The Independent Crossword August 25 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 25 2026. 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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Merchant's parent company quietly invested in chocolate91 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrity41 AcrossReveal answer → Unofficial ticket-seller43 AcrossReveal answer → Chipmunk back to irk exterminator?56 AcrossReveal answer → Violent windstorm78 AcrossReveal answer → Value59 AcrossReveal answer → Gooey substance produced by small tree59 AcrossReveal answer → New hairstylist cutting as intensely910 AcrossReveal answer → Irk (Informal)510 AcrossReveal answer → Buff relative given piercing711 AcrossReveal answer → Please greatly711 AcrossReveal answer → Chance1112 AcrossReveal answer → Play duke wrong wearing gold ring613 AcrossReveal answer → Make love to wife on vacation - it helps to exercise915 AcrossReveal answer → Wild ox716 AcrossReveal answer → Youngster disheartened having lost clothing in luggage517 AcrossReveal answer → Detective follows street maps of Mexican empire518 AcrossReveal answer → Game fish518 AcrossReveal answer → Revealing Latvian spirit stocked by pub919 AcrossReveal answer → Stretchy fabric520 AcrossReveal answer → Fear agent's latest blunder621 AcrossReveal answer → One more721 AcrossReveal answer → Lazy422 AcrossReveal answer → Some detecting edits on the radio722 AcrossReveal answer → Openly resist423 AcrossReveal answer → Country concerned with Iran kidnapping leader of military while undergoing revolution925 AcrossReveal answer → Crash parking Duster around November526 AcrossReveal answer → Perennial hosed gently drinks527 AcrossReveal answer → Alien hunter lay camouflaged928 AcrossReveal answer →

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Greek character vocalises thoughts71 DownReveal answer → Exercises61 DownReveal answer → Command doctor to check king's file before operation's conclusion52 DownReveal answer → Concur52 DownReveal answer → Palaeontologist dismissing Newton must pay33 DownReveal answer → Drying cloth53 DownReveal answer → Pretended back in Tokyo Biles managed to claim perfect scores104 DownReveal answer → Erect74 DownReveal answer → Pass with third in Geography at Cambridge University45 DownReveal answer → Manage65 DownReveal answer → Death that is going without international uproar116 DownReveal answer → Depending on other factors116 DownReveal answer → Removing church influence from new Sicilian government97 DownReveal answer → Close47 DownReveal answer → Descriptor of island population left abandoned78 DownReveal answer → Anticipate talk to get something off your chest?1112 DownReveal answer → Stern-looking713 DownReveal answer → Saw her cavorting with 5 in addition1014 DownReveal answer → Country614 DownReveal answer → Floor615 DownReveal answer → English theatre production's ending with Herod falsely made king916 DownReveal answer → Main part416 DownReveal answer → Cognisant517 DownReveal answer → Bears witness to cycling examination taken718 DownReveal answer → Pigment519 DownReveal answer → No vehicle leaving with flowers720 DownReveal answer → Irish town house outside school erected523 DownReveal answer → Place similar to Britain without any Kings?424 DownReveal answer → Expected shots where young footballers might play kilometres away326 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. 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.