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The Independent Crossword December 17 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 17 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 59 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#
High stool is for an elevated playerSOLOIST7Across1 Native of BangkokTHAI4Across1 SeaweedWRACK5Across3 Defiles some taken in by scamsCANYONS7Across5 HeathenPAGAN5Across8 Whaling spearHARPOON7Across9 Enter race and finish out of lineCOMPETE7Across9 From then on centre of area is not affectedSINCERE7Across10 RefrainFORBEAR7Across10 Picked up eau de Cologne perhaps?ODOUR5Across11 GleamSHINE5Across11 Where many blokes with a little time hold trowel finally?ALLOTMENT9Across12 ReliableTRUSTWORTHY11Across12 Amateur writer tackles unfinished WI ballad in finaleAPOCALYPSE10Across13 Dangerous mount in VietnamETNA4Across15 Divine attendantANGEL5Across17 Nimbus - a touch of highlight, behold, encircling angel’s headHALO4Across18 RevealingTELLING7Across19 Astronomy scam takes in Arkansas GazetteSTARGAZING10Across20 Dried grapeSULTANA7Across21 BlemishSTAIN5Across22 FrightenSCARE5Across23 TaxLEVY4Across24 Policeman’s not able to hold back short engineerCONSTRUCT9Across25 Backing for Leonard enthralled by fifty karat ringKNELL5Across26 In two commercials private’s made fitADAPTED7Across27 Vehicle stuck in storm of rain - bliss!NIRVANA7Across28 Following achievement the lady’s down (a bit)FEATHER7Across29 Stellar astral variable with added luminanceALLSTAR7Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
He’s not a ‘people person’ and lost his cool mostly over caressSOCIOPATH9Down1 Confidential warningTIPOFF6Down1 Drooping heads of orange petals on African flowerLIMPOPO7Down2 PresageAUGUR5Down2 Last of trifle in a sort of ceramic dish for dessertICECREAM8Down3 FactoryWORKS5Down3 A way to treat those people involving informal talkTHERAPY7Down4 Do away withABOLISH7Down4 Throw line into water by the French chateauxCASTLES7Down5 DoghouseKENNEL6Down5 Only ten individuals retired part-time - the rest out of 100?NINETY6Down6 Except whenUNLESS6Down6 Become too warm but not hot? - get stuffed!OVEREAT7Down7 Necessary meansWHEREWITHAL11Down7 If foggy these could indicate stratusSHEET5Down8 FineryREGALIA7Down13 SavourRELISH6Down14 Small veg, penny eachPEA3Down14 US stateKANSAS6Down15 Pasta in a large potty, keeping hotANGELHAIR9Down16 IntercessionAGENCY6Down16 Smacks merely for skinning fishMACKEREL8Down17 Time offLEAVE5Down18 Deadheaded plant’s an Australian flowery shrubLANTANA7Down19 Mental pictureIMAGE5Down20 It blasts them asunder but not same in returnTHUNDER7Down21 Decay for all to see and crumbling in domed buildingROTUNDA7Down22 Rough during performance about ExodusINEXACT7Down23 Small undersized person’s a pain on the runSTITCH6Down24 Which affair in large part is worthless rubbish?CHAFF5Down25

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