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The Independent Crossword December 9 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for December 9 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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Keep parts for sailor appealing to film's producers81 AcrossReveal answer → Ascent51 AcrossReveal answer → Chopper34 AcrossReveal answer → Fit au pair periodically used car65 AcrossReveal answer → Era38 AcrossReveal answer → Expiation99 AcrossReveal answer → Whisper "need to run off"99 AcrossReveal answer → US ravine510 AcrossReveal answer → Fact spinning commercial corporation511 AcrossReveal answer → Motor race feature711 AcrossReveal answer → Roller coaster912 AcrossReveal answer → Breed a little fox with koala's tail512 AcrossReveal answer → Animal one-piece papa slips into for tango713 AcrossReveal answer → One in audience stuck behind singular coat taker715 AcrossReveal answer → Pronoun initially bandied about somewhere biblical516 AcrossReveal answer → Pungent gas716 AcrossReveal answer → Scoundrel518 AcrossReveal answer → Strands thespian without air conditioning519 AcrossReveal answer → Colour-changing lizard920 AcrossReveal answer → Decay321 AcrossReveal answer → Spotted one philanderer getting caught721 AcrossReveal answer → Arid322 AcrossReveal answer → Fold523 AcrossReveal answer → Germanic singer learning luau piece724 AcrossReveal answer → 14 bettered in seconds: two cheeky dogs plus felines526 AcrossReveal answer → Woods perhaps line outside of garden's entrance528 AcrossReveal answer → Swirling, as yin and yang, showing opposition929 AcrossReveal answer → Group chasing retreating green carnivore630 AcrossReveal answer → Swap old purse’s contents?831 AcrossReveal answer →

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Puma company mock-up to clothe United61 DownReveal answer → Alter61 DownReveal answer → Perfect52 DownReveal answer → Child supports team that hardly matters92 DownReveal answer → Tight embrace73 DownReveal answer → Trouble with flight time after AI emptied register73 DownReveal answer → Skilful54 DownReveal answer → Charged piece prefaced by liberal pride figure?44 DownReveal answer → Person with a vote75 DownReveal answer → Tough Americans embracing Republican couple76 DownReveal answer → Intricate116 DownReveal answer → Cult rapper, somewhat extreme57 DownReveal answer → Paces57 DownReveal answer → Doctor almost cuts actual curative88 DownReveal answer → Remix of Al Green record ultimately blew up810 DownReveal answer → Continuously attack712 DownReveal answer → Root vegetable713 DownReveal answer → Month514 DownReveal answer → Maybe 8 out of 10 Cats ended prematurely, in for broadcast814 DownReveal answer → Group of six615 DownReveal answer → Person from country mostly values quiet cycling917 DownReveal answer → Distressed517 DownReveal answer → Blade glowing when lifted in fight818 DownReveal answer → Ravine519 DownReveal answer → Italian place selling starter of ramen? Surely not!720 DownReveal answer → Walk along canal with top hat wobbling722 DownReveal answer → Pet bird bachelor's sat on623 DownReveal answer → Villain originally concealing accent525 DownReveal answer → Creature reported where golf's played427 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

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