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The Independent Crossword December 29 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 29 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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Oddly sign urgent message about secretary being drunk91 AcrossReveal answer → Colourant31 AcrossReveal answer → Destroyed73 AcrossReveal answer → Gets ready to fire sailor verbally56 AcrossReveal answer → Imprecise78 AcrossReveal answer → Exalted59 AcrossReveal answer → Repeated prayers of model captured by a photographer scratching backside at shrine's opening79 AcrossReveal answer → Pass over vast areas creating disorder710 AcrossReveal answer → Piquant510 AcrossReveal answer → Our fellow recalled entering temporary residence's contest1011 AcrossReveal answer → Christen711 AcrossReveal answer → Huge electronic image412 AcrossReveal answer → Type of entertainer1112 AcrossReveal answer → Range collapsing is rare614 AcrossReveal answer → Dealing with newly delivered type of light at ends of sea wall815 AcrossReveal answer → Flightless bird717 AcrossReveal answer → During which readers learn periodically about investigation818 AcrossReveal answer → Mollusc519 AcrossReveal answer → In Illinois metropolis get wind back after gym workout's over619 AcrossReveal answer → African mammal520 AcrossReveal answer → Avoidance721 AcrossReveal answer → Dodgy condition, flimsy on the outside421 AcrossReveal answer → Gathered into folds722 AcrossReveal answer → Ceremony where tailored robes placed before vice-president1023 AcrossReveal answer → Playing card323 AcrossReveal answer → Relative getting Republican into trouble726 AcrossReveal answer → Roman fountain therefore could be source of Prosecco727 AcrossReveal answer → 500 replaced by 1,000 in accounts functions528 AcrossReveal answer → Rock SS Resonance?929 AcrossReveal answer →

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Suggests cancelling half of time for prisoners71 DownReveal answer → Delicate61 DownReveal answer → Filleted main courses cooked for patrons92 DownReveal answer → Everlasting72 DownReveal answer → Weird father organised topless model attending ball every now and then103 DownReveal answer → Tired53 DownReveal answer → With funds finally invested, boom or bust54 DownReveal answer → Setting up134 DownReveal answer → Risk adding nitrogen to exploding grenade85 DownReveal answer → Essential person75 DownReveal answer → Taking part in Monica Seles's action46 DownReveal answer → Gulf state56 DownReveal answer → Hook applauds pair at the bottom exchanging places57 DownReveal answer → Allude57 DownReveal answer → Catches up with Cilla leaving Los Angeles with drawing aid78 DownReveal answer → Make use of713 DownReveal answer → Media chats when Bury compete with Stoke initially1013 DownReveal answer → Staying power714 DownReveal answer → Automaton515 DownReveal answer → Director's pitch supported by excited nation916 DownReveal answer → Descend steeply616 DownReveal answer → Shipping hazards kill barnacles, eiders, razorbills, gannets and seagulls in the beginning817 DownReveal answer → Multi-coloured sun god's funky weapon718 DownReveal answer → Vagrant518 DownReveal answer → Broken piece519 DownReveal answer → Astonishing disappointment expressed over phone company ringing unspecified number endlessly720 DownReveal answer → Knock down priest carrying large doughnuts522 DownReveal answer → John for one is a long time impressing army officer524 DownReveal answer → Like this article on America expelling Eritrean leader425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 29, 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.