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The Independent Crossword August 21 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 21 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 56 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#
Prison roomCELL4Across1 WordingPHRASING8Across3 UpstartPARVENU7Across9 Vessel's active measure of speed or accelerationAMPHORA7Across9 Fourth Greek letterDELTA5Across10 Expert made changes inside university, sayACADEME7Across10 Vessel involved in fight, an extremely stressful situationBURNOUT7Across11 Extended period in bedLIEIN5Across11 Little man's headgear?CHAPLET7Across12 AngeredENRAGED7Across12 Forest fruit railway destroyed starts to emotionally trouble UN soldierBLUEBERET9Across13 Vegetable casseroleRATATOUILLE11Across13 Broadway show news that is written on the first of AprilANNIE5Across15 Musical giant finally wanting hot stuff for dessertBACLAVA7Across16 Precious stoneDIAMOND7Across17 Tea cakeSCONE5Across19 Motorhome's stuck in aquatic plants in holiday destinationALGARVE7Across19 Roughly 55% income tax for space travellerCOMET5Across20 Neglected childrenWAIFS5Across21 Part of theatre in which 200 see captivating unknown play (with no director)CYCLORAMA9Across21 IllnessAILMENT7Across22 Climbing plantSWEETPEA8Across23 EquipmentGEAR4Across24 Excitement as noisy party leader is deposedAROUSAL7Across25 Two parts of the UK, one countryALBANIA7Across26 Barometer's software package requiring a different keyANEROID7Across28 Intensely dislike revolutionary chasing red catCHEETAH7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Domed roofCUPOLA6Down1 Tree of Life scarf held up by attractive young woman brieflyBAOBAB6Down1 BigLARGE5Down2 Insightful comment made when disposable item has part removed from both endsAPERCU6Down2 Ex-PM informally to express disapproval when judge interferesBOJO4Down3 Skilled worker dismisses writer as presidentCARTER6Down4 Well-known person or thingHOUSEHOLDNAME13Down4 Just over half of mathematical subject ultimately taught throughout American cityCALCUTTA8Down5 ViperADDER5Down5 He painted endless group of camels going astray with at first none missingCARAVAGGIO10Down6 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Down6 German newspaper formatBERLINER8Down7 ProtectGUARD5Down7 Bit of exquisite taste he developed?AESTHETE8Down8 RuptureHERNIA6Down8 A boy upset about tense facial featureBEAUTYSPOT10Down14 GreedAVARICE7Down14 Shoe partINSOLE6Down15 Reversing taxi in front of vehicle with a trailer, initially a game of luckBACCARAT8Down16 ClergymanRECTOR6Down16 Rolling uplandDOWNS5Down17 Possibly German internet domain facing difficult problemCOMPOSER8Down17 One consuming soft drink died but gets strong praiseACCOLADE8Down18 BeginningONSET5Down18 CorpulentOBESE5Down20 Rachel Reeves ignores rollover opportunityCHANCE6Down22 Relative's name written in stoneAGNATE6Down23 Quickly injecting heroin - that's braveAPACHE6Down24 Singer-songwriter regularly visited bordelloBREL4Down27

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