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The Independent Crossword December 29 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 29 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
Oddly sign urgent message about secretary being drunkINCAPABLE9Across1 ColourantDYE3Across1 DestroyedWRECKED7Across3 Gets ready to fire sailor verballyCOCKS5Across6 ImpreciseINEXACT7Across8 ExaltedNOBLE5Across9 Repeated prayers of model captured by a photographer scratching backside at shrine's openingMANTRAS7Across9 Pass over vast areas creating disorderDISEASE7Across10 PiquantTANGY5Across10 Our fellow recalled entering temporary residence's contestTOURNAMENT10Across11 ChristenBAPTISE7Across11 Huge electronic imageEPIC4Across12 Type of entertainerILLUSIONIST11Across12 Range collapsing is rareSIERRA6Across14 Dealing with newly delivered type of light at ends of sea wallNEONATAL8Across15 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Across17 During which readers learn periodically about investigationRESEARCH8Across18 MolluscSNAIL5Across19 In Illinois metropolis get wind back after gym workout's overPEORIA6Across19 African mammalOKAPI5Across20 AvoidanceEVASION7Across21 Dodgy condition, flimsy on the outsideIFFY4Across21 Gathered into foldsPLEATED7Across22 Ceremony where tailored robes placed before vice-presidentOBSERVANCE10Across23 Playing cardACE3Across23 Relative getting Republican into troubleBROTHER7Across26 Roman fountain therefore could be source of ProseccoTREVISO7Across27 500 replaced by 1,000 in accounts functionsWORKS5Across28 Rock SS Resonance?SANDSTONE9Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Suggests cancelling half of time for prisonersINMATES7Down1 DelicateDAINTY6Down1 Filleted main courses cooked for patronsCONSUMERS9Down2 EverlastingETERNAL7Down2 Weird father organised topless model attending ball every now and thenPARANORMAL10Down3 TiredWEARY5Down3 With funds finally invested, boom or bustBOSOM5Down4 Setting upESTABLISHMENT13Down4 Risk adding nitrogen to exploding grenadeENDANGER8Down5 Essential personKINGPIN7Down5 Taking part in Monica Seles's actionCASE4Down6 Gulf stateDUBAI5Down6 Hook applauds pair at the bottom exchanging placesCLASP5Down7 AlludeREFER5Down7 Catches up with Cilla leaving Los Angeles with drawing aidSTENCIL7Down8 Make use ofUTILISE7Down13 Media chats when Bury compete with Stoke initiallyINTERVIEWS10Down13 Staying powerSTAMINA7Down14 AutomatonROBOT5Down15 Director's pitch supported by excited nationTARANTINO9Down16 Descend steeplyPLUNGE6Down16 Shipping hazards kill barnacles, eiders, razorbills, gannets and seagulls in the beginningICEBERGS8Down17 Multi-coloured sun god's funky weaponRAINBOW7Down18 VagrantTRAMP5Down18 Broken pieceSHARD5Down19 Astonishing disappointment expressed over phone company ringing unspecified number endlesslyAWESOME7Down20 Knock down priest carrying large doughnutsFLOOR5Down22 John for one is a long time impressing army officerELTON5Down24 Like this article on America expelling Eritrean leaderTHUS4Down25

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