The Independent Crossword December 28 2025 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 28 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 52 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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Temporary vintage carrier bag for one girlWINEGLASS9Across1
Power toolCIRCULARSAW11Across1
Handle fuse with electric current through itWIELD5Across6
Blood vesselVEIN4Across7
See noteWRITTENEXAMINATION18Across8
Movement Republican party guards againstRONDO5Across9
Winter sports equipmentSKIPOLES8Across9
Comply withOBEY4Across10
Lame man's right to jogHAMSTRING9Across10
FrothSPUME5Across11
Mark US agent covered around his neckSCARFED7Across11
These house torsos with head hiddenHOODIES7Across12
OnenessUNITY5Across13
Trademark on counterfeit jewel, back-to-front little flowersFORGETMENOTS12Across13
Old couple going round ruined castle hampered eventOBSTACLERACE12Across17
?ORAL4Across17
?AUTHORED8Across19
Dull Mondays regularly boring princessANODYNE7Across20
AppropriateFITTING7Across21
End of term decided on by start of last periodDUEDATE7Across21
TooALSO4Across22
Doctor visually very attractive, swanky surgery admitsPHOTOSHOP9Across22
Well-to-do urbanite keeps something to sniffODOUR5Across23
See 8WRITTENEXAMINATION18Across23
Principle superficially true and clearTENET5Across24
Metal zip's inside covered by plastic dummy oneNEODYMIUM9Across25
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Magnetism reversed like that very strongly repelsWARDSOFF8Down1
?CHECKUP7Down1
Agree offhand about Norway suiting vegansNONDAIRY8Down2
ApproachRUNUP5Down2
English cricket side wearing grey refuse to use old batGEOFFREYBOYCOTT15Down3
IllUNWELL6Down3
Pest turned up every year then disappearedAPHID5Down4
AmongAMIDST6Down4
Bit of music in Psycho arranged for orchestraSYMPHONIC9Down5
?SETDOWN7Down5
Informally, jam makers turning more to chutneyWITHOUTCEREMONY15Down6
FlinchWINCE5Down6
Obelix irreversibly imbued with magic potionELIXIR6Down7
Pass on joke you hear in summarised versionDIGEST6Down8
Body of citizen soldiersMILITIA7Down12
Crime against the stateTREASON7Down14
Fussy manager runs through ground then homeMOTHERHEN9Down14
Italian sandwichesPANINI6Down15
Graduate arranged air-con for penguinMACARONI8Down15
Mark of social disgraceSTIGMA6Down16
Message shortening tenancy brought overTELEGRAM8Down16
Roast beef out of this worldCARPET6Down18
FirearmRIFLE5Down18
Shelter for longer beneath palm treeCOCOON6Down19
Middle-EasternerOMANI5Down20
Drinker really after dropDIPSO5Down21
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, December 28, 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.