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The Independent Crossword December 1 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 1 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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Foxy young thing is model for painter61 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy open vehicle41 AcrossReveal answer → Rent43 AcrossReveal answer → Foreshadowed detailed papers with article, say, about Germany84 AcrossReveal answer → Card game67 AcrossReveal answer → Cured ham68 AcrossReveal answer → Bill of fare49 AcrossReveal answer → A sound, spoken declaration69 AcrossReveal answer → Steadfast initiate defends barbaric law810 AcrossReveal answer → Equestrian discipline810 AcrossReveal answer → Air-conditioning in car starts to tickle your cheek812 AcrossReveal answer → Reading desk712 AcrossReveal answer → Stick poster in this spot613 AcrossReveal answer → Italicus's hounded by morning prayer leader415 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow wearing sleek ruff incited ructions1016 AcrossReveal answer → Wary816 AcrossReveal answer → Implement418 AcrossReveal answer → Be present at619 AcrossReveal answer → They find flaws in Spooner's hollow drawers1019 AcrossReveal answer → Run after American drug addict420 AcrossReveal answer → Cunning621 AcrossReveal answer → Hairless422 AcrossReveal answer → Dig up former philosopher623 AcrossReveal answer → Feline mammal423 AcrossReveal answer → Obligatory conclusion about enemy sheltering Catholic825 AcrossReveal answer → Regretted placing trust in feeble journalist827 AcrossReveal answer → Follow-up question stops evasive character pursuing point628 AcrossReveal answer → Absurdly small Irish county hosts Italy's foremost soprano on vacation829 AcrossReveal answer → Serve dinner to team coming round regularly630 AcrossReveal answer →

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In such a patisserie you'll find bread71 DownReveal answer → Large shore bird61 DownReveal answer → Bad actors ruined show92 DownReveal answer → Food fish92 DownReveal answer → Seize heroin containers heading north across Thailand63 DownReveal answer → Clean practices73 DownReveal answer → Male sheep34 DownReveal answer → Author laid bare religious practice45 DownReveal answer → Repair45 DownReveal answer → Set of grotesque idols guarding island extremely ferociously86 DownReveal answer → Do without56 DownReveal answer → Kiss skin57 DownReveal answer → Detective on the periphery of riots hesitates78 DownReveal answer → Holy place911 DownReveal answer → Cuts around arm exposed veins711 DownReveal answer → Jam-packed713 DownReveal answer → Prime example of Roman numeral, personally speaking?714 DownReveal answer → Strong belief514 DownReveal answer → Whirling mass615 DownReveal answer → Hosiery item417 DownReveal answer → Outclass refined European? One hasn't a hope!917 DownReveal answer → Shiny suit?818 DownReveal answer → Required to keep line baited719 DownReveal answer → Age320 DownReveal answer → Perforated kitchen utensil without lid finally exploded721 DownReveal answer → Stronghold breached by English close to enormous plantation622 DownReveal answer → He wrote epics set in obscure Mohican uprising524 DownReveal answer → Heckle old-time entertainer heartlessly426 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 1, 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.