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The Independent Crossword December 23 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 60 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 23 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 60 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#
Garment partCOLLAR6Across1 Leg jointKNEE4Across4 WearinessLANGUOR7Across7 Capital city the writer's visitingLIMA4Across7 Tartan clothPLAID5Across8 Corporation's software abandoned half writtenAPPLE5Across8 Wading birdEGRET5Across10 Rosemary sometimes writing "Her Former Majesty" in pencilHERB4Across10 Mass of iceGLACIER7Across11 Cycling with back pulled in likewise revealing gearBIKINI6Across11 "There once was a woman from Tipperary"? Doesn't work in this Irish cityLIMERICK8Across12 Favoured pupilTEACHERSPET11Across12 Vacuous criminal makes mad blundersCLANGERS8Across13 Succeeded picking up inconveniently positioned plant rootSWEDE5Across15 Underwear maybe porters put lower for an earlBOXERS6Across17 Party-giverHOSTESS7Across17 CourageousBRAVE5Across19 Parade participant heading off someone with a bowARCHER6Across19 ExchangeTRADE5Across21 Paper-folding artORIGAMI7Across22 Oddly identified no address to return automobileSEDAN5Across22 ThawMELT4Across23 BoilSEETHE6Across24 Unfortunately omit name for fossilAMMONITE8Across24 Born in a home sadly ignoring social conventionsBOHEMIAN8Across26 As Hegseth would say, bomb West Asian countryTURKEY6Across29 Point following better pointCAPE4Across31 Place in the ground I access after Everton's openerINTER5Across32 Old tax man from Glasgow?SCOT4Across33

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
VisitorCALLER6Down1 Medium-sized milk dish leading couples selectedMIDI4Down1 Passenger shipLINER5Down2 Job needed this report of doctor's clientsPATIENCE8Down2 Found in waterAQUATIC7Down3 Spoil popular reefs in the middle of the seaMARINE6Down3 Greek letterKAPPA5Down4 Hairstyle for every maidenPERM4Down4 Village footpath or pedestrian sheltersTHORPE6Down5 InspectEXAMINE7Down5 Cold-blooded predator caught legendary birdCROC4Down6 AdvancementPROGRESSION11Down6 Perfect languagePOLISH6Down9 SwarthyDARK4Down9 CatchENSNARE7Down13 Brought up dirt having swallowed nationalist prideLIONS5Down14 AbateSUBSIDE7Down14 ConverseCHAT4Down15 Something additional arising each springSPA3Down15 Shade of redCERISE6Down16 Turn inside out nevertheless keeping some of the contentsEVERT5Down16 HappeningEVENT5Down18 Setter starts to seem unnecessarily nuancedSUN3Down18 Act that unites legislative bodyCONGRESS8Down20 AdjustADAPT5Down20 London borough abolishing old hereditary titleBARNET6Down21 Hamburger perhaps for one trying to lose weightDIETER6Down23 Finished after debut in acting, amateur with lower energyMATURE6Down25 Egg-shaped figure over goal therefore removedOVAL4Down27 Limitation of pupil under instruction originally upset teacherIRIS4Down28 Embodiment of love, painful on the reboundEROS4Down30

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, December 23, 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.