The Independent Crossword August 6 2025 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 6 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Church benchPEW3Across1
Figure prat out, one for some drug-users to avoidGRAPEFRUIT10Across1
Leg jointKNEE4Across3
Able to steal a carFIAT4Across7
Natural waterwayRIVER5Across7
InfiniteENDLESS7Across8
Rescuer left one month before you returnedLIFEBUOY8Across9
HeartfeltEARNEST7Across10
Tennis star, one with vicesSINNER6Across10
UrbaneSUAVE5Across11
Suppress outbursts about half-cut lechSTIFLE6Across11
SaturatedWATERLOGGED11Across12
Mole caught: celebrity is awareSTARNOSE8Across13
New ginger nuts extremely brittle, with an indefinable qualityGENREBUSTING12Across14
Mention fat in complex educational programme?INFOTAINMENT12Across17
ChangeALTER5Across17
Travel bagsLUGGAGE7Across19
Detective Inspector Black beginning to restrain someone who stops things workingDISABLER8Across20
Panic, as hoodlum drinks resinCASHOO6Across21
DistinctionHONOURS7Across21
Brave group of American lawyers?DARING6Across22
Not tightLOOSE5Across22
HeadlandCAPE4Across23
Mystery wide brick?WHODUNIT8Across23
Large caskTUN3Across24
Bird starts to tend eggs right nowTERN4Across25
Almost crazy to describe boobs in salacious novelBONKBUSTER10Across26
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PackagePARCEL6Down1
South American plant close to spectacular horse racing venueRAINTREE8Down2
Be irresoluteWAVER5Down2
Two irrational figures making food, in casePIE3Down3
PrestigeKUDOS5Down3
Parasite following follower of MarkFLUKE5Down4
RaiseELEVATE7Down4
Less worried, taking year to probe American epic heroULYSSES7Down5
Ornamental bandFRIEZE6Down5
Conductor of musical work now popular after upturnTOSCANINI9Down6
Tooth-cleaning threadDENTALFLOSS11Down6
Is furious about grandma getting regularly barged around in horseplayFUNANDGAMES11Down7
A flirt relaxedATEASE6Down8
KilledSLEW4Down9
Creepy sensation on skin in establishment infested with lice, essentiallyFORMICATION11Down12
FeelerANTENNA7Down13
Group of geeseGAGGLE6Down14
Claim mischievous child has marvellous revolutionary jargonBAFFLEGAB9Down15
Ready moneyCASH4Down15
HumbleDEMEAN6Down16
Local occasionally outbid me very quicklyINNOTIME8Down16
Restart argument, overcome by slightTHROWIN7Down18
AwakenROUSE5Down18
Unknown Scandinavian tackles international footballing legendZIDANE6Down19
Up aboveALOFT5Down20
Nothing stops search in ravineCOOMB5Down21
They deliver emotional highsUPS3Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, August 6, 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.