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The Independent Crossword August 21 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 21 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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Prison room41 AcrossReveal answer → Wording83 AcrossReveal answer → Upstart79 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel's active measure of speed or acceleration79 AcrossReveal answer → Fourth Greek letter510 AcrossReveal answer → Expert made changes inside university, say710 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel involved in fight, an extremely stressful situation711 AcrossReveal answer → Extended period in bed511 AcrossReveal answer → Little man's headgear?712 AcrossReveal answer → Angered712 AcrossReveal answer → Forest fruit railway destroyed starts to emotionally trouble UN soldier913 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable casserole1113 AcrossReveal answer → Broadway show news that is written on the first of April515 AcrossReveal answer → Musical giant finally wanting hot stuff for dessert716 AcrossReveal answer → Precious stone717 AcrossReveal answer → Tea cake519 AcrossReveal answer → Motorhome's stuck in aquatic plants in holiday destination719 AcrossReveal answer → Roughly 55% income tax for space traveller520 AcrossReveal answer → Neglected children521 AcrossReveal answer → Part of theatre in which 200 see captivating unknown play (with no director)921 AcrossReveal answer → Illness722 AcrossReveal answer → Climbing plant823 AcrossReveal answer → Equipment424 AcrossReveal answer → Excitement as noisy party leader is deposed725 AcrossReveal answer → Two parts of the UK, one country726 AcrossReveal answer → Barometer's software package requiring a different key728 AcrossReveal answer → Intensely dislike revolutionary chasing red cat729 AcrossReveal answer →

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Domed roof61 DownReveal answer → Tree of Life scarf held up by attractive young woman briefly61 DownReveal answer → Big52 DownReveal answer → Insightful comment made when disposable item has part removed from both ends62 DownReveal answer → Ex-PM informally to express disapproval when judge interferes43 DownReveal answer → Skilled worker dismisses writer as president64 DownReveal answer → Well-known person or thing134 DownReveal answer → Just over half of mathematical subject ultimately taught throughout American city85 DownReveal answer → Viper55 DownReveal answer → He painted endless group of camels going astray with at first none missing106 DownReveal answer → Unlawful76 DownReveal answer → German newspaper format87 DownReveal answer → Protect57 DownReveal answer → Bit of exquisite taste he developed?88 DownReveal answer → Rupture68 DownReveal answer → A boy upset about tense facial feature1014 DownReveal answer → Greed714 DownReveal answer → Shoe part615 DownReveal answer → Reversing taxi in front of vehicle with a trailer, initially a game of luck816 DownReveal answer → Clergyman616 DownReveal answer → Rolling upland517 DownReveal answer → Possibly German internet domain facing difficult problem817 DownReveal answer → One consuming soft drink died but gets strong praise818 DownReveal answer → Beginning518 DownReveal answer → Corpulent520 DownReveal answer → Rachel Reeves ignores rollover opportunity622 DownReveal answer → Relative's name written in stone623 DownReveal answer → Quickly injecting heroin - that's brave624 DownReveal answer → Singer-songwriter regularly visited bordello427 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 21, 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.