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The Independent Crossword July 15 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 15 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#
Ruler against stopping progressMONARCH7Across1 Extended journeyTOUR4Across1 Leg jointKNEE4Across3 Described little bear following father homePAINTED7Across5 ToolPICKAXE7Across7 CondescendDEIGN5Across8 SmithyFORGE5Across10 Members of people's party held back in recessAPSE4Across10 Arrows men shot defending a Trojan vehicle?RANSOMWARE10Across11 BreatheRESPIRE7Across11 Cretan lied appallingly in testimonyCREDENTIAL10Across12 Positive and negative aspectsPROSANDCONS11Across12 Rector leaves obese womanLADY4Across13 Fellers taking the lead from those who sleepLUMBERERS9Across14 Young treeSAPLING7Across17 Pursuit of raptorHOBBY5Across18 ConditionSTATE5Across19 Weary maiden returns showing virtueMERIT5Across20 Grown-ups welcoming article defending soldiers and lackeys?ADULATORS9Across21 Be carried alongDRIFT5Across21 LionlikeLEONINE7Across22 JustFAIR4Across23 Canvas shelterTENT4Across24 Information Faraday omitted in bookACTS4Across24 Supervisor has to punish footballerGATEKEEPER10Across26 Introduction of setter's siteIMPOSITION10Across29 New Orleans working timeNOON4Across30 Port and beer imbibed by priest and doctorPALERMO7Across31 Notice star left Nelson?ADMIRAL7Across32

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Piece of confidential informationTIPOFF6Down1 Suitable work left with one in FranceOPPORTUNE9Down2 Open soreULCER5Down2 Element to stop changeAMEND5Down3 PrestigeKUDOS5Down3 Judge’s expression of surprise over expertCORONER7Down4 VersionEDITION7Down4 Identity documentsPAPERS6Down5 God's a cut above ordinaryAPOLLO6Down6 Fish-eating birdHERRINGGULL11Down6 Slope went awry in part of stairsNEWELPOST9Down7 Offended by earls entertaining bishop and dukeERRED5Down8 Against Jude and others employed by Claude?ANTI4Down9 Be in want ofNEED4Down9 Exact copyREPLICA7Down13 UniverseCOSMOS6Down14 Second-handUSED4Down15 Sulphur and bromine site regularly mixedBRIMSTONE9Down15 Age of Father AbrahamERA3Down16 ChooseSELECT6Down16 Reportedly claim small amount of moneySOU3Down17 BuryINTER5Down18 Ben and Carol composed a musical numberBARCELONA9Down19 Crop upARISE5Down20 Made a comparison with light surrounding president Nixon's headLIKENED7Down22 Say order preserves island's self-interestEGOISM6Down23 Smallest division of winged insectCOMMA5Down25 Work with cut linenTOIL4Down27 Boredom of sister cycling in East IndiaENNUI5Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, July 15, 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.