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The Independent Crossword August 20 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 20 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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Smoke when discontented? Possibly smoke to become contented61 AcrossReveal answer → Siamese41 AcrossReveal answer → British river33 AcrossReveal answer → Church drops housing constraint at last, to be sure74 AcrossReveal answer → Promise67 AcrossReveal answer → Lack of interest68 AcrossReveal answer → Fastening49 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps his reign gets misinterpreted99 AcrossReveal answer → Youngsters support Poles510 AcrossReveal answer → Form of neuralgia810 AcrossReveal answer → Strict in moral outlook1111 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves your old mate on vacation511 AcrossReveal answer → Generous setter protects fruit bat912 AcrossReveal answer → Entrance the German, being very determined713 AcrossReveal answer → Fine gauze fabric814 AcrossReveal answer → Convert from Islam in national park?615 AcrossReveal answer → Chemical entity, close to another one, and one or other close to another617 AcrossReveal answer → Hosiery item417 AcrossReveal answer → Remember619 AcrossReveal answer → Post Office loaned a staple719 AcrossReveal answer → Move hurriedly620 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy321 AcrossReveal answer → SMS message422 AcrossReveal answer → Cover urinal apt to wobble922 AcrossReveal answer → Behaving as wild dog, Oscar advanced524 AcrossReveal answer → Setter is mature in photograph?526 AcrossReveal answer → Give up art careers to provide medicine927 AcrossReveal answer → Reliant on working toilet728 AcrossReveal answer → Dictator's ostentatious walk to get packet of ketchup?629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Bird's claw51 DownReveal answer → Saw insulted Labour leader leaving71 DownReveal answer → Car chase52 DownReveal answer → Inspector of accounts72 DownReveal answer → Scoundrel joins mother in port93 DownReveal answer → Preliminary plan53 DownReveal answer → I'm not sure Earl is after fee for outfit74 DownReveal answer → Moral74 DownReveal answer → Boundaries ignored by most angry judges55 DownReveal answer → Charges45 DownReveal answer → American man and sister hiding love for employer?96 DownReveal answer → Defame66 DownReveal answer → Former President is idiot, donning new gear regularly67 DownReveal answer → Missing wife, went on English course68 DownReveal answer → Claim711 DownReveal answer → Mexican dish612 DownReveal answer → Outfit713 DownReveal answer → Watchful old bishop gets help914 DownReveal answer → Sedate515 DownReveal answer → Alarm mode activated in emotive play916 DownReveal answer → Hazard416 DownReveal answer → Measure of proportion of gold518 DownReveal answer → Degenerate put up trellis after one departs718 DownReveal answer → Sleep around, and score in rugby store619 DownReveal answer → Increase mutagen supply720 DownReveal answer → When one chooses a Scottish fabric621 DownReveal answer → Kamikaze ritual enthrals Asian523 DownReveal answer → Like the Taoiseach, former British PM cycles525 DownReveal answer →

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