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The Independent Crossword August 8 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 8 2025 answers. The Friday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
That chap going to pub in dress bewildered country workersSHEPHERDS9Across1 Piercing toolAWL3Across1 Do needleworkSEW3Across3 Increasingly precise printer program? Not veryDRIER5Across6 Pass a degree courseGRADUATE8Across7 HarvestREAP4Across8 HairyHIRSUTE7Across9 Article suggests removing old parts of churchesAPSES5Across9 Idiot jumped, striking head, being attackedASSAULTED9Across10 Wretched area involved in most of Bond filmDARN4Across11 SeatCHAIR5Across11 Translation of second rune available to readUNCENSORED10Across12 SlaughterCARNAGE7Across13 Right remains in control of Nationalist Society, leading to impulsive behaviourRASHNESS8Across14 A pretentious type returned one sort of treeBONSAI6Across15 Room on a shipCABIN5Across16 Garnishing plantPARSLEY7Across17 Farm tool out of condition, left half unusedSICKLE6Across18 Female horseMARE4Across19 We’re off, taking trip around - arrivederci!FAREWELL8Across20 Pre-meal drinkAPERITIF8Across20 Large deerELK3Across22 Final partEND3Across23 Associations? Man tingles excitedlyALIGNMENTS10Across23 Regretting not taking one stepRUNG4Across24 Installs first of cameras one time, in mysterious NessENSCONCES9Across26 Silly bishop returning to embrace witchSIBYL5Across27 Cheers seeing off first of heavily armoured vehiclesTANKS5Across28 Smooth attempt to go round one of orbiting bodiesPLANETARY9Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DexterousADROIT6Down1 Expectations from booths surrounding a roadSTANDARDS9Down1 Guarantees criticisms will see leader oustedENSURES7Down2 BoyLAD3Down2 Quiet American seen between rugby postsHUSH4Down3 StalkSTEM4Down3 Reduce amount of study after daughter leaves, adopting new state of existenceREALNESS8Down4 Without valueWORTHLESS9Down4 Nurse is mostly tough on the outsideSISTER6Down5 EcstasyRAPTURE7Down5 More than one American shop carpet’s ripped when detective comes aroundDRUGSTORES10Down6 QuibbleCAVIL5Down6 Junior employees playing tennis with director at lastINTERNS7Down7 Communist papers further edited?REDID5Down8 ProfanationSACRILEGE9Down10 Floor showCABARET7Down12 Cosy places? No agreement to occupy one first to lastINGLENOOKS10Down13 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Down14 In arrearsBEHIND6Down15 I will say supporter is ignoring the lawILLEGALLY9Down16 Disney film profitable around Northern part of the globeFANTASIA8Down17 Bird of preyHAWK4Down18 Is accordingly entering container, a watertight containerCAISSON7Down19 Frozen waterICE3Down21 Remoter regions of old city swinging both ways in middle of TexasEXURBIA7Down21 Military police officer departs during summaryREDCAP6Down22 A grant to bring in river warning signalALERT5Down23 I fish, letting nothing escape, in area with a coastISLE4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, August 8, 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.