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The Independent Crossword December 8 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 8 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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Frenzied dancing here, the outcome of Tom's hip replacement71 AcrossReveal answer → Affirmative vote31 AcrossReveal answer → Be in debt33 AcrossReveal answer → Female sheep35 AcrossReveal answer → Remove front from sheds with a wide cutting tool75 AcrossReveal answer → Type of curry87 AcrossReveal answer → Wading bird48 AcrossReveal answer → Rats uncovered the fish59 AcrossReveal answer → Sparing109 AcrossReveal answer → Argument about city one's to visit, causing anxiety910 AcrossReveal answer → Boron must be swathed in cloth after girl handled container1011 AcrossReveal answer → Orchestra part1312 AcrossReveal answer → Finally Aldi marketed the French loaf412 AcrossReveal answer → Writing materials1014 AcrossReveal answer → Discovered naked bishop using drug - it's almost indecent1114 AcrossReveal answer → Pointed tooth417 AcrossReveal answer → Wholly818 AcrossReveal answer → Guy's: key hospital for injection and nursing, with fear of epidemic maybe1118 AcrossReveal answer → Strike320 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit321 AcrossReveal answer → On way back Deborah's sporting loose garment421 AcrossReveal answer → Pull322 AcrossReveal answer → Big stick taken by Trump?1022 AcrossReveal answer → Catastrophe for Greens - it involves energy, that's plain925 AcrossReveal answer → Pens work in Greek island526 AcrossReveal answer → Old coins identified by numerical data (including old sovereign)727 AcrossReveal answer → Lumpy, large noodles from the East are trimmed728 AcrossReveal answer →

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Not part of a set meal81 DownReveal answer → Second American call girl possibly pursued by twisted barrister, the old rogue61 DownReveal answer → Cattle and horses registered in Duke's place62 DownReveal answer → Supernatural creature32 DownReveal answer → Stick around southern island, getting hot103 DownReveal answer → Corpulent53 DownReveal answer → Wrote off breakdown van?54 DownReveal answer → Building74 DownReveal answer → Concocted a lethal brew, dropping bottom bits, to make infusion95 DownReveal answer → Code of polite behaviour95 DownReveal answer → Cut speed46 DownReveal answer → Sinful46 DownReveal answer → Straightaway falls when cycling - the first bloomer87 DownReveal answer → Hesitate to leave area for this place, or any place88 DownReveal answer → Very close-fitting910 DownReveal answer → Severe setback811 DownReveal answer → Recover from illness713 DownReveal answer → "Samples of rare ermine traded illegally," covering note mentioned1013 DownReveal answer → Melania ultimately attends meetings, having sent people away915 DownReveal answer → Ready for use515 DownReveal answer → Ready money416 DownReveal answer → Compositions sung about Egyptian god shown on tablets816 DownReveal answer → Capital may be arranged retrospectively817 DownReveal answer → Firstly selecting carriage, hop onto Circle Line train619 DownReveal answer → Rodent319 DownReveal answer → In report, remove references to swinger at Mass620 DownReveal answer → Two legs astride one head523 DownReveal answer → After skunk taken intermittently, finally smoke the joint424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, December 8, 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.