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The Independent Crossword December 12 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 12 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#
Hit first button - ultimately receive giftPRESSIE7Across1 MeadowLEA3Across1 Be in debtOWE3Across3 Get through article about sport? On the contraryWEATHER7Across5 AnxietyUNEASE6Across7 CunningARTFUL6Across8 PareTRIM4Across9 Island creature, flightless bird, caught between both sidesLEMUR5Across9 Unimportant Nationalist in government for only a brief time?LIGHTNING9Across10 Celestial bodyASTEROID8Across10 Government-appointed businessman sadly wrong about America, investing in US moneyCROWNAGENT10Across11 Domestic applianceFRIDGEFREEZER13Across11 Surprise publicity event not carrying throughSTUN4Across13 IntestinesENTRAILS8Across15 Turned on, tense and worried? Write musicNOTATE6Across15 Youth? Fresh years, including golden oneMINORITY8Across16 AbruptCURT4Across18 Entertainment penning lines linked to low aspect of heavenly bodyFULLMOON8Across18 Irregular Judge, old, accepting $1000JAGGED6Across19 Health centreCLINIC6Across20 Large bottleFLAGON6Across21 Definite articleTHE3Across22 Thus good is enshrined in lead character, though not at firstERGO4Across22 AttemptTRY3Across23 Dressed up cellars, bringing in touch of hope - no longer this?SEPULCHRAL10Across23 Source of disease: cure a bit tricky, needing monthsBACTERIUM9Across25 Shout about a very intimidating presenceHEAVY5Across26 Associate of Arthur held after partyGALAHAD7Across28 Told about particular backsliding, one being allowed to escapeRELATED7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Solitary personLONER5Down1 Large bird in lake, one tucking into nutPELICAN7Down1 Guy looking up, dismissing a treeELM3Down2 WorriedALARMED7Down2 Bound to have married during relationship in October down under?SPRINGTIME10Down3 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Down3 Praise upholding Christmas, omitting line about fireplace item?EULOGY6Down4 Difficult to catchELUSIVE7Down4 Hang on - about to leave Holland in a French carriage?WAGONLIT8Down5 Greek cheeseFETA4Down5 A latitude supported by tenor over another singerALTO4Down6 ReparteeBANTER6Down6 Attitude when occupying height: scaffolder ready to go off at any momentHAIRTRIGGER11Down7 Former Queen upset business, sacking leader in interim periodREGENCY7Down8 Curly lock of hairRINGLET7Down12 Record of performance in unusual location regarding essential study?ONTOLOGICAL11Down12 Show clearlyEVINCE6Down13 BewitchENCHANT7Down14 See company attending house surrounded by barrier, promising no drunken antics?LOWALCOHOL10Down14 ScopeRANGE5Down16 Free from harmSAFE4Down17 Sweetheart or duck, in crossword terms?LOVEBIRD8Down17 Complaint raised about Democratic Attorney-General’s source of eatsFEEDBAG7Down18 SpaciousROOMY5Down19 Guided up? Yes, getting day behind scheduleDELAYED7Down20 The whole attraction of Nice, say, in warmer periodSUMMER6Down21 Part of some shimmering feature of lingerie?MESH4Down24 Rising cheers surrounding Conservative legislationACT3Down27

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