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The Independent Crossword December 30 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 63 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 30 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 63 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#
Royal residencePALACE6Across1 EatDINE4Across4 Radical reorganisationSHAKEUP7Across8 Soil's conditionTILTH5Across9 Way to eliminate unsatisfactory service in gameROUTE5Across9 TallyTOTUP5Across10 Irish province has church for new cityLEICESTER9Across10 Alcoholic drinkREDWINE7Across11 Husband going astray with school memberHERRING7Across11 Extinct flying reptilePTERODACTYL11Across12 Confirm playground's back in repairCERTIFY7Across12 Bleaches hairstylesFADES5Across13 Part of computer described by web userBUS3Across15 Prow of icebreaker blocking a dockPIER4Across16 Strange cyst removed from pelvic boneRUM3Across17 TackleHARNESS7Across17 Catch a flier briefly returning mealITALIAN7Across19 PublishISSUE5Across19 A lot of water in small local riverSEA3Across20 MaliceSPITE5Across21 Try to extract everything from onionSHOT4Across22 PacifyAPPEASE7Across22 Keystone Kops part reviewed for Ryan Gosling roleKEN3Across23 Matted fabricFELT4Across23 Blood vesselARTERY6Across24 New York ward features in key warningALERT5Across24 Composer welcomes old driverWAGONER7Across26 Duke and German boy meeting a king for curryDHANSAK7Across28 Gets head in paintingLANDSCAPE9Across31 Frivolous rest dayLIGHT5Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Structure of pollarded treeARCH4Down1 Former Spanish currency unitPESETA6Down1 Rank obscenity fully raisedPUTRID6Down2 SlightestLEAST5Down2 Half of shipment for food shopDELI4Down3 Less expensiveCHEAPER7Down3 Old-fashionedDATED5Down4 Peter out with Mark and Jack?FLAG4Down4 Turn up chinos and incorporate trendy sewer’s accessoryPINCUSHION10Down5 Cancel outNULLIFY7Down5 Report of simple child’s playthingBEAR4Down6 Love potionAPHRODISIAC11Down6 Sister's pinching wheels for some footballersSTRIKERS8Down7 Farm animalSHEEP5Down7 Head off out to lunch with hostARMY4Down8 White antTERMITE7Down13 Tree has shoot cutFIR3Down13 Cheerful (Informal)CHIPPER7Down14 Change working timeSHIFT5Down14 Bad tempered cook called out brotherBLACKFRIAR10Down15 Run afterCHASE5Down15 Nothing more thanMERELY6Down16 Animal seen in the outskirts of PasadenaPANDA5Down16 Bring to bearEXERT5Down18 A gym Noah built in woodMAHOGANY8Down18 ClimbSCALE5Down20 Colonist and Australian conservationistsANT3Down21 Trump's rating: StandardENSIGN6Down25 Block Liberal legislation in U-turnWALL4Down26 European native stands up to see informerNOSE4Down27 River and river animalDEER4Down28 Expert filling barrel with beer - quite the reverseABLE4Down29 Christopher Lee finally getting aircraftKITE4Down30

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, December 30, 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.