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The Independent Crossword December 17 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 59 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 17 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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Across

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High stool is for an elevated player71 AcrossReveal answer → Native of Bangkok41 AcrossReveal answer → Seaweed53 AcrossReveal answer → Defiles some taken in by scams75 AcrossReveal answer → Heathen58 AcrossReveal answer → Whaling spear79 AcrossReveal answer → Enter race and finish out of line79 AcrossReveal answer → From then on centre of area is not affected710 AcrossReveal answer → Refrain710 AcrossReveal answer → Picked up eau de Cologne perhaps?511 AcrossReveal answer → Gleam511 AcrossReveal answer → Where many blokes with a little time hold trowel finally?912 AcrossReveal answer → Reliable1112 AcrossReveal answer → Amateur writer tackles unfinished WI ballad in finale1013 AcrossReveal answer → Dangerous mount in Vietnam415 AcrossReveal answer → Divine attendant517 AcrossReveal answer → Nimbus - a touch of highlight, behold, encircling angel’s head418 AcrossReveal answer → Revealing719 AcrossReveal answer → Astronomy scam takes in Arkansas Gazette1020 AcrossReveal answer → Dried grape721 AcrossReveal answer → Blemish522 AcrossReveal answer → Frighten523 AcrossReveal answer → Tax424 AcrossReveal answer → Policeman’s not able to hold back short engineer925 AcrossReveal answer → Backing for Leonard enthralled by fifty karat ring526 AcrossReveal answer → In two commercials private’s made fit727 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle stuck in storm of rain - bliss!728 AcrossReveal answer → Following achievement the lady’s down (a bit)729 AcrossReveal answer → Stellar astral variable with added luminance730 AcrossReveal answer →

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He’s not a ‘people person’ and lost his cool mostly over caress91 DownReveal answer → Confidential warning61 DownReveal answer → Drooping heads of orange petals on African flower72 DownReveal answer → Presage52 DownReveal answer → Last of trifle in a sort of ceramic dish for dessert83 DownReveal answer → Factory53 DownReveal answer → A way to treat those people involving informal talk74 DownReveal answer → Do away with74 DownReveal answer → Throw line into water by the French chateaux75 DownReveal answer → Doghouse65 DownReveal answer → Only ten individuals retired part-time - the rest out of 100?66 DownReveal answer → Except when66 DownReveal answer → Become too warm but not hot? - get stuffed!77 DownReveal answer → Necessary means117 DownReveal answer → If foggy these could indicate stratus58 DownReveal answer → Finery713 DownReveal answer → Savour614 DownReveal answer → Small veg, penny each314 DownReveal answer → US state615 DownReveal answer → Pasta in a large potty, keeping hot916 DownReveal answer → Intercession616 DownReveal answer → Smacks merely for skinning fish817 DownReveal answer → Time off518 DownReveal answer → Deadheaded plant’s an Australian flowery shrub719 DownReveal answer → Mental picture520 DownReveal answer → It blasts them asunder but not same in return721 DownReveal answer → Decay for all to see and crumbling in domed building722 DownReveal answer → Rough during performance about Exodus723 DownReveal answer → Small undersized person’s a pain on the run624 DownReveal answer → Which affair in large part is worthless rubbish?525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, December 17, 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.