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The Independent Crossword August 22 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 22 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
Quick look initially forgotten, probing historic rewritten documentPALIMPSEST10Across1 RodPOLE4Across1 Be in debtOWE3Across3 Sacred and hitherto largely seen in extreme instancesHOLY4Across6 SouvenirKEEPSAKE8Across7 ProvokeGOAD4Across8 RusticPEASANT7Across9 English town turned out to be within borders of LondonLUTON5Across10 Live broadcast of cities accepting King’s truceARMISTICE9Across11 Cut offSEVER5Across11 Instant addition to communication shows muscleTRICEPS7Across12 Notice vehicle impounded by LAPD at workPLACARD7Across13 Frozen dessertPARFAIT7Across13 Book, topping charts in audio format, full of compassionBLEEDING8Across14 SnakeCOBRA5Across16 Poignant moment: victory in fighting at lastMOVING6Across16 Smith who shoes horsesFARRIER7Across17 CabTAXI4Across19 Each and every Parisian gets to visit a restaurantEATOUT6Across19 ImpaleTRANSFIX8Across20 Delightful examples: nothing is false hereLOVELIES8Across21 RecedeEBB3Across22 Song of praiseHYMN4Across23 Nonsense about variable work - here’s a source of playTOYSHOP7Across23 Very nasty creature brought in to finish legal separationDIVORCE7Across25 Extra bit of plant mutated in Trough TwoOUTGROWTH9Across27 Feed information to one crackpot seizing powerINPUT5Across28 Some wood, including Northern pineLONG4Across29 Sycophant interrupting toasts with no hesitationBROWNNOSER10Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Friend with a selection of food? It’s very tastyPALATABLE9Down1 FavourPREFER6Down1 CircuitLAP3Down2 Network behind schedule receiving reduced creditLATTICE7Down2 CattleOXEN4Down3 Mother joining three for bridge in rectory?MANSE5Down3 Pale young man in G&S upset - last performance?SWANSONG8Down4 WhiskEGGBEATER9Down4 Recap more than half of music?SUMUP5Down5 Clothes to be washedLAUNDRY7Down5 Chairman's hammerGAVEL5Down6 Handicraft engaging a million in the beginning? Not entirelyORIGAMI7Down7 Produce that is left in yardYIELD5Down8 Thin meat? Reduced quantity served during flightESCALOPE8Down9 OverseeSUPERVISE9Down10 DistantFARAWAY7Down12 Adult femaleWOMAN5Down14 AreaREGION6Down15 Dead routine for a woman? That’s the American preferenceDRUTHERS8Down15 Consumer pursuing opening to get contribution to housewarming?GASHEATER9Down17 Staff’s methodology to secure area for promotional tourROADSHOW8Down18 CounterfoilSTUB4Down18 Dressmaker’s encouragement to be audacious?TRYITON7Down20 Secret agentSPY3Down21 Republican, beset by aggrieved purist, breaks inIRRUPTS7Down22 Amount to pay to get around river goblinTROLL5Down23 Explosive with no d_____ strengthPOWER5Down24 Very bad act gathering good indication of disapproval?VSIGN5Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 22, 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.