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The Independent Crossword December 22 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 22 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
George’s scheme involving one chasing carAUTOMATICPILOT14Across1 Expression calling for attentionHEY3Across1 SuretyBAIL4Across3 See 1aAUTOMATICPILOT14Across6 PisteSKIRUN6Across7 FanaticZEALOT6Across8 Smile broadlyGRIN4Across9 Plane diverted somewhere in AsiaNEPAL5Across9 Sacking every good person, rock station put off everybodyONEANDALL9Across10 SlipshodSLOVENLY8Across10 Flowing waters engulf men with one going missingSEAMLESS8Across11 Mess (Informal)DOGSBREAKFAST13Across11 Exaggerate malfunctionPLAYUP6Across12 Luvvie going over to embrace with smoochy soundMWAH4Across14 Stringed instrumentMANDOLIN8Across15 Joanna (my Mum’s mum) paid for renovation? Over my dead body!GRANDPIANO10Across15 Struggling, naked, are we born again?REAWAKENED10Across18 ImpetuousRASH4Across18 Rum, say, is licensed exclusively at firstISLE4Across19 RecumbentSUPINE6Across20 AlmostNEARLY6Across21 Announce sailor from the East’s electionBALLOT6Across21 HintCLUE4Across22 AgeERA3Across23 Wing, maybe pro-British, inspiring return of imperial measurementFORELIMB8Across23 Transcends right and wrong reversing sign of agingLIVERSPOT9Across26 Friend from Potsdam I googledAMIGO5Across27 Political skullduggery as small business replaced MP’s car againSMEARCAMPAIGNS14Across28 See 28ASMEARCAMPAIGNS14Across29

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WalkerHIKER5Down1 Mass burial twice in awfully catastrophic yearANNUSMIRABILIS14Down1 Big cheese beat restriction, having discovered tax not applicableTOPBANANA9Down2 UnderpantsYFRONTS7Down2 Mankini looked “lovely” on vacation - euphemistic to put it thusMILDLY6Down3 Portable rocket-launcherBAZOOKA7Down3 Unusual result, ergo, put a pin in itTROUSERLEG10Down4 UnintelligentINANE5Down4 Ruminate about shapeCHEW4Down5 BurdenONUS4Down5 Run off after writer - she waited a long timePENELOPE8Down6 French form of bowlsBOULES6Down6 Green field fairly emptyLEAFY5Down7 Directories help one to be organised, fair and ultimately scrupulousTELEPHONEBOOKS14Down8 Not translucentOPAQUE6Down12 Take over fromRELIEVE7Down13 Failing to meet man right before deathANTEMORTEM10Down13 Very hot chamberFURNACE7Down14 See 1DANNUSMIRABILIS14Down14 Repetitious trainingDRILL5Down16 Aisling Bea briefly floundering - way to let people down!ABSEILING9Down16 Navvy’s dog more sullen when daughter's not aroundLABOURER8Down17 Not anyNONE4Down17 Latin dance styleSALSA5Down19 State in North America welcoming drummer Grohl turning upNEVADA6Down20 US bank oddly lied to recruit First LadyLEVEE5Down22 See 8DTELEPHONEBOOKS14Down24 Very impressive bit of extreme picnickingEPIC4Down25

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 22, 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.