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The Independent Crossword August 29 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 29 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 52 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#
Insect seen in angle behind cutlerySILVERFISH10Across1 SkinnyTHIN4Across6 Long problem after first husband leavesITCH4Across6 EquipmentKIT3Across7 Egg cellsOVA3Across8 Having problems focussing: a nervous response after wine that’s genetically modifiedASTIGMATIC10Across9 Blue dyeINDIGO6Across9 GloomyMOROSE6Across10 Sign the writer is engaged in workingOMEN4Across10 ItinerantPERIPATETIC11Across11 Governed by tense ambassador and revolted in privateUNDERTHEROSE12Across12 Salad dressingVINAIGRETTE11Across14 Out-of-date magistrate? Note us turning in first half of rock groupPROCONSUL9Across15 Recalled painting of Shakespearean production?FOLIO5Across17 Abandoning start, cross crest of hillRIDGE5Across18 Domesticated polecatFERRET6Across18 Miserable specimen was initially tucking into punctured sausageBRATWURST9Across19 Refined character has tip for working with most of SocietySOPHISTICATE12Across20 LanguageTONGUE6Across20 Forerunner of reggaeSKA3Across21 UnhappySAD3Across22 ItemiseLIST4Across23 Lily heading off second half of rock groupARUM4Across24 Ancestors fairly teem with corruptionFAMILYTREE10Across25 Unresolved, exhausted, losing heartTIED4Across26 Arrangement of lute music including nothing preciseMETICULOUS10Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Go and run from London hospital, upsetSTAB4Down1 PorcelainCHINA5Down1 Piece of wood is section of wall at homeLATH4Down2 WholeENTIRE6Down2 Long time for one to participate in new production of genuine operaEUGENEONEGIN12Down3 ArticleITEM4Down3 Loud red pigment? Just a small amountFLAKE5Down4 CompelCOERCE6Down4 International getting sick in Southern California? Just a littleSCINTILLA9Down5 Root vegetablePARSNIP7Down5 Book containing dessert recipes you’ve initially taken as nonsenseTOMFOOLERY10Down7 WiseKNOWING7Down7 Female leading church above Scottish river from now onHENCEFORTH10Down8 Go and smell, perhaps a bit of willow tree, almost in bloom?BEOFFWITHYOU12Down11 Tipped offALERTED7Down12 Wears plaster for athletics programme?SPORTSCAST10Down13 IllnessDISEASE7Down13 Millions enthralled by new poem on Wodehouse (English name adopted by author)NOMDEPLUME10Down14 OverseasABROAD6Down15 Flying buttress surrounding a foundationSUBSTRATE9Down16 Twisted massTANGLE6Down16 External appearanceGUISE5Down17 Elephant's toothTUSK4Down19 Half of seed linked to one pepperCHILI5Down21 Book on carnival city showing zestBRIO4Down22 Animal sounds converted streetMEWS4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 29, 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.