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The Independent Crossword July 16 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 16 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 55 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#
Playground gossip briefly about waste storage facilityRECTAL6Across1 RegretRUE3Across1 Flying insectBEE3Across3 Gather, with difficulty, what Farage wants to do quietly?SCRAPEUP8Across4 Male escortGIGOLO6Across7 EvaluateASSESS6Across8 DisparageBELITTLE8Across9 Being in the vicinity of surprisingly huge robinNEIGHBOUR9Across10 Jaunty rhythmLILT4Across10 Snap up hot, outgoing nursesPHOTO5Across11 US politicianCONGRESSMAN11Across11 Field is tip, predominantlyLEA3Across12 One in senior competition welcoming Tom Daley, say — a legendary figureSIRBEDIVERE11Across13 Perhaps Melania initially only becoming American for Trump?FLATUS6Across14 HairlessBALD4Across14 Marine flatfishFLOUNDER8Across16 Person who photographs fishSNAPPER7Across16 Armed forcesTROOPS6Across19 Amateur a big fan of lectureLAYINTO7Across19 Someone excessively fond of sailor in party dress, at firstDOTARD6Across20 European languageGERMAN6Across20 Short sleepNAP3Across21 Fat dude's content doing without bit of orange dessertPLUMPUDDING11Across22 Brick-carrierHOD3Across22 Hopelessness when both wingers get dismissed in gameLOO3Across25 One spreading legs, producing bulbONION5Across26 Glower, then I long for changeNEONLIGHT9Across27 Authenticate this is a pay freeze, therefore — ?NOTARISE8Across28 Songs of Praise suspended after letting minister swear, primarilyPSALMS6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RearRAISE5Down1 Irritate the French, supporting divisionRANKLE6Down1 Unusual canal between X and Y that provides component of porcelainCHINACLAY9Down2 Wearing awayEROSION7Down2 Residue from ablutions women ignoredASHES5Down3 Culinary herbBASIL5Down3 Greek letterEPSILON7Down4 Rush to get blue screen for planning assistantCAREERSADVISOR14Down5 Young male horseCOLT4Down5 Singer Arnold enters Spanish city briefly, to become candidateAPPLICANT9Down6 AspectsFACETS6Down6 Recalled taking clothes off to arouseEVOKE5Down7 Morgan, possibly, drinks drink and opens upPIONEERS8Down8 Porn den with escorts corrupted journalistsCORRESPONDENTS14Down9 MortificationCHAGRIN7Down11 RubbishREFUSE6Down12 SovereignMONARCH7Down13 SagDROOP5Down15 Rope in ten jockeys, and one helps to access foodTINOPENER9Down15 Knock over beer on girl, a lawyer's assistantPARALEGAL9Down17 Wild partyORGY4Down17 Rebuke upwardly mobile friends in adversitySLAPDOWN8Down18 AntelopeELAND5Down18 Enemy beginning to taunt American youngster yet to make an appearanceFOETUS6Down21 Australian punches one member of Eastern churchUNIAT5Down23 Festivities in German, unfortunatelyGALAS5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 16, 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.