The Independent Crossword December 13 2025 Answers

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Below are all 106 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 13 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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Good shout having skipped starters?81 AcrossReveal answer → Piercing tool31 AcrossReveal answer → Belonging to us43 AcrossReveal answer → They should be put back on course66 AcrossReveal answer → Souvenir87 AcrossReveal answer → West African republic bordered by Senegal to the north128 AcrossReveal answer → Flat-bottomed boat48 AcrossReveal answer → Net zero in India is deployed to capture carbon, old chap?139 AcrossReveal answer → Not moving109 AcrossReveal answer → Small euphemism in personal ad derives complaint610 AcrossReveal answer → Empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1796 to 1809911 AcrossReveal answer → Maintain no central banks free from blame811 AcrossReveal answer → Detest612 AcrossReveal answer → Culinary term meaning wrapped in pastry and baked813 AcrossReveal answer → How to get a date from a dater?1013 AcrossReveal answer → Worldwide613 AcrossReveal answer → 1984 novel by J G Ballard that draws extensively on his experiences in World War II1414 AcrossReveal answer → Outstanding1014 AcrossReveal answer → Character first played by Joan Collins in the first episode of Dynasty's second season in 19811115 AcrossReveal answer → Say, Simon, what's up with the old girl?415 AcrossReveal answer → Superfood from the east significantly reduced cardiac arrests416 AcrossReveal answer → Swift417 AcrossReveal answer → Experienced818 AcrossReveal answer → The administrative centre of Kent, on the River Medway918 AcrossReveal answer → Gets ruthless initially and forcefully closes valuable contracts1018 AcrossReveal answer → Pope from from 1963 to 1978620 AcrossReveal answer → Church service420 AcrossReveal answer → Public transport vehicle321 AcrossReveal answer → 1989 American comedy horror film starring Tom Hanks, set entirely in the fictional cul-de-sac Mayfield Place821 AcrossReveal answer → Get about 11 withdrawn women to be united821 AcrossReveal answer → Small, faint constellation between Cygnus and Andromeda whose name is Latin for "Lizard"722 AcrossReveal answer → Call over whether it's feasible or not622 AcrossReveal answer → Queries priest about conditions from the past1323 AcrossReveal answer → The god of mischief and destruction in Norse mythology424 AcrossReveal answer → 1979 chart-topping single by The Police1625 AcrossReveal answer → Strict Catholic European clubs perhaps following Juventus's lead625 AcrossReveal answer → Fear one's relations coming round and time gets taken up by housework?826 AcrossReveal answer → 13th-century queen of Scotland called the 'Maid of Norway'828 AcrossReveal answer → German name for the River Morava531 AcrossReveal answer → Dog breed banned in the UK by the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act2232 AcrossReveal answer → State of Germany whose capital is Stuttgart1634 AcrossReveal answer → The chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany438 AcrossReveal answer → Roman historian whose works include a biography of his father-in-law Agricola740 AcrossReveal answer → 1996 Barry Levinson film starring Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric and Brad Pitt841 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of the former province of West Pakistan643 AcrossReveal answer → Market town in South Gloucestershire that was a Parliamentary constituency from 1885 to 1950945 AcrossReveal answer → Novel by Louisa May Alcott originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 18691146 AcrossReveal answer → See 322247 AcrossReveal answer → Moving mechanical devices made in imitation of human beings850 AcrossReveal answer → 1998 film starring Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush952 AcrossReveal answer → The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, added in 1791, which guarantee the liberty of the individual1253 AcrossReveal answer →

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Site of a US naval base in Cuba at which a detention camp was established in January 2002131 DownReveal answer → Dislike81 DownReveal answer → One makes easy returns rattle past Wimbledon champion72 DownReveal answer → Abbreviated name of the second largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain42 DownReveal answer → Impudent talk (Informal)32 DownReveal answer → Family planning to ignore the church machine113 DownReveal answer → The parliament of the Republic of Ireland103 DownReveal answer → Deliberately93 DownReveal answer → Ladder step44 DownReveal answer → Table ultimately put together with lousy glue54 DownReveal answer → 1983 hit single for Van Halen44 DownReveal answer → Dog puppet associated with Bob Carolgees45 DownReveal answer → Ill will65 DownReveal answer → Spreading manure on Scottish island in gallons75 DownReveal answer → American athlete who broke Bob Beamon's 22-year-old long jump world record by 5cm at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo106 DownReveal answer → Blood vessel46 DownReveal answer → Blasted public school bores were romantically involved96 DownReveal answer → 1924 adventure novel by P C Wren featuring the French Foreign Legion97 DownReveal answer → That is the sixth unknown37 DownReveal answer → Renting place in France south of Toulouse on vacation78 DownReveal answer → Silvery-white metallic element whose principal ore is bauxite99 DownReveal answer → American percussionist and singer who was the opening act for Prince's Purple Rain Tour710 DownReveal answer → Joint inflammation910 DownReveal answer → English philosopher regarded as the founder of utilitarianism1311 DownReveal answer → Bed part811 DownReveal answer → A rough heavy mass of solidified lava containing many cavities612 DownReveal answer → Confused county politician distorted the truth admits whip1112 DownReveal answer → Stringed instrument613 DownReveal answer → Most rough-looking earl gets drug supply914 DownReveal answer → Facility415 DownReveal answer → Spanish sparkling wine416 DownReveal answer → In Germanic mythology, a sinister elf who stalks children who stay in the woods for too long716 DownReveal answer → Takeaway succeeded leaving two items off the menu717 DownReveal answer → 1972 chart-topping single by Rod Stewart1317 DownReveal answer → Sphere319 DownReveal answer → Battery may be put on charge with this719 DownReveal answer → The largest city in Washington719 DownReveal answer → Mope around film location when heavenly body disappears720 DownReveal answer → Intimate leading couple in music awards turned to the back522 DownReveal answer → Pop group that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest423 DownReveal answer → Unbridled dissent leads to being unable to take flight324 DownReveal answer → Landmark building in London between The Mall and Trafalgar Square1326 DownReveal answer → English comedienne, actress and writer who played Donna Noble in Doctor Who1327 DownReveal answer → Anna ___, agony aunt who co-wrote the TV series Agony, starring Maureen Lipman729 DownReveal answer → River in South Wales that flows from the western Brecon Beacons to the Bristol Channel at Swansea430 DownReveal answer → Abdullah ___, South African pianist and composer formerly known as Dollar Brand733 DownReveal answer → American actress whose roles include Trudy Campbell in Mad Men1035 DownReveal answer → Central American country whose name means "The Saviour"1036 DownReveal answer → Barry ___, Republican who lost the 1964 presidential election to Lyndon B Johnson937 DownReveal answer → Final prayers and ministrations given shortly before death939 DownReveal answer → Portuguese resort whose motor racing circuit was formerly used for Formula One races742 DownReveal answer → Framework formerly worn by women to expand a skirt644 DownReveal answer → Metallic element with the chemical symbol Pb448 DownReveal answer → Abbreviation for a unique numeric commercial book identifier created in 1966449 DownReveal answer → The Zoroastrian priests of the ancient Medes and Persians451 DownReveal answer →

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