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The Independent Crossword January 25 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword January 25 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 62 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#
Cake and stiff drink fed to cold animalCRUMPET7Across1 Central Asian republicTAJIKISTAN10Across1 Oil producer's area of operation? Hour away eastTEATREE7Across5 ?DICKEY6Across7 ?ARDENT6Across8 ?CORDIAL7Across9 Irish city's workers take indirect route?CORKSCREW9Across9 Reasonable to run awayLEGIT5Across10 FrostRIME4Across11 Monkey bars cut down, abuse receivedBABOON6Across11 See noteWARMFRONT9Across12 Football team without wingers got grief and, ultimately, lostORIENT6Across12 Leather eye protectorLASH4Across14 Some revolting eyesore that's attached to the ceilingROSE4Across16 Person in chargeBOSS4Across16 Writer left to tour huge wine regionMOSEL5Across18 Nazi secret policeGESTAPO7Across18 LayersSTRATA6Across19 Schedule has first couple returning on American vesselAORTA5Across20 ?FACADE6Across20 Trite remarksPLATITUDES10Across21 Fresh drink supplier opening lateAIRY4Across23 You once learnt he 'entertains' nursesTHEE4Across25 First half of specified number leave semi-public bodyQUANGO6Across27 Manipulate old laundry equipment, overturning the frontWANGLE6Across28 Novelist's out of orderAMISS5Across32 Rower adlibs desperately going around in unfamiliar craft?SAILBOARD9Across33 Space to tuck into pudding, the 3rd for Jodie MarshFENLAND7Across34 Strips of meat, good French cutsRIBBONS7Across35

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Male rugby player initially doubled in value?COCK4Down1 JerkTWITCH6Down1 Expert breaking suspect exposed bursar's racketsUPROARS7Down2 The capital of IndonesiaJAKARTA7Down2 Here we find Basil and Coot asleep occasionally, having retiredPESTO5Down3 Of great importanceKEY3Down3 City suffering torn parts excessivelyTORONTO7Down4 Portable weaponsSMALLARMS9Down4 What one lacking drive might need to move forwards?TOWROPE7Down5 ViperADDER5Down5 Discrimination - is blame misdirected?ABLEISM7Down6 FoeENEMY5Down6 They take temporary charge of toiletsREGENTS7Down7 Maybe hoovers furniture top to bottomEATS4Down8 Person moving from another countryIMMIGRANT9Down10 SubtleNUANCED7Down13 Conservative affected by wind when speakingBLUE4Down13 He wrote "ladlecum", "enkoopia", "attery" and "runcible" originallyLEAR4Down14 CubicleBOOTH5Down14 Covers removed from that end for fast bowler?HAT3Down15 Vast crowdsHORDES6Down15 Sports equipment? Inside - ask IngridSKI3Down17 MolluscSNAIL5Down17 Solicitor covering face in publicOUT3Down19 HealthyFIT3Down20 District using country club for grand social gatheringREUNION7Down21 Agitated international seaman recalling difficultyAMNESIA7Down22 Revel topless, getting director excitedAROUSED7Down23 Worried Barking is relatively roughROWDIER7Down24 Brief time in hospital by Texan mission, holding strongHALFAMO7Down26 'Moneybags' Nick admits personal hygiene problemNABOB5Down29 Tip from Chris Ramsey for youngsterCALF4Down30 Poems most peculiar, but not every 3rdODES4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, January 25, 2026. 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.