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The Independent Crossword December 26 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 26 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 62 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#
Charge for servicesFEE3Across1 Gift of the MagiMYRRH5Across3 Tediously continue playing pantomime dame?DRAGON6Across6 NewsTIDINGS7Across8 Quality of the Lions timelessly remains in the memoryHEROISM7Across8 Split asunderRIVEN5Across9 BigLARGE5Across10 Release from blameABSOLVE7Across11 When you might need New Year diary for resolution? Separate answers in itARAINYDAY9Across11 Thin wrapping materialTISSUEPAPER11Across12 A city of Russia to one of Belarus, in desertsTOMSK5Across12 Superb, quiet retreats are almost devoid of basics for livingACELLULAR9Across13 Worked through “U”?DONE4Across16 TransitoryPASSING7Across16 Here in board meeting a knight starts to stiffenBONE4Across17 Instance of raising glassesTOAST5Across18 Thumbs up, Badenoch predominantly struck dumbSHTUM5Across19 Spring flowerTULIP5Across20 Were he thematic, this GI would be Smokin’JOE3Across20 My sweet pasta sauce is on the counterSUGAR5Across21 Being bornNASCENT7Across21 DangerPERIL5Across22 Beast of burdenASS3Across23 Keen customer might need this to access her online bank details?ACID4Across23 On retirement, right to join top clubIRON4Across24 Films refuse to spread viral phenomenaMEMBRANES9Across26 Rough, with the shakesROCKY5Across29 Theatre actor in the end eschewing training under LarryDRURYLANE9Across31 Western capital in which you’ll find an appropriate leaderEMPEROR7Across32 Pounds sterling this job will make student!EARNER6Across33

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Maximum gettable for beginners on an examGREATEST8Down1 PointlessFUTILE6Down1 The Lady of Seville is taking off from a certain terminalANODAL6Down2 SeniorELDER5Down2 Given the No. 1 carriage?SHAY4Down3 Customs and conventionsMORES5Down3 Possibly writing small piece about one of us?BRIT4Down4 RotateREVOLVE7Down4 Suspiciously letting one off ain’t himHITMAN6Down5 From this placeHENCE5Down5 Heavenly beingsANGELS6Down6 Low-down type initiated contacts with former mistress? NobGENTLEMAN9Down7 Property negotiatorESTATEAGENT11Down7 Compère will need this guy before NovemberMIKE4Down9 A high-quality tea Mark’s passed up in Coloradan townMANASSA7Down10 Narrow-mindedINSULAR7Down13 Tolerated a shorter version of the Ancient Mariner?ABODE5Down14 Creative personARTIST6Down14 StandingSTATUS6Down15 Deer series being talked aboutROE3Down15 Tale with a twist in does perhaps factor in ruin?DESTROYER9Down16 AccommodatedPUTUP5Down16 UrgeIMPEL5Down17 Supporting vineyards, woman who’s operating the presses?CRUSHER7Down18 StadiumARENA5Down19 Caught working out the little fellaJIM3Down20 Top sides rev Bellamy’s team up?GUNWALES8Down22 Meat Loaf’s formula? Uplifting record taking chap to topRECIPE6Down25 Hand 7 addressed boxes a year from ChristmasMAULER6Down27 He’s out of the way in Paris flatTRUE4Down28 Three-foot gardenYARD4Down30 Brought up Talk Radio’s secretDARK4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 26, 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.