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The Independent Crossword August 31 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 31 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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Across

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See note101 AcrossReveal answer → Eagerly buy something worthless on back of tin61 AcrossReveal answer → New tipi soon standing85 AcrossReveal answer → ?68 AcrossReveal answer → Holes beginning to grow naturally around lake109 AcrossReveal answer → Ordinary seaman69 AcrossReveal answer → Want massage from lecturer?410 AcrossReveal answer → Bravo!810 AcrossReveal answer → ?411 AcrossReveal answer → Elasticated foot warmers from chemist on King's Road?1211 AcrossReveal answer → Ornamental tape512 AcrossReveal answer → Cold plain fish sandwiches outside for docker613 AcrossReveal answer → ?513 AcrossReveal answer → Writer's arty novel rarely containing sex?814 AcrossReveal answer → Give pain414 AcrossReveal answer → Dead815 AcrossReveal answer → Joey's father's packing large knickers816 AcrossReveal answer → ?617 AcrossReveal answer → Lots love line in poetry619 AcrossReveal answer → Shameless619 AcrossReveal answer → White wine1020 AcrossReveal answer → Show disapproval of wobbly thingies on German porn film1221 AcrossReveal answer → Princess up against a woman that acts like one424 AcrossReveal answer → Free of sin, one's fit to be kissed in audience1025 AcrossReveal answer → Bum numb? Perhaps cane ...826 AcrossReveal answer → ... mark remains on bottom627 AcrossReveal answer →

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Turning point for the sun going up and down42 DownReveal answer → Lower the dignity of92 DownReveal answer → Not amused picking up work after ineffective coffee73 DownReveal answer → Gland in the neck73 DownReveal answer → Mournful song54 DownReveal answer → Walk before comprehending warning notice94 DownReveal answer → Perform35 DownReveal answer → Painter really in friend's shade75 DownReveal answer → Fussy76 DownReveal answer → Insane jockeys having no end of fun here?56 DownReveal answer → Sea eagle47 DownReveal answer → Oven with duck in to roast, initially77 DownReveal answer → Upset voter rattled ballot box - Lib Dem leader?108 DownReveal answer → Creole dish911 DownReveal answer → Rustic712 DownReveal answer → Cunning to take group on board chopper1012 DownReveal answer → French Revolutionary radical713 DownReveal answer → Something nasty in your mug as well - husband cutting facial hair?915 DownReveal answer → Wood nymph515 DownReveal answer → Pitcher416 DownReveal answer → Suspicious article covered with ground nuts717 DownReveal answer → Bite dog, perhaps after son bit718 DownReveal answer → Age318 DownReveal answer → Reject managed to conceal stigma720 DownReveal answer → Cream filling for her diet522 DownReveal answer → That stinks in a similar way to sulphur423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, August 31, 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.