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The Independent Crossword December 12 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 12 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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Hit first button - ultimately receive gift71 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow31 AcrossReveal answer → Be in debt33 AcrossReveal answer → Get through article about sport? On the contrary75 AcrossReveal answer → Anxiety67 AcrossReveal answer → Cunning68 AcrossReveal answer → Pare49 AcrossReveal answer → Island creature, flightless bird, caught between both sides59 AcrossReveal answer → Unimportant Nationalist in government for only a brief time?910 AcrossReveal answer → Celestial body810 AcrossReveal answer → Government-appointed businessman sadly wrong about America, investing in US money1011 AcrossReveal answer → Domestic appliance1311 AcrossReveal answer → Surprise publicity event not carrying through413 AcrossReveal answer → Intestines815 AcrossReveal answer → Turned on, tense and worried? Write music615 AcrossReveal answer → Youth? Fresh years, including golden one816 AcrossReveal answer → Abrupt418 AcrossReveal answer → Entertainment penning lines linked to low aspect of heavenly body818 AcrossReveal answer → Irregular Judge, old, accepting $1000619 AcrossReveal answer → Health centre620 AcrossReveal answer → Large bottle621 AcrossReveal answer → Definite article322 AcrossReveal answer → Thus good is enshrined in lead character, though not at first422 AcrossReveal answer → Attempt323 AcrossReveal answer → Dressed up cellars, bringing in touch of hope - no longer this?1023 AcrossReveal answer → Source of disease: cure a bit tricky, needing months925 AcrossReveal answer → Shout about a very intimidating presence526 AcrossReveal answer → Associate of Arthur held after party728 AcrossReveal answer → Told about particular backsliding, one being allowed to escape729 AcrossReveal answer →

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Solitary person51 DownReveal answer → Large bird in lake, one tucking into nut71 DownReveal answer → Guy looking up, dismissing a tree32 DownReveal answer → Worried72 DownReveal answer → Bound to have married during relationship in October down under?103 DownReveal answer → Freshwater mammal53 DownReveal answer → Praise upholding Christmas, omitting line about fireplace item?64 DownReveal answer → Difficult to catch74 DownReveal answer → Hang on - about to leave Holland in a French carriage?85 DownReveal answer → Greek cheese45 DownReveal answer → A latitude supported by tenor over another singer46 DownReveal answer → Repartee66 DownReveal answer → Attitude when occupying height: scaffolder ready to go off at any moment117 DownReveal answer → Former Queen upset business, sacking leader in interim period78 DownReveal answer → Curly lock of hair712 DownReveal answer → Record of performance in unusual location regarding essential study?1112 DownReveal answer → Show clearly613 DownReveal answer → Bewitch714 DownReveal answer → See company attending house surrounded by barrier, promising no drunken antics?1014 DownReveal answer → Scope516 DownReveal answer → Free from harm417 DownReveal answer → Sweetheart or duck, in crossword terms?817 DownReveal answer → Complaint raised about Democratic Attorney-General’s source of eats718 DownReveal answer → Spacious519 DownReveal answer → Guided up? Yes, getting day behind schedule720 DownReveal answer → The whole attraction of Nice, say, in warmer period621 DownReveal answer → Part of some shimmering feature of lingerie?424 DownReveal answer → Rising cheers surrounding Conservative legislation327 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 12, 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.