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The Independent Crossword December 11 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 11 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 51 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#
Olympian sprinter heard Misha's tin rattlingDINAASHERSMITH14Across1 ExcavatedMINED5Across1 Exhale audiblySIGH4Across4 SongbirdWREN4Across7 ImaginaryMYTHICAL8Across8 Melt the ice with excellent - no ace - Sunday mealDEFROST7Across9 Change to another stageTRANSITION10Across9 At first you use carpet combs, anxiously searching for Adam's needlesYUCCAS6Across10 Splendid friend with a wagging tailPALATIAL8Across11 Digital currency (Informal)CRYPTO6Across12 Line not seen in tree's curveARCH4Across12 PranceCAVORT6Across13 Asian king's quiet sound of realisationSHAH4Across14 Punctuation markAPOSTROPHE10Across15 Poet rehashed a bluer ideaBAUDELAIRE10Across16 Outsiders from Marseille left German bread for French mathematicianMANDELBROT10Across17 Small fleetFLOTILLA8Across18 Cut a groove into two-master when king's awayETCH4Across19 Close byNEAR4Across20 FasteningKNOT4Across21 Surrealist artist in the morning performs volte-faceMAAR4Across21 Extremely fast shot ultimately typifies finest Clooney showSCREAMER8Across22 Stomach (Informal)TUMMY5Across22 See 8 DownHEATHERKNIGHT13Across25 Pause blood group therapy - in the end, it soothes kidsLULLABY7Across26 Disorganised bartender I cast outSCATTERBRAINED14Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Female horseMARE4Down1 UninterruptedNONSTOP7Down2 Hawkwind EP that's extensiveINDEPTH7Down2 Ghastly Blunt, essentially overcome by terrible flawAWFUL5Down3 ConductDEMEANOUR9Down3 Drink onboard and dance in competitive game in sarcastic fashionSPORTSBALL10Down4 Habitual drunkardSOT3Down4 Brief passage: "furry mice, mule and mare skinned outside school"EXTRACURRICULAR15Down5 RemorseGUILT5Down5 Bean producer finally hires Spanish painter who's no goodSOYA4Down6 StoneworkMASONRY7Down6 Embodied On The Road perhaps, beat's half-smashed in NebraskaINCARNATE9Down7 Former England cricket captain Cook, and that woman equestrianHEATHERKNIGHT13Down8 ToadySYCOPHANT9Down10 Cause disabling damage toCRIPPLE7Down11 Old footballer discussed wine store's popular productBESTSELLER10Down13 Asian countryVIETNAM7Down14 Obscure park keeper mentioned plantHYDRANGEA9Down15 The DevilSATAN5Down16 InfantBABY4Down17 A slim hot nudist regularly shows nutsALMONDS7Down18 Auction itemLOT3Down19 Historian Sandy's crushed by vehicleCARLYLE7Down20 Set up Mev's goal for CityMIAMI5Down23 Don't take out missing lad in cowboy hatSTET4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, December 11, 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.