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The Independent Crossword August 5 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for August 5 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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Lady in Granada gives way on motorway letting queen in81 AcrossReveal answer → Daybreak41 AcrossReveal answer → Cooker part33 AcrossReveal answer → Daughter with cleavage determined to succeed66 AcrossReveal answer → Add ornament to87 AcrossReveal answer → Froth48 AcrossReveal answer → Turn round in one mile, baby49 AcrossReveal answer → Internet location79 AcrossReveal answer → 24 wanting icy centre of Halifax fenced off1010 AcrossReveal answer → Discourage511 AcrossReveal answer → American from the east that's scary, no?611 AcrossReveal answer → Official repeatedly touching rope812 AcrossReveal answer → Obscenity913 AcrossReveal answer → Couple back in traffic, vehicle pulling ahead?814 AcrossReveal answer → Spelunker516 AcrossReveal answer → Cistern smelled awful without opening416 AcrossReveal answer → Messenger717 AcrossReveal answer → Jazz reversing makes sudden jump forward418 AcrossReveal answer → Navy 8? Well, I'll be given security check shortly819 AcrossReveal answer → Ceremonial staff419 AcrossReveal answer → Adolescent820 AcrossReveal answer → Rue Lilt spraying all over a bespoke suit821 AcrossReveal answer → For instance322 AcrossReveal answer → 6 26s keep swapping sides in street622 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish head of MOD's defence work replaced by Conservative1023 AcrossReveal answer → Ditch around a castle423 AcrossReveal answer → Swedish manufacturer returned calls from 5D, say425 AcrossReveal answer → Obsessive about one's Jaguar or Beetle, perhaps626 AcrossReveal answer → Article that's clear about not drinking Ouzo?827 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fuel61 DownReveal answer → It'll pluck hair, from ear and lip to nuts82 DownReveal answer → Which person?32 DownReveal answer → Sports equipment always delivered, and sometimes 6A113 DownReveal answer → Foot part43 DownReveal answer → Duke flipped for one party trick54 DownReveal answer → Refreshment coach94 DownReveal answer → County cricket side turns up in bad mood75 DownReveal answer → Made of clay75 DownReveal answer → One paints new car door taupe on the outside96 DownReveal answer → Group of wives56 DownReveal answer → Strong feeling Hyundai reliably inspires37 DownReveal answer → Show yellow Tesla opens with key68 DownReveal answer → Stupid910 DownReveal answer → Cherished712 DownReveal answer → Faulty Citroen BX valves in odd places that can be changed1113 DownReveal answer → Small canoe514 DownReveal answer → University well laid out with path, mad being 6A there915 DownReveal answer → Perceive615 DownReveal answer → Reliable good guy, two thirds of the time right?817 DownReveal answer → Remain418 DownReveal answer → Petals round bun in California719 DownReveal answer → Posher bar with tinned potato?620 DownReveal answer → Fuss321 DownReveal answer → Best state south of Massachusetts, an island522 DownReveal answer → Problem a few people reported324 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, August 5, 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.