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The Independent Crossword July 16 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Playground gossip briefly about waste storage facility61 AcrossReveal answer → Regret31 AcrossReveal answer → Flying insect33 AcrossReveal answer → Gather, with difficulty, what Farage wants to do quietly?84 AcrossReveal answer → Male escort67 AcrossReveal answer → Evaluate68 AcrossReveal answer → Disparage89 AcrossReveal answer → Being in the vicinity of surprisingly huge robin910 AcrossReveal answer → Jaunty rhythm410 AcrossReveal answer → Snap up hot, outgoing nurses511 AcrossReveal answer → US politician1111 AcrossReveal answer → Field is tip, predominantly312 AcrossReveal answer → One in senior competition welcoming Tom Daley, say — a legendary figure1113 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps Melania initially only becoming American for Trump?614 AcrossReveal answer → Hairless414 AcrossReveal answer → Marine flatfish816 AcrossReveal answer → Person who photographs fish716 AcrossReveal answer → Armed forces619 AcrossReveal answer → Amateur a big fan of lecture719 AcrossReveal answer → Someone excessively fond of sailor in party dress, at first620 AcrossReveal answer → European language620 AcrossReveal answer → Short sleep321 AcrossReveal answer → Fat dude's content doing without bit of orange dessert1122 AcrossReveal answer → Brick-carrier322 AcrossReveal answer → Hopelessness when both wingers get dismissed in game325 AcrossReveal answer → One spreading legs, producing bulb526 AcrossReveal answer → Glower, then I long for change927 AcrossReveal answer → Authenticate this is a pay freeze, therefore — ?828 AcrossReveal answer → Songs of Praise suspended after letting minister swear, primarily629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rear51 DownReveal answer → Irritate the French, supporting division61 DownReveal answer → Unusual canal between X and Y that provides component of porcelain92 DownReveal answer → Wearing away72 DownReveal answer → Residue from ablutions women ignored53 DownReveal answer → Culinary herb53 DownReveal answer → Greek letter74 DownReveal answer → Rush to get blue screen for planning assistant145 DownReveal answer → Young male horse45 DownReveal answer → Singer Arnold enters Spanish city briefly, to become candidate96 DownReveal answer → Aspects66 DownReveal answer → Recalled taking clothes off to arouse57 DownReveal answer → Morgan, possibly, drinks drink and opens up88 DownReveal answer → Porn den with escorts corrupted journalists149 DownReveal answer → Mortification711 DownReveal answer → Rubbish612 DownReveal answer → Sovereign713 DownReveal answer → Sag515 DownReveal answer → Rope in ten jockeys, and one helps to access food915 DownReveal answer → Knock over beer on girl, a lawyer's assistant917 DownReveal answer → Wild party417 DownReveal answer → Rebuke upwardly mobile friends in adversity818 DownReveal answer → Antelope518 DownReveal answer → Enemy beginning to taunt American youngster yet to make an appearance621 DownReveal answer → Australian punches one member of Eastern church523 DownReveal answer → Festivities in German, unfortunately524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.