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The Independent Crossword December 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 5 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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Brief Kipling novel carried by Observer61 AcrossReveal answer → Organ of sight31 AcrossReveal answer → Body of water33 AcrossReveal answer → Man’s man is connecting with a punch84 AcrossReveal answer → Cadaver67 AcrossReveal answer → Hole68 AcrossReveal answer → Finished49 AcrossReveal answer → Precedence810 AcrossReveal answer → Stress not entirely shown by good junior worker910 AcrossReveal answer → The way to embrace no good dance511 AcrossReveal answer → Mouth organ911 AcrossReveal answer → Everyone will participate in rotten song612 AcrossReveal answer → Urging sleep or dancing the night away?713 AcrossReveal answer → Minor plague seeing off British515 AcrossReveal answer → Restful816 AcrossReveal answer → Contamination: positive outcome eradicating sulphur, bringing in touch of life917 AcrossReveal answer → Stingy419 AcrossReveal answer → Chap’s put in misplaced commas, relishing the discomfort caused919 AcrossReveal answer → Penetrate620 AcrossReveal answer → Slow learner caught getting stuck into SF blockbuster520 AcrossReveal answer → Motionless621 AcrossReveal answer → Rock group turned popular with artist covering lead position721 AcrossReveal answer → Day before322 AcrossReveal answer → Put on323 AcrossReveal answer → Appreciate routine may turn overblown?623 AcrossReveal answer → Top score in playing pontoon or Newmarket for starters526 AcrossReveal answer → Communicate to pupil about one area without prejudice927 AcrossReveal answer → Uncovered countermeasure to restrain manager with relief828 AcrossReveal answer → Complexity in maths leading to a complaint629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Ignore American bum getting upset41 DownReveal answer → Develop61 DownReveal answer → In communications, I omitted article from US state52 DownReveal answer → Large shops72 DownReveal answer → Cut off53 DownReveal answer → Old man with failing clarity is very drunk93 DownReveal answer → Shrewd64 DownReveal answer → Jazz piece (American) put up before exclusive item from The Nutcracker?95 DownReveal answer → Electronic sound45 DownReveal answer → Prank not in support of clubs56 DownReveal answer → Deed66 DownReveal answer → Study: no repeated sexual intercourse boosted the arrival of nippers?97 DownReveal answer → Grub and drink, German, in stock108 DownReveal answer → Daughter taking time to engage in shrewd exercises? It’s a product of breeding89 DownReveal answer → Runless over in cricket612 DownReveal answer → Order713 DownReveal answer → Wish for614 DownReveal answer → Mild in East, producing fruit1014 DownReveal answer → Evil in nature615 DownReveal answer → A grub spot, possibly916 DownReveal answer → Concur517 DownReveal answer → To relinquish Government control of tax is blocked by a lot of peers? On the contrary917 DownReveal answer → Ready to fight in damp regions on hot days?918 DownReveal answer → Sudden blast of wind418 DownReveal answer → A long time to induct new saint522 DownReveal answer → See 9823 DownReveal answer → Henry appearing under flag of European country524 DownReveal answer → The soul of Italy, to be found in carnal matters?425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, December 5, 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.