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The Independent Crossword December 25 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 25 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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#
VictoryWIN3Across1 Territory (Informal)TURF4Across3 Christmas periodYULE4Across5 Old confusion about limitations of toast and egg dishOMELETTE8Across6 Wake up, making love with a heavenly body?COMETO6Across7 Female big catTIGRESS7Across9 A large aggressive man, completely exhaustedALLOUT6Across9 Ancient sorcererMAGUS5Across10 Increasingly barmy positive votes preceding rowYEASTIER8Across10 Flamboyantly (Informal)UPTOTHENINES12Across11 Religious interventions if curate’s active around husbandFAITHCURES10Across11 Put in orderSETTLE6Across13 Perfect US fighter and ship heading offFULL4Across13 European currency was a thing for RomeQUID4Across14 Deep times penetrating idiotABYSS5Across16 Of the mindMENTAL6Across16 Unusual attachment seeing rejection of alien sea creatureFISH4Across17 Judge young men going topless to be sources of delightJOYS4Across18 Get dressed up to impressPUTONTHERITZ12Across18 Back to square one?FULLCIRCLE10Across20 FirearmRIFLE5Across22 Meringue cakePAVLOVA7Across23 European native with mostly limited backingANDORRAN8Across23 Large woody perennialTREE4Across24 Court case about book describing clans?TRIBAL6Across25 ExtremelyVERY4Across25 Superior couple of points penned by actual musician, with a twistUMLAUT6Across26 UnhappySAD3Across26 Pay hasn’t changed? Unrealistic expectationPHANTASY8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SuckleWETNURSE8Down1 Villain’s wife mostly felt bad, turning up to embrace meEMILIA6Down1 Period of darknessNIGHT5Down2 Everyone concentrated without power being assignedALLOTTED8Down2 Delightful surpriseTREAT5Down3 Interference not shifting?STATIC6Down3 Ladies drinkBEVY4Down4 Slice of baconRASHER6Down4 Exaggerated fictions seeing one abandoned in parts of churchesSTEEPLES8Down5 OintmentUNGUENT7Down6 Charles and Anne, perhaps, in structural frameworkCHASSIS7Down7 SimpleEASY4Down7 Neat French phrase provided the themeMOTIF5Down8 DrinkIMBIBE6Down8 Monarch’s hopeful, sending son out with a studentROYAL5Down12 Strong wind with snowBLIZZARD8Down12 Prized fungusTRUFFLE7Down14 No main changes in Open University, reflecting speaking with one voiceUNOANIMO8Down15 Make less tightLOOSEN6Down15 Area, dry, containing trees initiallyATFIRST7Down16 Paper-fastenerSTAPLE6Down17 Sneaky thief to head for room, getting ruby?FORTIETH8Down17 DiplomatENVOY5Down19 Car brand adequate in promotional materials after reviewSKODA5Down19 Golf clubsIRONS5Down20 Going over long account will make you sleepCATNAP6Down21 (Of champagne) dryBRUT4Down21 Story about modern innovation’s to form linkLIAISE6Down22 Scruffy area, apparently in North-EastNAPE4Down24

About this puzzle

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