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The Independent Crossword December 9 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword December 9 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 58 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#
Keep parts for sailor appealing to film's producersCASTABLE8Across1 AscentCLIMB5Across1 ChopperAXE3Across4 Fit au pair periodically used carJAGUAR6Across5 EraAGE3Across8 ExpiationATONEMENT9Across9 Whisper "need to run off"UNDERTONE9Across9 US ravineGULCH5Across10 Fact spinning commercial corporationDATUM5Across11 Motor race featurePITSTOP7Across11 Roller coasterBIGDIPPER9Across12 Breed a little fox with koala's tailAKITA5Across12 Animal one-piece papa slips into for tangoLEOPARD7Across13 One in audience stuck behind singular coat takerSHEARER7Across15 Pronoun initially bandied about somewhere biblicalSHEBA5Across16 Pungent gasAMMONIA7Across16 ScoundrelROGUE5Across18 Strands thespian without air conditioningTRESS5Across19 Colour-changing lizardCHAMELEON9Across20 DecayROT3Across21 Spotted one philanderer getting caughtCHEETAH7Across21 AridDRY3Across22 FoldPLEAT5Across23 Germanic singer learning luau pieceLORELEI7Across24 14 bettered in seconds: two cheeky dogs plus felinesWHOLE5Across26 Woods perhaps line outside of garden's entranceTIGER5Across28 Swirling, as yin and yang, showing oppositionNAYSAYING9Across29 Group chasing retreating green carnivoreOCELOT6Across30 Swap old purse’s contents?EXCHANGE8Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Puma company mock-up to clothe UnitedCOUGAR6Down1 AlterCHANGE6Down1 PerfectIDEAL5Down2 Child supports team that hardly mattersSIDEISSUE9Down2 Tight embraceBEARHUG7Down3 Trouble with flight time after AI emptied registerAIRRAGE7Down3 SkilfulADEPT5Down4 Charged piece prefaced by liberal pride figure?LION4Down4 Person with a voteELECTOR7Down5 Tough Americans embracing Republican coupleARDUOUS7Down6 IntricateCOMPLICATED11Down6 Cult rapper, somewhat extremeULTRA5Down7 PacesSTEPS5Down7 Doctor almost cuts actual curativeREMEDIAL8Down8 Remix of Al Green record ultimately blew upENLARGED8Down10 Continuously attackBOMBARD7Down12 Root vegetablePARSNIP7Down13 MonthMARCH5Down14 Maybe 8 out of 10 Cats ended prematurely, in for broadcastFRACTION8Down14 Group of sixSEXTET6Down15 Person from country mostly values quiet cyclingETHIOPIAN9Down17 DistressedNEEDY5Down17 Blade glowing when lifted in fightSTILETTO8Down18 RavineGORGE5Down19 Italian place selling starter of ramen? Surely not!SALERNO7Down20 Walk along canal with top hat wobblingTOWPATH7Down22 Pet bird bachelor's sat onBEAGLE6Down23 Villain originally concealing accentROGUE5Down25 Creature reported where golf's playedLYNX4Down27

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, December 9, 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.