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The Independent Crossword August 4 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 4 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 51 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#
Beast of burdenASS3Across1 ConcealedHID3Across3 CopiousABUNDANT8Across7 Doctor in Perth wanted to have a wild celebrationPAINTTHETOWNRED15Across8 Arab sailing vesselDHOW4Across8 ConfuseMYSTIFY7Across9 Ultimately had to show determination following total collapseDOWNFALL8Across9 Butt of jokes seems too generic in partSTOOGE6Across10 SharpACUTE5Across11 Counteract a spread of stale urineNEUTRALISE10Across11 Warming deviceSPACEHEATER11Across12 Creative output is almost perfectIDEA4Across13 Corporate communication efforts somehow capture billionsPUBLICRELATIONS15Across14 PugilistBOXER5Across14 Jewish vernacular languageYIDDISH7Across15 Fondness periodically produces laudatory worksODES4Across17 ProhibitionVETO4Across18 Wearing camouflage, say, is marvellous!OUTOFSIGHT10Across18 GraveyardCEMETERY8Across19 Rowing teams picked up for boat tripCRUISE6Across21 TwosomeDUO3Across21 Plant containerPOT3Across22 Fan frenzy carrying to Britain and somewhere in CanadaMANITOBA8Across23 Ones offering unsolicited advice to support new advertisersBACKSEATDRIVERS15Across24

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Large churchABBEY5Down1 Good authors initially shared stories in abundanceGALORE6Down1 Male descendantSON3Down2 Removes an insult (possibly extremely libellous)UNINSTALLS10Down2 Dislike intenselyHATE4Down3 A fruity pastry’s inverted layersSTRATA6Down3 Frame of roadhouse underpinned by aluminium and concreteREAL4Down4 DevotedDEDICATED9Down4 Plant area headed by horrible personMONSTERA8Down5 Vague talk or writingWAFFLE6Down5 Awaiting endless detailsINFO4Down6 List of namesROSTER6Down6 Colour match with an outline of felt tip, perhapsPEAGREEN8Down7 Type of quadrilateralTRAPEZOID9Down10 FloorSTOREY6Down12 Part of karabiner that’s not movingINERT5Down12 Gift Aid regularly accepted by one home-grown schemeINITIATIVE10Down13 MysteryENIGMA6Down13 What bad companies may do is trivialise losing poundsUNDERPAY8Down15 SwaggerSTRUT5Down16 Compact cupboard containing empty suitcaseCLOSESET8Down16 ResonationECHO4Down17 Likely to get riled about new, expensive clothes?FINERY6Down19 SurpassTOP3Down20 Drinking establishment in chic port cityHOBART6Down20 Repulsive king, very unfriendly on the outsideICKY4Down22 Small part of vehicle check close to engineMOTE4Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, August 4, 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.