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The Independent Crossword December 15 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 15 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
Soldier at front seen in new drama with gun?GUARDSMAN9Across1 Metric unit of land areaARE3Across1 Securing deviceCLAMP5Across3 One punching fat landowner north of the borderLAIRD5Across6 Try hardSTRIVE6Across7 Group of geeseGAGGLE6Across8 Bill of fareMENU4Across9 Set moved with effort is not in the wayOFFSTREET9Across9 What stops backsliding boozer?REHAB5Across10 Area for reportersPRESSBOX8Across10 Decline essentially seen in river with rapids ultimatelyFALLS5Across11 RequirementNECESSITY9Across11 Awful radicals on right which help some get on track?RAILCARDS9Across12 After bringing back posh young woman, party onLEGSIDE7Across13 Atheistic track rejected by the French Elvis in the endGODLESS7Across15 Agree to do withoutFORSWEAR8Across16 A Republican trapped in window will be fineALRIGHT7Across18 ThoroughfareROAD4Across19 Container for wineCARAFE6Across20 Lining fabric found in missiles I assessSILESIA7Across20 Spiritualist meetingSEANCE6Across21 A poor penalty by City's an objectionable thingABADPENNY9Across21 OdourSCENT5Across22 Indicate assentNOD3Across23 Unpleasant people stealing fine presentsGIFTS5Across23 Military command in Band of Brothers?ORDER5Across25 Very literary song first appearing in electronic gameSOLITAIRE9Across26 Fear losing knight finally is a blunderERROR5Across27 According to hearsay, cat on lead needs trainingANECDOTAL9Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Song of loyaltyANTHEM6Down1 Old dons playing golf with lead in American GangsterGOODFELLA9Down1 Terrible in-law: fulsome to some degreeAWFUL5Down2 GourmetEPICURE7Down2 Hating diets, gent goes on a benderDETESTING9Down3 Young swansCYGNETS7Down3 Overheating old server core men refurbishedMCENROE7Down4 AuspicesAEGIS5Down4 Husband taking down trousers will make loveNOTHING7Down5 WannessPALLOR6Down5 Line snorted by Joely RichardsonLYRIC5Down6 SeaweedKELP4Down6 Working from home, having laugh with Romeo on lochINHARNESS9Down7 Society girls collecting tenor's outstanding billsDEBTS5Down8 ComponentELEMENT7Down12 GroundTERRAIN7Down13 Area of boggy groundMORASS6Down14 Bloomer in foreign article written by EuropeanGERMANDER9Down14 StaleRANCID6Down15 Might we be thus when the sun goes over the moon?DELIGHTED9Down16 Leading men suffering one brightening battle sceneSTARSHELL9Down17 Writing tabletSLATE5Down17 CorrosionRUST4Down18 Place head up above one's heels in Kundalini yogaTUNISIA7Down19 A shade sad after son sat on jelly?SKYBLUE7Down20 Love is about supporting a devoted other primarilyADORE5Down21 Salesman seen around about old city is more virtuousPURER5Down22 France isn't commonly weakFAINT5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 15, 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.