The Independent Crossword August 7 2025 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 7 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 57 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#
Dance workers in trousers that stretchSKIPANTS8Across1
Food retailerGROCER6Across1
ClimbMOUNT5Across4
Poor grades blocking musical traineesCADETS6Across6
Biting insectMIDGE5Across8
Magistrate miserable having released 50BEAK4Across9
DefeatCONQUER7Across9
Metallic elementEUROPIUM8Across10
Issue consuming Brown small, or hard to handle?CUMBERSOME10Across10
Membership feesDUES4Across11
Flyer downed in nice warm gust — wings always failingICARUS6Across11
Tunnels side by side near the bridge?NOSTRILS8Across12
EnjoyablePLEASURABLE11Across13
Shock a mate unnamed in US regionAPPALACHIA10Across13
String quartet from Gossec or Dvorak?CORD4Across16
Mountain nymph backing appeal to Anglicans?ECHO4Across17
BeamsRAYS4Across17
GermsBACTERIA8Across18
Dangerous WWI agent really good with chatMUSTARDGAS10Across19
Hunting cryTALLYHO7Across21
Copper tense after punch — that goes against the grainCROSSCUT8Across22
Thick ropeCABLE5Across22
VerseRHYME5Across23
Hold back time — the price?DAMAGE6Across24
MildGENTLE6Across24
Similar tit, cuckoo and hawkMILITARIST10Across26
Wife leaving got bigger cutAXED4Across27
Changes One put out by East European composerVARESE6Across28
Most ancient ateliers renovatedEARLIEST8Across29
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hole-boring toolGIMLET6Down1
CommandORDER5Down2
Born in crowd, raised in Belfast threesomeKNEECAP7Down2
ModelEXEMPLAR8Down3
Passable cuts for every card gamePOKER5Down3
Look afterMIND4Down4
One rebuilt casino invests divided capitalNICOSIA7Down4
Two Frenchmen battling with Interpol as in The SaintSIMONTEMPLAR12Down5
StrangeUNUSUAL7Down5
More tea houses where Kings Road is locatedCHELSEA7Down6
SongbirdTHRUSH6Down6
Director-General moved fast to cover lives stigmatisedDISGRACED9Down7
Type of betACCUMULATOR11Down7
See 5SIMONTEMPLAR12Down8
Imitative work of artPASTICHE8Down12
FaithfulnessLOYALTY7Down14
Setter's wretched existence?ADOGSLIFE9Down14
Takes in heroin and arsenicHAS3Down15
Public speakerORATOR6Down15
Flower clusterRACEME6Down16
Island century or so ago banning travelCORSICA7Down18
Butter club sandwiches in decorative craft?MACRAME7Down19
RefuteREBUT5Down19
Such a professional as might be called to account?AUDITOR7Down20
SortTYPE4Down20
Elgar is studied in African capitalALGIERS7Down21
Tea's first, cereal secondTRICE5Down23
City revolutionary writer cripples?MIAMI5Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, August 7, 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.