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The Independent Crossword July 1 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 1 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 56 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#
Bad smell? Choke around Charlie's underwear!BODICE6Across1 Smoke from joint maiden exchanged for heroinSMOULDER8Across4 Was victoriousWON3Across5 Knight's titleSIR3Across6 FrailWEAK4Across7 Dock for pleasure boatsMARINA6Across8 Writing deskBUREAU6Across9 DejectednessDESPONDENCY11Across10 Hen do attendees hit the jackpot hugging HoskinsWOMEN5Across10 Tinned offal that Spooner delivers in barrowsHANDCARTS9Across11 Handyman caught stuffing portly old stomachFACTOTUM8Across12 African island a navy surrounds close to OmanKENYAN6Across13 Hideous thingMONSTROSITY11Across13 Young dude stashing ecstasy for principalLEAD4Across14 Painters or oculists in a state of disarrayCOLOURISTS10Across15 UnderpantsBRIEFS6Across17 Dodgy CEO tips off national authorityPOSTOFFICE10Across18 Caribbean musicREGGAE6Across19 In which vicar lectures flock to avoid sex and fleshPULP4Across20 Chest muscles, in shortPECS4Across20 Male sheepRAM3Across21 Muscular spasmTIC3Across22 Clothing left out for close friend from PerthCOBBER6Across23 Poor player addicted to whiskey in Sandwich?HAMONRYE8Across25 Film industry wholly upset over drug overdoseHOLLYWOOD9Across26 Plonk with concerning flipping characteristic qualitiesNOTES5Across28 Impressive head of store secures commercial relationsGRANDADS8Across29 Setter gyrating butt is very notorious personLEGEND6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Boyfriend you left squeezing hooter is helping?BOWLFUL7Down1 Fine adjustmentTWEAK5Down1 Protest singers describing Conservative politiciansDEMOCRATS9Down2 EventuallyINTIME6Down2 Marine crustaceanCRAB4Down3 Protection member gets for a Congressional event?CONDOM6Down3 Bedlinen itemVALANCE7Down4 Drug dealer old lady set upon heading to nunneryMAN3Down5 Person taking pawn with a rook is not certainUNCLEAR7Down6 Run playfullySCAMPER7Down6 Not as goodWORSE5Down7 Brits regularly seen in amateur work with sexual contentDIRTY5Down7 Republican earl with small extremities gets off againRESENDS7Down8 Brush aside second husband not wearing a hairpiece?SHRUGOFF8Down9 Patent medicineNOSTRUM7Down11 Pupil who lives at schoolBOARDER7Down12 Hinged ladderSTEPS5Down14 HosieryTIGHTS6Down15 Jousting weaponLANCE5Down16 Wooded gardens Harrods landscaped outside clubsORCHARDS8Down16 Flirtatious young lady reordering beer and stoutSOUBRETTE9Down17 Selfish ice-hockey player is mischievous spirit and pigPUCKHOG7Down18 CertainSURE4Down18 A single getting stared at like Peter Falk?ONEEYED7Down19 Very glad Penny calmed down after snorting linePLEASED7Down21 Religious type that's after heavenly bodyMOONIE6Down22 Bishop at dance without a top on gets woodBALSA5Down24 Vintage rum making heart turn baleful ultimatelyOLD3Down27

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, July 1, 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.