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The Independent Crossword August 23 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 23 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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#
Millions piercing septums, upsetting parentsSTEPMUMS8Across1 DeficiencyLACK4Across1 Foot digitsTOES4Across3 Looks forward to amateur gym equipment being deliveredAWAITS6Across5 High awardACCOLADE8Across8 Unit of land areaACRE4Across9 Nine cats and an insect, for instance?ANAGRAMS8Across9 American actor, screenwriter, director and producer who was a founding member of United ArtistsDOUGLASFAIRBANKS16Across9 EstablishedLONGSTANDING12Across10 Carpenter who put special coat onJOSEPH6Across10 Company stockSHARES6Across11 1995 film starring Sandra Bullock as a systems analystTHENET6Across12 Disney song from animated figureCIRCLEOFLIFE12Across12 Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of afrobeat music who died in 1997FELAKUTI8Across13 Novel by Henry Miller first published in 1934TROPICOFCANCER14Across14 Reddish-brownRUSSET6Across14 An expression of language such as simile or metaphorFIGUREOFSPEECH14Across15 Young Jesuit leaving initials on large outfitLOUNGESUIT10Across15 AppetisersHORSDOEUVRES12Across16 Little creature left snake shedding its skinLAMB4Across17 A valve used to control the flow of a fluid in a pipeSTOPCOCK8Across17 River on which Peterborough standsNENE4Across19 Avocado green walls one found in bog?OGRE4Across19 The capital of WalesCARDIFF7Across20 See 3 DownMARRIAGECOUNSELLOR18Across20 Greek cheeseFETA4Across20 Desserts of fried plantains gobbled up by bachelorsBANANASPLITS12Across21 Simple wooden dwellingLOGCABIN8Across21 1981 novel by James Clavell set in Hong Kong in 1963NOBLEHOUSE10Across22 VarietyKIND4Across22 Calf meatVEAL4Across23 The third Dirty Harry film starring Clint EastwoodTHEENFORCER11Across24 Man who fought with family member rejected excusesALIBIS6Across26 US novelist best-known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestKENKESEY8Across27 Playing Snake with a PC fried floppy discsPANCAKES8Across27 Fuel runs out just outside of EccleshallDIESEL6Across28 Thatcher possibly gets other side to operate stripped back stateBARENESS8Across29 Fashion magazine first published in 1892VOGUE5Across29 English singer-songwriter and pianist whose hits include Your Song and Candle in the WindELTONJOHN9Across30 The traditional birthstone for NovemberTOPAZ5Across31 Comedian, author, playwright and director whose novels include Stark and PopcornBENELTON8Across34 American comic actor best known for playing Sergeant Bilko in a TV showPHILSILVERS11Across35 American playwright whose works include Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-PlowDAVIDMAMET10Across37 Area of the London Borough of Brent regularly mentioned in the magazine Private EyeNEASDEN7Across39 Council area and historical county of Scotland, bordering on the North Sea between the Firths of Tay and ForthFIFE4Across41 1980 single from Adam and the Ants that reached number two in the chartsANTMUSIC8Across42 Actor who played Sergeant Arthur Wilson in Dad's ArmyJOHNLEMESURIER14Across44 An early 19th-century euphemism for trousersUNMENTIONABLES14Across47 Marks, sores or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of JesusSTIGMATA8Across50 The ___ File, 1972 a thriller by Frederick ForsythODESSA6Across51 Farce by Joe Orton that was premièred at the Queen's Theatre in London in March 1969WHATTHEBUTLERSAW16Across52

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Guess this is how nocturnal creatures sleep?STAB4Down1 Film listed by the American Film Institute in 2000 as the greatest American comedy film of all timeSOMELIKEITHOT13Down1 RegionalLOCAL5Down1 Lead (among others) losing lead (among others)ETAL4Down2 European river that rises in the Black Forest in Germany and flows to the Black SeaDANUBE6Down2 SingerCROONER7Down2 Professional charged with match fixingMARRIAGECOUNSELLOR18Down3 Michelle ___, American actress and singer whose films include Dangerous Liaisons and The Fabulous Baker BoysPFEIFFER8Down3 AlfrescoOPENAIR7Down4 Political organisation and army that fought the US and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam WarVIETCONG8Down4 Impressionist notes top tip from CézanneMIMIC5Down4 Burn with hot liquidSCALD5Down5 A short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical serviceANTIPHON8Down5 Headphones (Informal)CANS4Down6 Certain settings on a cameraFSTOPS6Down6 Novelist fellow putting on sheep's clothing, might you say?WOOLF5Down6 Plant of the phylum Filicinophyta that reproduces by spores formed in structures (sori) on its frondsFERN4Down7 Certain trendy writer has flipped deskINEVITABLE10Down7 FarmGRANGE6Down7 Serial scorer's off bench, so getting some work doneSCHOENBERG10Down8 Container that has been used since the compact disc was first released in 1982JEWELCASE9Down8 A method of intaglio printing using a plate with many small etched recessesGRAVURE7Down10 Old soldiers possibly filling one with prideLEGION6Down11 George ___, English mathematician and philosopher who invented the logic which is the basis of modern computingBOOLE5Down11 A device for measuring speed, especially the rate of revolution of a shaftTACHOMETER10Down12 Rugby forwardHOOKER6Down12 DistendedSWOLLEN7Down13 Plank of a lord gallivanting around globeFLOORBOARD10Down13 Answer in holy book can start to ease isolationQUARANTINE10Down14 Outside or upper layerSURFACE7Down15 Backers of business help to exploit union memberSPOUSE6Down16 Municipality in New Jersey best known for its private Ivy League research universityPRINCETON9Down16 Ordered pileSTACK5Down17 Hotel cat nettled about swallowing a bit of squid?TENTACLE8Down18 ImpelURGE4Down18 Single by The Cure that was a hit in 1985 and, in a remixed version, in 1990CLOSETOME9Down18 Wet feed for pigsSWILL5Down19 See 4VIETCONG8Down20 Part of a gun that ignites the charge by striking the primerFIRINGPIN9Down21 Your smoke detector must incorporate oneNOISE5Down22 One's fleeced a shopping centre after put-up jobLLAMA5Down23 1971 comedy film in which Woody Allen plays Fielding MellishBANANAS7Down23 Characters at top of ship keep eyes peeled for islandSKYE4Down24 The aim of unity among all Christian churches throughout the worldECUMENISM9Down25 King drawn in by fool's questionsASKS4Down25 A double fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with other abdominal organsOMENTUM7Down26 See 32HESMISSTRAKNOWITALL19Down27 Mountainous plateau region of S central France, occupying about one sixth of the countryMASSIFCENTRAL13Down28 1974 single by Stevie Wonder that reached number 10 in the UKHESMISSTRAKNOWITALL19Down32 Professor of International History at the London School of Economics who founded the party now known as UKIPALANSKED8Down33 An intense and continuous artillery bombardmentCANNONADE9Down36 Stage name of the American Grammy Award-winning blues musician born Henry Saint Clair FredericksTAJMAHAL8Down38 The capital of SyriaDAMASCUS8Down40 Younger brother of Boromir in J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the RingsFARAMIR7Down41 Ethnic group of Central Africa found in Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and NamibiaCHOKWE6Down43 Member of a class of unfree men in ancient GreeceHELOT5Down45 Fictional agency in the Marvel comics universe, led by Nick FurySHIELD6Down46 A lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson, as featured in the book and film Born FreeELSA4Down48 See 33ALANSKED8Down49

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