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The Independent Crossword December 31 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 31 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 53 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#
InheritorHEIR4Across1 51 ladies' men regularly making contactLIAISE6Across1 Plant partROOT4Across3 That woman taking drugs outside is escortingUSHERING8Across4 Astronomical cloudNEBULA6Across7 Clothing fastenerBUTTON6Across8 Study of heredityGENETICS8Across9 General making son finally abandon biting of nailsUNGUAL6Across9 Appreciative of, say, charcoal going on fireplace – less smoke at lastGRATEFUL8Across10 GentleMILD4Across10 DistressingUPSETTING9Across11 Agent's gamble on game with small noteGOBETWEEN9Across12 Line raised for example by director briefly when turning overRIDGE5Across13 Astronomer, 19, 20 working to cover eclipse essentiallyGALILEOGALILEI14Across14 DestinyFATE4Across16 Motorcycle rallySCRAMBLE8Across17 Humour failing at the start - ignore pun about birdEMPERORPENGUIN14Across17 Measure of silk finenessDENIER6Across19 ReachATTAIN6Across20 Beat hour to book toursTHROB5Across21 Woody plantTREE4Across21 CipherCODE4Across22 Voice of Looney Tunes' biggest characters appearing in Daffy cartoonCONTRALTO9Across23 Rod's sorry – as Spooner told panelWAINSCOT8Across24 Genghis Khan was one second before 12 noon and a little lunchMONGOL6Across25 Scandinavian passport – perhaps for wife resulting in supplementary fareSIDEDISH8Across26 Former PM keeping dry in a shelterATTLEE6Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Prince is banished, retiring conclusively – hence King can relaxLOUNGE6Down1 Paid attention toHEEDED6Down1 Something offering support under a broken leg – its problems are largely symbolicALGEBRA7Down2 HabituateINURE5Down2 Writer has turned darkerSWARTHIER9Down3 Word and picture puzzleREBUS5Down3 Low padded seatOTTOMAN7Down4 Money to support small band after, initially, Paul Young leavesSPRINGGREENS12Down5 Salt and water solutionSALINE6Down5 Go into hospital department with medical dramaENTER5Down6 Fungal growthMOULD5Down6 One doesn't believe in field manoeuvresINFIDEL7Down7 All in good time – assuming this writer's in shopping arcadeGALLERIA8Down8 Flashy item couriers supplyMERETRICIOUS12Down11 ForemostPREMIER7Down12 HeaddressTURBAN6Down13 Police or services traineeCADET5Down14 FlatfishPLAICE6Down15 Stella maybe determined to follow tail of football hooligan?LAGERLOUT9Down15 Has amphibians adopting relatively recent settlementsNEWTOWNS8Down16 Be of useSERVE5Down17 Celebrated using timeshare arrangement constituent securedPARTIED7Down18 Jewish biscuitMATZO5Down18 Criminal and murderer scratching walls on prison – nothing escapesILLEGAL7Down19 American cutting record up, specifically number one?GOALIE6Down20 Located immoral diamondsBASED5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, December 31, 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.