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The Independent Crossword August 26 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 26 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Large shopSTORE5Across1 MongrelCUR3Across4 Carry outEXECUTE7Across8 Watercraft in choppy oceanCANOE5Across8 Jog with the elbowNUDGE5Across9 Male singerTENOR5Across10 She'll start, constrained by that dodgy ratioINITIATOR9Across10 Article by short doctor who wrote for legendary figureTHESEUS7Across11 Egyptian monumentOBELISK7Across11 Liquid dye penetrating tiny aperture - that's revolutionary medicineEYEDROP7Across12 Buddhist cylinderPRAYERWHEEL11Across12 Unusual rig a ruler reconstructedIRREGULAR9Across13 Ring queen, then ring tech support?QUOIT5Across16 Break into fragmentsCRUMBLE7Across16 Ark sailor who might be on the radioHAM3Across17 Diagnostic photographsXRAYS5Across18 Part of ankle tag went around old prisonNEWGATE7Across18 Finally wholeheartedly agree thus?YES3Across19 ApartmentsFLATS5Across20 OintmentUNGUENT7Across21 Satiric comedian Bruce occasionally read clue in IndyLENNY5Across21 Inspire a German next to the bar when sousedBREATHEIN9Across22 LadBOY3Across22 French sculptor sent us Saudi's pieceTUSSAUD7Across23 ButtocksNATES5Across23 Different man got Cher to edit out introsANOTHER7Across25 Famous footballer makes return accompanied by county trumpetersELEPHANTS9Across27 Worker in South America who climbs chimneys?SANTA5Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SlenderSVELTE6Down1 Northern miners ultimately like somewhere to sleep, presumably?SCOTTISH8Down1 Large seaOCEAN5Down2 On the run, naked, for a betANTE4Down2 Royal attendantEQUERRY7Down3 At intervals join G.I.'s lively manoeuvresJIGS4Down3 Light narrow boatCANOE5Down4 Roughly translate first bits of Old Testament, via GreekGIVEORTAKE10Down4 Flier in back of book - it's beside fourth entry in indexKITE4Down5 Malbec, for exampleREDWINE7Down5 See pottery thrown for someone, just how you'd expectSTEREOTYPE10Down6 IngeniousRESOURCEFUL11Down6 A jolly irrational time to show body partARMPIT6Down7 Look forSEEK4Down7 Corps sent up info on cavalry's flanks in dire situationEMERGENCY9Down9 Plant with edible leafstalksRHUBARB7Down13 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Down14 Recalled small cars involved in retreat stopping abruptlyREMINISCED10Down14 Obedient City side accepts an offerLAWABIDING10Down15 In the existing circumstancesASITIS6Down15 Posers cut second drug for stoned Otis in NY boroughQUESTIONS9Down16 Sleeve endCUFF4Down16 Tall fur helmetBUSBY5Down17 RepresentativeAGENT5Down19 Light blocked with this cures man in a bad waySUNCREAM8Down20 Rubbish bedLITTER6Down21 Teacher's suppressing something that'll trouble the head?ACHE4Down24 Couples in the middle of unwrapping presents in recessAPSE4Down25 Worker dealt cardsHAND4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, August 26, 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.