The Independent Crossword December 20 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 106 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 106 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 20 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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Skin41 AcrossReveal answer → Chinese dynasty43 AcrossReveal answer → Time Out slammed Brian Eno hit116 AcrossReveal answer → Desserts87 AcrossReveal answer → Ceremonial staff48 AcrossReveal answer → Atmospheric instability109 AcrossReveal answer → One's interested in fish out of water, naturally49 AcrossReveal answer → Local batting like English — endlessly hopeless1010 AcrossReveal answer → Look forward to raise for top job811 AcrossReveal answer → Dainty bite611 AcrossReveal answer → Industrial port in central Japan, on Honshu, between Tokyo and Yokohama812 AcrossReveal answer → Some feel Biden lies about being fit to serve613 AcrossReveal answer → Bill ___, England batsman who made his debut in the Centenary Test at Lord's in 1980513 AcrossReveal answer → Nevertheless613 AcrossReveal answer → Battery hen, potentially1314 AcrossReveal answer → One name for the larva of a geometrid moth814 AcrossReveal answer → Without exception1014 AcrossReveal answer → A collarless, sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or jumper815 AcrossReveal answer → Withdrawn votes exposed American menace616 AcrossReveal answer → The one legal party in Spain under the Franco regime716 AcrossReveal answer → 1974 Top 10 hit for Cozy Powell617 AcrossReveal answer → Toys winning hearts and minds817 AcrossReveal answer → British actress and singer who won a Best Actress Oscar for Mary Poppins1218 AcrossReveal answer → A few418 AcrossReveal answer → Runway819 AcrossReveal answer → Secure a soft drink then start to down a cocktail1019 AcrossReveal answer → The ___ ___, Irish rock band whose single I Useta Lover topped the Irish charts for nine consecutive weeks in 19901020 AcrossReveal answer → Drinking-places420 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy metal421 AcrossReveal answer → Something to reflect on, like touring team422 AcrossReveal answer → The smaller of the two satellites of Mars622 AcrossReveal answer → Rome wasn't built in a day? On the contrary, she sells1123 AcrossReveal answer → Venetian-born conductor, composer and light orchestra leader with a cascading strings musical signature924 AcrossReveal answer → Perennial bulbous plant which belongs to the family Liliaceae527 AcrossReveal answer → Area between the North Pole and the Arctic Circle1528 AcrossReveal answer → An electronic valve with three electrodes630 AcrossReveal answer → 1978 film in which Billy Crystal plays a pregnant man1031 AcrossReveal answer → The opening track and lead single from The Rolling Stones' 1971 album Sticky Fingers1032 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral of which amethyst, cairngorm and citrine are varieties635 AcrossReveal answer → Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for the 1982 film Victor Victoria1537 AcrossReveal answer → In heraldry, of the colour blue540 AcrossReveal answer → Former name for the Kingdom of Eswatini942 AcrossReveal answer → Historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century644 AcrossReveal answer → 1990 film directed by Dennis Hopper starring Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen and Jennifer Connelly1045 AcrossReveal answer → Antoine de ___, French writer and aviator best remembered for his novella The Little Prince1247 AcrossReveal answer → Alcoholic drink of which Cognac and Armagnac are varieties650 AcrossReveal answer → California city on San Francisco Bay damaged by an earthquake in 1989752 AcrossReveal answer → An orange-red translucent gemstone853 AcrossReveal answer → 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom855 AcrossReveal answer → Sugar preparation called frosting in North America556 AcrossReveal answer → Walk Like an ___, single by The Bangles that topped the US chart in December 1986857 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fund scrapping first new union joiner61 DownReveal answer → Actress who came to fame playing Elaine Nardo in the TV series Taxi121 DownReveal answer → Water feature81 DownReveal answer → The 50th state of the United States62 DownReveal answer → Risk to cuddle flash European one encountered in bed102 DownReveal answer → Viper52 DownReveal answer → Villainous ensign in Shakespeare's Othello43 DownReveal answer → Woman fed up, for the most part43 DownReveal answer → Impersonation73 DownReveal answer → Pleasant44 DownReveal answer → The official mascot of the Michelin tyre company84 DownReveal answer → Party time, to cut a long story short44 DownReveal answer → Cause harm to65 DownReveal answer → Moving forwards guards love taking a break85 DownReveal answer → Another name for the green woodpecker65 DownReveal answer → Skye, for example46 DownReveal answer → The administrative centre of Essex106 DownReveal answer → 'I am on call,' he garbled in anguish117 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, the personification of sleep67 DownReveal answer → T Rex song which became their first hit single in 1970148 DownReveal answer → Express has news about works being held up118 DownReveal answer → 1975 Top 10 hit for The Rubettes89 DownReveal answer → Spotted beetle810 DownReveal answer → Aquatic bird whose varieties include mute, trumpeter and whooper410 DownReveal answer → A German high-speed monorail train using magnetic levitation1011 DownReveal answer → Crazy (Informal)712 DownReveal answer → Theory of X and Y taken across the Pyrenees?512 DownReveal answer → Enclosure for birds613 DownReveal answer → One clarifying crude oil at supply1013 DownReveal answer → Taylor Swift dudes' hearts fluttered, liking False God815 DownReveal answer → Not at home415 DownReveal answer → Wash516 DownReveal answer → Couch417 DownReveal answer → Tree huggers agreed on retirement, sadly618 DownReveal answer → The largest of the German concentration camps in World War II919 DownReveal answer → Better figures that he represents in hues?420 DownReveal answer → A West African percussion instrument such as the dùndún or the tama1121 DownReveal answer → Setter leaves surface behind421 DownReveal answer → Market town in Wiltshire that has one of the widest high streets in Britain1123 DownReveal answer → A hot drink of port and lemon juice, usually spiced and sweetened525 DownReveal answer → With Kaz and Nik, one of the three Spheriks, mascots for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan326 DownReveal answer → 1986 film starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater1429 DownReveal answer → A woman who makes a will930 DownReveal answer → Another name for a lariat533 DownReveal answer → The 40th president of the United States of America1234 DownReveal answer → American actress who married Gary Oldman in 1990 and Ethan Hawke in 19981036 DownReveal answer → A type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s338 DownReveal answer → Centre back who captained the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 2008 until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup1039 DownReveal answer → The policy or practice of members of a particular political group joining an existing political party with the intention of changing its principles and policies841 DownReveal answer → 1980s ITV sitcom starring Keith Barron and Gwen Taylor843 DownReveal answer → Iraqi town that was the birthplace of Saladin and Saddam Hussein646 DownReveal answer → A violet-blue dye obtained from leaves, woad, or produced synthetically648 DownReveal answer → Word used by an Italian when answering the phone649 DownReveal answer → Rare gaseous element that has the atomic number 10451 DownReveal answer → Welsh town at the mouth of the river Clwyd454 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, December 20, 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.