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The Independent Crossword December 11 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 51 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 11 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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Olympian sprinter heard Misha's tin rattling141 AcrossReveal answer → Excavated51 AcrossReveal answer → Exhale audibly44 AcrossReveal answer → Songbird47 AcrossReveal answer → Imaginary88 AcrossReveal answer → Melt the ice with excellent - no ace - Sunday meal79 AcrossReveal answer → Change to another stage109 AcrossReveal answer → At first you use carpet combs, anxiously searching for Adam's needles610 AcrossReveal answer → Splendid friend with a wagging tail811 AcrossReveal answer → Digital currency (Informal)612 AcrossReveal answer → Line not seen in tree's curve412 AcrossReveal answer → Prance613 AcrossReveal answer → Asian king's quiet sound of realisation414 AcrossReveal answer → Punctuation mark1015 AcrossReveal answer → Poet rehashed a bluer idea1016 AcrossReveal answer → Outsiders from Marseille left German bread for French mathematician1017 AcrossReveal answer → Small fleet818 AcrossReveal answer → Cut a groove into two-master when king's away419 AcrossReveal answer → Close by420 AcrossReveal answer → Fastening421 AcrossReveal answer → Surrealist artist in the morning performs volte-face421 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely fast shot ultimately typifies finest Clooney show822 AcrossReveal answer → Stomach (Informal)522 AcrossReveal answer → See 8 Down1325 AcrossReveal answer → Pause blood group therapy - in the end, it soothes kids726 AcrossReveal answer → Disorganised bartender I cast out1427 AcrossReveal answer →

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Female horse41 DownReveal answer → Uninterrupted72 DownReveal answer → Hawkwind EP that's extensive72 DownReveal answer → Ghastly Blunt, essentially overcome by terrible flaw53 DownReveal answer → Conduct93 DownReveal answer → Drink onboard and dance in competitive game in sarcastic fashion104 DownReveal answer → Habitual drunkard34 DownReveal answer → Brief passage: "furry mice, mule and mare skinned outside school"155 DownReveal answer → Remorse55 DownReveal answer → Bean producer finally hires Spanish painter who's no good46 DownReveal answer → Stonework76 DownReveal answer → Embodied On The Road perhaps, beat's half-smashed in Nebraska97 DownReveal answer → Former England cricket captain Cook, and that woman equestrian138 DownReveal answer → Toady910 DownReveal answer → Cause disabling damage to711 DownReveal answer → Old footballer discussed wine store's popular product1013 DownReveal answer → Asian country714 DownReveal answer → Obscure park keeper mentioned plant915 DownReveal answer → The Devil516 DownReveal answer → Infant417 DownReveal answer → A slim hot nudist regularly shows nuts718 DownReveal answer → Auction item319 DownReveal answer → Historian Sandy's crushed by vehicle720 DownReveal answer → Set up Mev's goal for City523 DownReveal answer → Don't take out missing lad in cowboy hat424 DownReveal answer →

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