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The Independent Crossword December 31 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 31 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Inheritor41 AcrossReveal answer → 51 ladies' men regularly making contact61 AcrossReveal answer → Plant part43 AcrossReveal answer → That woman taking drugs outside is escorting84 AcrossReveal answer → Astronomical cloud67 AcrossReveal answer → Clothing fastener68 AcrossReveal answer → Study of heredity89 AcrossReveal answer → General making son finally abandon biting of nails69 AcrossReveal answer → Appreciative of, say, charcoal going on fireplace – less smoke at last810 AcrossReveal answer → Gentle410 AcrossReveal answer → Distressing911 AcrossReveal answer → Agent's gamble on game with small note912 AcrossReveal answer → Line raised for example by director briefly when turning over513 AcrossReveal answer → Astronomer, 19, 20 working to cover eclipse essentially1414 AcrossReveal answer → Destiny416 AcrossReveal answer → Motorcycle rally817 AcrossReveal answer → Humour failing at the start - ignore pun about bird1417 AcrossReveal answer → Measure of silk fineness619 AcrossReveal answer → Reach620 AcrossReveal answer → Beat hour to book tours521 AcrossReveal answer → Woody plant421 AcrossReveal answer → Cipher422 AcrossReveal answer → Voice of Looney Tunes' biggest characters appearing in Daffy cartoon923 AcrossReveal answer → Rod's sorry – as Spooner told panel824 AcrossReveal answer → Genghis Khan was one second before 12 noon and a little lunch625 AcrossReveal answer → Scandinavian passport – perhaps for wife resulting in supplementary fare826 AcrossReveal answer → Former PM keeping dry in a shelter627 AcrossReveal answer →

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Prince is banished, retiring conclusively – hence King can relax61 DownReveal answer → Paid attention to61 DownReveal answer → Something offering support under a broken leg – its problems are largely symbolic72 DownReveal answer → Habituate52 DownReveal answer → Writer has turned darker93 DownReveal answer → Word and picture puzzle53 DownReveal answer → Low padded seat74 DownReveal answer → Money to support small band after, initially, Paul Young leaves125 DownReveal answer → Salt and water solution65 DownReveal answer → Go into hospital department with medical drama56 DownReveal answer → Fungal growth56 DownReveal answer → One doesn't believe in field manoeuvres77 DownReveal answer → All in good time – assuming this writer's in shopping arcade88 DownReveal answer → Flashy item couriers supply1211 DownReveal answer → Foremost712 DownReveal answer → Headdress613 DownReveal answer → Police or services trainee514 DownReveal answer → Flatfish615 DownReveal answer → Stella maybe determined to follow tail of football hooligan?915 DownReveal answer → Has amphibians adopting relatively recent settlements816 DownReveal answer → Be of use517 DownReveal answer → Celebrated using timeshare arrangement constituent secured718 DownReveal answer → Jewish biscuit518 DownReveal answer → Criminal and murderer scratching walls on prison – nothing escapes719 DownReveal answer → American cutting record up, specifically number one?620 DownReveal answer → Located immoral diamonds522 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

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