The Independent Crossword August 27 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 27 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 53 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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Be in debtOWE3Across1 Gasping about first piece of incredible work of artPAINTING8Across1 Zodiac signLEO3Across3 Like to take grandma fruitANANAS6Across5 Source of renewable energyWINDFARM8Across7 AmphibianTOAD4Across8 Wine and fish with chips following shotRIESLING8Across9 DirigibleAIRSHIP7Across9 Shocked military commanders and leader in TurkeyAGHAST6Across10 Flat round hatBERET5Across11 Smug cosmonaut is in baseSANCTIMONIOUS13Across12 AppeasePLACATE7Across13 Precipitous shooting in Philadelphia that led to a spate of similar shootingsROCKY5Across15 Improving the appearance of dog, ass and rodent in the mirrorTARTINGUP9Across16 BeerLAGER5Across16 Demeanour changes in loveENAMOURED9Across17 ExpressionlessDEADPAN7Across17 Make disapproving noise at American skirtsTUTUS5Across19 HandleKNOB4Across19 Courier predicts hair dryer's cap is brokenDISPATCHRIDER13Across20 CollarboneCLAVICLE8Across20 ManagedRAN3Across22 Fizzy drink losing bit of sparkle in SettleEVENUP6Across22 Got rid of electronic device producing dangerous gasFIREDAMP8Across23 Young goatKID3Across23 American taking year off allowed ornamentANKLET6Across25 Ready to receive delivery, for exampleINSTANCE8Across26

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Old insecticide is put in two targets for golferPARISGREEN10Down1 SourceORIGIN6Down1 Fish's brainwave cut shortIDE3Down2 Final partEND3Down2 Vacancy retracted by play's writerTOLSTOY7Down3 Compact massLUMP4Down3 Surprisingly rational men stealing a substance with tiny particlesNANOMATERIAL12Down4 RecoveringONTHEMEND9Down4 Natural homeHABITAT7Down5 Drink gin or generic drinks from the southNEGRONI7Down6 Roof edgeEAVES5Down6 Myopic Spooner's fortune teller given honourNEARSIGHTED11Down7 What I do, reportedly, in burrowSETT4Down8 MonthSEPTEMBER9Down10 Opening lesson about overdose's not succeededINTRODUCTION12Down11 Primitive humanCAVEMAN7Down12 Tied down? Then kissNECKANDNECK11Down13 Canonised personSAINT5Down14 Sign seen in grocers' apropos the bananasAPOSTROPHE10Down14 WanPALLID6Down15 Former pupil's treatment is not widely knownOBSCURE7Down18 PeruseSCAN4Down18 Barrage of suffering when Republican displaces millionsTORRENT7Down19 IrritateIRK3Down21 Cheese fondue, primarily with Greek characterFETA4Down21 Bristle, as lake disappearing from grassy areaAWN3Down24

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