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The Independent Crossword December 25 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 25 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Victory31 AcrossReveal answer → Territory (Informal)43 AcrossReveal answer → Christmas period45 AcrossReveal answer → Old confusion about limitations of toast and egg dish86 AcrossReveal answer → Wake up, making love with a heavenly body?67 AcrossReveal answer → Female big cat79 AcrossReveal answer → A large aggressive man, completely exhausted69 AcrossReveal answer → Ancient sorcerer510 AcrossReveal answer → Increasingly barmy positive votes preceding row810 AcrossReveal answer → Flamboyantly (Informal)1211 AcrossReveal answer → Religious interventions if curate’s active around husband1011 AcrossReveal answer → Put in order613 AcrossReveal answer → Perfect US fighter and ship heading off413 AcrossReveal answer → European currency was a thing for Rome414 AcrossReveal answer → Deep times penetrating idiot516 AcrossReveal answer → Of the mind616 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual attachment seeing rejection of alien sea creature417 AcrossReveal answer → Judge young men going topless to be sources of delight418 AcrossReveal answer → Get dressed up to impress1218 AcrossReveal answer → Back to square one?1020 AcrossReveal answer → Firearm522 AcrossReveal answer → Meringue cake723 AcrossReveal answer → European native with mostly limited backing823 AcrossReveal answer → Large woody perennial424 AcrossReveal answer → Court case about book describing clans?625 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely425 AcrossReveal answer → Superior couple of points penned by actual musician, with a twist626 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy326 AcrossReveal answer → Pay hasn’t changed? Unrealistic expectation827 AcrossReveal answer →

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Suckle81 DownReveal answer → Villain’s wife mostly felt bad, turning up to embrace me61 DownReveal answer → Period of darkness52 DownReveal answer → Everyone concentrated without power being assigned82 DownReveal answer → Delightful surprise53 DownReveal answer → Interference not shifting?63 DownReveal answer → Ladies drink44 DownReveal answer → Slice of bacon64 DownReveal answer → Exaggerated fictions seeing one abandoned in parts of churches85 DownReveal answer → Ointment76 DownReveal answer → Charles and Anne, perhaps, in structural framework77 DownReveal answer → Simple47 DownReveal answer → Neat French phrase provided the theme58 DownReveal answer → Drink68 DownReveal answer → Monarch’s hopeful, sending son out with a student512 DownReveal answer → Strong wind with snow812 DownReveal answer → Prized fungus714 DownReveal answer → No main changes in Open University, reflecting speaking with one voice815 DownReveal answer → Make less tight615 DownReveal answer → Area, dry, containing trees initially716 DownReveal answer → Paper-fastener617 DownReveal answer → Sneaky thief to head for room, getting ruby?817 DownReveal answer → Diplomat519 DownReveal answer → Car brand adequate in promotional materials after review519 DownReveal answer → Golf clubs520 DownReveal answer → Going over long account will make you sleep621 DownReveal answer → (Of champagne) dry421 DownReveal answer → Story about modern innovation’s to form link622 DownReveal answer → Scruffy area, apparently in North-East424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, December 25, 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.