabricGOSSAMER8Across14 Convert from Islam in national park?EXMOOR6Across15 Chemical entity, close to another one, and one or other close to anotherISOMER6Across17 Hosiery itemSOCK4Across17 RememberRECALL6Across19 Post Office loaned a staplePOLENTA7Across19 Move hurriedlySCURRY6Across20 UnhappySAD3Across21 SMS messageTEXT4Across22 Cover urinal apt to wobbleTARPAULIN9Across22 Behaving as wild dog, Oscar advancedDOING5Across24 Setter is mature in photograph?IMAGE5Across26 Give up art careers to provide medicinePURGATIVE9Across27 Reliant on working toiletLATRINE7Across28 Dictator's ostentatious walk to get packet of ketchup?SACHET6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bird's clawTALON5Down1 Saw insulted Labour leader leavingSIGHTED7Down1 Car chaseCHEVY5Down2 Inspector of accountsAUDITOR7Down2 Scoundrel joins mother in portROTTERDAM9Down3 Preliminary planDRAFT5Down3 I'm not sure Earl is after fee for outfitCOSTUME7Down4 MoralETHICAL7Down4 Boundaries ignored by most angry judgesRATES5Down5 ChargesFEES4Down5 American man and sister hiding love for employer?AGENTNOUN9Down6 DefameMALIGN6Down6 Former President is idiot, donning new gear regularlyNASSER6Down7 Missing wife, went on English courseENTREE6Down8 ClaimPROFESS7Down11 Mexican dishTAMALE6Down12 OutfitCOSTUME7Down13 Watchful old bishop gets helpOBSERVANT9Down14 SedateSTAID5Down15 Alarm mode activated in emotive playMELODRAMA9Down16 HazardRISK4Down16 Measure of proportion of goldCARAT5Down18 Degenerate put up trellis after one departsRELAPSE7Down18 Sleep around, and score in rugby storePANTRY6Down19 Increase mutagen supplyAUGMENT7Down20 When one chooses a Scottish fabricATWILL6Down21 Kamikaze ritual enthrals AsianAZERI5Down23 Like the Taoiseach, former British PM cyclesIRISH5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 20, 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.