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The Independent Crossword July 14 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 14 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 57 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#
Author opening a chapter to cut drinks referencesNAMECHECKS10Across1 Mass of fish eggsROE3Across1 US name for ZZEE3Across3 Striking sprinter's original track pantsPOOR4Across6 Game birdGROUSE6Across7 Shout (Informal)HOLLER6Across8 Unsightly marksBLOTCHES8Across9 Frozen rainHAIL4Across10 Coppers deceived by an artificial drugMETHADONE9Across10 Tight at heart, miser gets even closerNEARS5Across11 PotteryEARTHENWARE11Across11 Who am I, taking over hotel terrace?SHELF5Across12 One with television set scoring every English playerVIOLINIST9Across13 One holding hand with son in loveSMITTEN7Across14 EncounterMEET4Across14 Bug agency to catch ratCICADA6Across16 AltruisticSELFLESS8Across16 TactlessGAUCHE6Across19 Tramp briskly at first, say on paper roundBEGGAR6Across19 Servile personMENIAL6Across20 The French issue warningsLESSONS7Across20 AridDRY3Across21 StillYET3Across22 Boy on vacation notices exotic pornography?OBSCENITY9Across23 New division after setback pulled togetherDRAWN5Across25 Cycling retailer admitting European ambitionsHOPES5Across26 Grounds for engagement?FRONTLINE9Across27 Line attached to electronic plug?LEAD4Across28 Broadcast on genes, the historical building blocks?STONEHENGE10Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Arch rival is seen married offNEMESIS7Down1 RusticRURAL5Down1 Complaining in Chinese, sayMUTTERING9Down2 Line around the globeEQUATOR7Down2 Nothing (Informal)ZILCH5Down3 Banter about husband attracting a female followingCHAFF5Down3 Cracking EV to replace Tesla, essentially in developmentEVOLVING8Down4 Christian hermitEREMITE7Down4 Continue to employ largely fake eponymKEEPON6Down5 NetworkMESH4Down5 SelectedCHOSEN6Down6 Quickly upset, like some Middle EasternersOMANI5Down7 Stone found here rotates for grindingROSETTA7Down8 Bishop having sex when in his cups, stopsINHIBITS8Down9 Green gemstoneEMERALD7Down11 HurryHASTEN6Down12 In abundanceAPLENTY7Down13 Slightly stickyTACKY5Down15 Climbing route, put up cunning linesTRAVERSE8Down15 Citrus fruitLIME4Down17 Praise A-road into BarkingADORATION9Down17 Minimise yield when under pressurePLAYDOWN8Down18 BeginningSTART5Down18 One in refectory, maybe finishing early, left stewBROTHEL7Down19 Cordial from the time of former monarch making comebackSINCERE7Down21 Hamilton etc screened by film freakMISFIT6Down22 Sun setter getting into Mirror raised toneSEPIA5Down24 Drop dead before longDITCH5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, July 14, 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.