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The Independent Crossword December 21 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 21 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 51 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#
Relating to public worshipLITURGICAL10Across1 Shout out for Hearts in matches, yelling "Goal"PROCLAIM8Across1 Army doctor shifted hips down a bitMOPISH6Across6 See noteWORKEXPERIENCE14Across8 American backing Trump's third term in newspaper article - strange worldURANUS6Across9 DenunciationDIATRIBE8Across9 SellerVENDOR6Across10 Half undressed man checked outSTRIKING8Across10 Come a cropperTRIPUP6Across11 Mop tea from cupsAFRO4Across11 ?ENCOUNTER9Across12 Irish writer on a bender beginning to imagine novelEDNAOBRIEN10Across12 English really get mushy about love at timesEVERYSOOFTEN12Across13 Greek character returned call in full pubWATERINGHOLE12Across17 Large wine bottleMAGNUM6Across17 CompletelyWHOLLY6Across19 Prisoners' tea mum arranged, complete with relationsCONSUMMATE10Across20 Mexican pancakeTORTILLA8Across21 ?TOIL4Across22 Duck after spies see you in RomeCIAO4Across23 See 8WORKEXPERIENCE14Across23 Legless board work on drug doseTABLETOP8Across24 Fitter batters you'd expect to make fewer runs otherwiseTAILOR6Across25 Parking behind college a considerable distancePARSEC6Across26 Forcibly make a sailor dangle aloft, caught on spar's tipSHANGHAI8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Become thinner? Order a fryerRAREFY6Down2 AnnoyedIRKED5Down2 Chinese toilet you're in starts to test everythingCANTONESE9Down3 ?UNDERGO7Down3 Route through grandstand is covered with beerAISLE5Down4 ColossalGIANT5Down4 Madonna covers numbers Rolling Stones worked onMASONRY7Down5 Explosive materialCORDITE7Down5 Travel writer back from Cairo cut old stuff upMARCOPOLO9Down6 ?LABOUR6Down6 E.g. stud to sleep with queenPOKER5Down7 Group of witchesCOVEN5Down7 Cooking nerd used cloveSUNDERED8Down8 CeaselessNONSTOP7Down13 Old London prisonNEWGATE7Down14 Doctor came in GTi without an obvious explanationENIGMATIC9Down14 In great numbersGALORE6Down15 Putting feathers on lady's head, going to get clipsFLETCHING9Down15 Landscape painter introduced to father, or rather motherPANORAMA8Down16 BraidPLAIT5Down16 Dolphin swims up Margate's harbours on the ebbGRAMPUS7Down18 ToothMOLAR5Down18 Trouble that you have to step across climbing ornate towerPAGODA6Down19 Spirit-dispensing deviceOPTIC5Down20 Retailer's exchanges left in envelopes to be returnedSALES5Down21 Half of fans in restaurant? MoreEXTRA5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, December 21, 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.