The Independent Crossword August 25 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 25 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 58 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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Merchant's parent company quietly invested in chocolateMARCOPOLO9Across1 CelebritySTAR4Across1 Unofficial ticket-sellerTOUT4Across3 Chipmunk back to irk exterminator?DALEK5Across6 Violent windstormTORNADO7Across8 ValueWORTH5Across9 Gooey substance produced by small treeSLIME5Across9 New hairstylist cutting as intenselyTHIRSTILY9Across10 Irk (Informal)PEEVE5Across10 Buff relative given piercingNANKEEN7Across11 Please greatlyDELIGHT7Across11 ChanceOPPORTUNITY11Across12 Play duke wrong wearing gold ringORSINO6Across13 Make love to wife on vacation - it helps to exerciseSLEEPWITH9Across15 Wild oxBUFFALO7Across16 Youngster disheartened having lost clothing in luggageCHILD5Across17 Detective follows street maps of Mexican empireAZTEC5Across18 Game fishTROUT5Across18 Revealing Latvian spirit stocked by pubLETTINGON9Across19 Stretchy fabricLYCRA5Across20 Fear agent's latest blunderTERROR6Across21 One moreANOTHER7Across21 LazyIDLE4Across22 Some detecting edits on the radioSENSORS7Across22 Openly resistDEFY4Across23 Country concerned with Iran kidnapping leader of military while undergoing revolutionSANMARINO9Across25 Crash parking Duster around NovemberPRANG5Across26 Perennial hosed gently drinksSEDGE5Across27 Alien hunter lay camouflagedUNEARTHLY9Across28

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Greek character vocalises thoughtsMUSINGS7Down1 ExercisesSITUPS6Down1 Command doctor to check king's file before operation's conclusionREIGN5Down2 ConcurAGREE5Down2 Palaeontologist dismissing Newton must payOWE3Down3 Drying clothTOWEL5Down3 Pretended back in Tokyo Biles managed to claim perfect scoresOSTENSIBLE10Down4 ErectUPRIGHT7Down4 Pass with third in Geography at Cambridge UniversityOMIT4Down5 ManageMAKEDO6Down5 Death that is going without international uproarDESTRUCTION11Down6 Depending on other factorsCONDITIONAL11Down6 Removing church influence from new Sicilian governmentLAICISING9Down7 CloseSHUT4Down7 Descriptor of island population left abandonedKEYWORD7Down8 Anticipate talk to get something off your chest?EXPECTORATE11Down12 Stern-lookingPOFACED7Down13 Saw her cavorting with 5 in additionWHATISMORE10Down14 CountryNATION6Down14 FloorSTOREY6Down15 English theatre production's ending with Herod falsely made kingENTHRONED9Down16 Main partBULK4Down16 CognisantAWARE5Down17 Bears witness to cycling examination takenATTESTS7Down18 PigmentOCHRE5Down19 No vehicle leaving with flowersNOSEGAY7Down20 Irish town house outside school erectedOMAGH5Down23 Place similar to Britain without any Kings?LIEU4Down24 Expected shots where young footballers might play kilometres awayPAR3Down26

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