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The Independent Crossword December 8 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 8 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 55 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#
Frenzied dancing here, the outcome of Tom's hip replacementMOSHPIT7Across1 Affirmative voteAYE3Across1 Be in debtOWE3Across3 Female sheepEWE3Across5 Remove front from sheds with a wide cutting toolHACKSAW7Across5 Type of curryJALFREZI8Across7 Wading birdIBIS4Across8 Rats uncovered the fishHEELS5Across9 SparingABSTEMIOUS10Across9 Argument about city one's to visit, causing anxietyWORRISOME9Across10 Boron must be swathed in cloth after girl handled containerCARRIERBAG10Across11 Orchestra partSTRINGSECTION13Across12 Finally Aldi marketed the French loafIDLE4Across12 Writing materialsSTATIONERY10Across14 Discovered naked bishop using drug - it's almost indecentNEARTHEBONE11Across14 Pointed toothFANG4Across17 WhollyENTIRELY8Across18 Guy's: key hospital for injection and nursing, with fear of epidemic maybeHEALTHSCARE11Across18 StrikeHIT3Across20 CircuitLAP3Across21 On way back Deborah's sporting loose garmentROBE4Across21 PullTOW3Across22 Big stick taken by Trump?SNOOKERCUE10Across22 Catastrophe for Greens - it involves energy, that's plainSERENGETI9Across25 Pens work in Greek islandCOOPS5Across26 Old coins identified by numerical data (including old sovereign)STATERS7Across27 Lumpy, large noodles from the East are trimmedNODULAR7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Not part of a set mealALACARTE8Down1 Second American call girl possibly pursued by twisted barrister, the old rogueMOHOCK6Down1 Cattle and horses registered in Duke's placeSTEERS6Down2 Supernatural creatureELF3Down2 Stick around southern island, getting hotPASSIONATE10Down3 CorpulentOBESE5Down3 Wrote off breakdown van?TOWER5Down4 BuildingEDIFICE7Down4 Concocted a lethal brew, dropping bottom bits, to make infusionHERBALTEA9Down5 Code of polite behaviourETIQUETTE9Down5 Cut speedCLIP4Down6 SinfulEVIL4Down6 Straightaway falls when cycling - the first bloomerSNOWDROP8Down7 Hesitate to leave area for this place, or any placeWHEREVER8Down8 Very close-fittingSKINTIGHT9Down10 Severe setbackBODYBLOW8Down11 Recover from illnessGETWELL7Down13 "Samples of rare ermine traded illegally," covering note mentionedREFERENCED10Down13 Melania ultimately attends meetings, having sent people awayABSENTEES9Down15 Ready for useONTAP5Down15 Ready moneyCASH4Down16 Compositions sung about Egyptian god shown on tabletsCHORUSES8Down16 Capital may be arranged retrospectivelyCANBERRA8Down17 Firstly selecting carriage, hop onto Circle Line trainSCHOOL6Down19 RodentRAT3Down19 In report, remove references to swinger at MassCENSER6Down20 Two legs astride one headONION5Down23 After skunk taken intermittently, finally smoke the jointKNEE4Down24

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