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The Independent Crossword August 27 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 27 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Be in debt31 AcrossReveal answer → Gasping about first piece of incredible work of art81 AcrossReveal answer → Zodiac sign33 AcrossReveal answer → Like to take grandma fruit65 AcrossReveal answer → Source of renewable energy87 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian48 AcrossReveal answer → Wine and fish with chips following shot89 AcrossReveal answer → Dirigible79 AcrossReveal answer → Shocked military commanders and leader in Turkey610 AcrossReveal answer → Flat round hat511 AcrossReveal answer → Smug cosmonaut is in base1312 AcrossReveal answer → Appease713 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitous shooting in Philadelphia that led to a spate of similar shootings515 AcrossReveal answer → Improving the appearance of dog, ass and rodent in the mirror916 AcrossReveal answer → Beer516 AcrossReveal answer → Demeanour changes in love917 AcrossReveal answer → Expressionless717 AcrossReveal answer → Make disapproving noise at American skirts519 AcrossReveal answer → Handle419 AcrossReveal answer → Courier predicts hair dryer's cap is broken1320 AcrossReveal answer → Collarbone820 AcrossReveal answer → Managed322 AcrossReveal answer → Fizzy drink losing bit of sparkle in Settle622 AcrossReveal answer → Got rid of electronic device producing dangerous gas823 AcrossReveal answer → Young goat323 AcrossReveal answer → American taking year off allowed ornament625 AcrossReveal answer → Ready to receive delivery, for example826 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Old insecticide is put in two targets for golfer101 DownReveal answer → Source61 DownReveal answer → Fish's brainwave cut short32 DownReveal answer → Final part32 DownReveal answer → Vacancy retracted by play's writer73 DownReveal answer → Compact mass43 DownReveal answer → Surprisingly rational men stealing a substance with tiny particles124 DownReveal answer → Recovering94 DownReveal answer → Natural home75 DownReveal answer → Drink gin or generic drinks from the south76 DownReveal answer → Roof edge56 DownReveal answer → Myopic Spooner's fortune teller given honour117 DownReveal answer → What I do, reportedly, in burrow48 DownReveal answer → Month910 DownReveal answer → Opening lesson about overdose's not succeeded1211 DownReveal answer → Primitive human712 DownReveal answer → Tied down? Then kiss1113 DownReveal answer → Canonised person514 DownReveal answer → Sign seen in grocers' apropos the bananas1014 DownReveal answer → Wan615 DownReveal answer → Former pupil's treatment is not widely known718 DownReveal answer → Peruse418 DownReveal answer → Barrage of suffering when Republican displaces millions719 DownReveal answer → Irritate321 DownReveal answer → Cheese fondue, primarily with Greek character421 DownReveal answer → Bristle, as lake disappearing from grassy area324 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 27, 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.