The Independent Crossword August 23 2025 Answers

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Below are all 110 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 23 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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Millions piercing septums, upsetting parents81 AcrossReveal answer → Deficiency41 AcrossReveal answer → Foot digits43 AcrossReveal answer → Looks forward to amateur gym equipment being delivered65 AcrossReveal answer → High award88 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of land area49 AcrossReveal answer → Nine cats and an insect, for instance?89 AcrossReveal answer → American actor, screenwriter, director and producer who was a founding member of United Artists169 AcrossReveal answer → Established1210 AcrossReveal answer → Carpenter who put special coat on610 AcrossReveal answer → Company stock611 AcrossReveal answer → 1995 film starring Sandra Bullock as a systems analyst612 AcrossReveal answer → Disney song from animated figure1212 AcrossReveal answer → Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of afrobeat music who died in 1997813 AcrossReveal answer → Novel by Henry Miller first published in 19341414 AcrossReveal answer → Reddish-brown614 AcrossReveal answer → An expression of language such as simile or metaphor1415 AcrossReveal answer → Young Jesuit leaving initials on large outfit1015 AcrossReveal answer → Appetisers1216 AcrossReveal answer → Little creature left snake shedding its skin417 AcrossReveal answer → A valve used to control the flow of a fluid in a pipe817 AcrossReveal answer → River on which Peterborough stands419 AcrossReveal answer → Avocado green walls one found in bog?419 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Wales720 AcrossReveal answer → See 3 Down1820 AcrossReveal answer → Greek cheese420 AcrossReveal answer → Desserts of fried plantains gobbled up by bachelors1221 AcrossReveal answer → Simple wooden dwelling821 AcrossReveal answer → 1981 novel by James Clavell set in Hong Kong in 19631022 AcrossReveal answer → Variety422 AcrossReveal answer → Calf meat423 AcrossReveal answer → The third Dirty Harry film starring Clint Eastwood1124 AcrossReveal answer → Man who fought with family member rejected excuses626 AcrossReveal answer → US novelist best-known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest827 AcrossReveal answer → Playing Snake with a PC fried floppy discs827 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel runs out just outside of Eccleshall628 AcrossReveal answer → Thatcher possibly gets other side to operate stripped back state829 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion magazine first published in 1892529 AcrossReveal answer → English singer-songwriter and pianist whose hits include Your Song and Candle in the Wind930 AcrossReveal answer → The traditional birthstone for November531 AcrossReveal answer → Comedian, author, playwright and director whose novels include Stark and Popcorn834 AcrossReveal answer → American comic actor best known for playing Sergeant Bilko in a TV show1135 AcrossReveal answer → American playwright whose works include Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow1037 AcrossReveal answer → Area of the London Borough of Brent regularly mentioned in the magazine Private Eye739 AcrossReveal answer → Council area and historical county of Scotland, bordering on the North Sea between the Firths of Tay and Forth441 AcrossReveal answer → 1980 single from Adam and the Ants that reached number two in the charts842 AcrossReveal answer → Actor who played Sergeant Arthur Wilson in Dad's Army1444 AcrossReveal answer → An early 19th-century euphemism for trousers1447 AcrossReveal answer → Marks, sores or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus850 AcrossReveal answer → The ___ File, 1972 a thriller by Frederick Forsyth651 AcrossReveal answer → Farce by Joe Orton that was premièred at the Queen's Theatre in London in March 19691652 AcrossReveal answer →

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Guess this is how nocturnal creatures sleep?41 DownReveal answer → Film listed by the American Film Institute in 2000 as the greatest American comedy film of all time131 DownReveal answer → Regional51 DownReveal answer → Lead (among others) losing lead (among others)42 DownReveal answer → European river that rises in the Black Forest in Germany and flows to the Black Sea62 DownReveal answer → Singer72 DownReveal answer → Professional charged with match fixing183 DownReveal answer → Michelle ___, American actress and singer whose films include Dangerous Liaisons and The Fabulous Baker Boys83 DownReveal answer → Alfresco74 DownReveal answer → Political organisation and army that fought the US and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War84 DownReveal answer → Impressionist notes top tip from Cézanne54 DownReveal answer → Burn with hot liquid55 DownReveal answer → A short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service85 DownReveal answer → Headphones (Informal)46 DownReveal answer → Certain settings on a camera66 DownReveal answer → Novelist fellow putting on sheep's clothing, might you say?56 DownReveal answer → Plant of the phylum Filicinophyta that reproduces by spores formed in structures (sori) on its fronds47 DownReveal answer → Certain trendy writer has flipped desk107 DownReveal answer → Farm67 DownReveal answer → Serial scorer's off bench, so getting some work done108 DownReveal answer → Container that has been used since the compact disc was first released in 198298 DownReveal answer → A method of intaglio printing using a plate with many small etched recesses710 DownReveal answer → Old soldiers possibly filling one with pride611 DownReveal answer → George ___, English mathematician and philosopher who invented the logic which is the basis of modern computing511 DownReveal answer → A device for measuring speed, especially the rate of revolution of a shaft1012 DownReveal answer → Rugby forward612 DownReveal answer → Distended713 DownReveal answer → Plank of a lord gallivanting around globe1013 DownReveal answer → Answer in holy book can start to ease isolation1014 DownReveal answer → Outside or upper layer715 DownReveal answer → Backers of business help to exploit union member616 DownReveal answer → Municipality in New Jersey best known for its private Ivy League research university916 DownReveal answer → Ordered pile517 DownReveal answer → Hotel cat nettled about swallowing a bit of squid?818 DownReveal answer → Impel418 DownReveal answer → Single by The Cure that was a hit in 1985 and, in a remixed version, in 1990918 DownReveal answer → Wet feed for pigs519 DownReveal answer → See 4820 DownReveal answer → Part of a gun that ignites the charge by striking the primer921 DownReveal answer → Your smoke detector must incorporate one522 DownReveal answer → One's fleeced a shopping centre after put-up job523 DownReveal answer → 1971 comedy film in which Woody Allen plays Fielding Mellish723 DownReveal answer → Characters at top of ship keep eyes peeled for island424 DownReveal answer → The aim of unity among all Christian churches throughout the world925 DownReveal answer → King drawn in by fool's questions425 DownReveal answer → A double fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with other abdominal organs726 DownReveal answer → See 321927 DownReveal answer → Mountainous plateau region of S central France, occupying about one sixth of the country1328 DownReveal answer → 1974 single by Stevie Wonder that reached number 10 in the UK1932 DownReveal answer → Professor of International History at the London School of Economics who founded the party now known as UKIP833 DownReveal answer → An intense and continuous artillery bombardment936 DownReveal answer → Stage name of the American Grammy Award-winning blues musician born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks838 DownReveal answer → The capital of Syria840 DownReveal answer → Younger brother of Boromir in J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings741 DownReveal answer → Ethnic group of Central Africa found in Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia643 DownReveal answer → Member of a class of unfree men in ancient Greece545 DownReveal answer → Fictional agency in the Marvel comics universe, led by Nick Fury646 DownReveal answer → A lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson, as featured in the book and film Born Free448 DownReveal answer → See 33849 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, August 23, 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.