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The Independent Crossword July 17 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 17 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
Animated picture returned with wee statuetteFIGURINE8Across1 TrustworthyHONEST6Across1 Twist forciblyWRING5Across5 Expert professional solver cracks wordplay ahead of timePUNDIT6Across5 Of lower qualityINFERIOR8Across8 CoagulateCLOT4Across9 AssaultATTACK6Across10 Revolutionary surrealist inspiring one urban mythILIAD5Across10 Age immediately following prohibition era in USTWENTYONE9Across11 Repeat Phi puzzle in publicationTHEIPAPER9Across12 Young pigPORKER6Across12 Cosmetic productFACECREAM9Across13 Some illicit rendezvous get discussed onlineTREND5Across13 Fellow like a certain piper is followedCOPIED6Across14 Being this might make Spooner say "Bunk off? Whatever for?"WORKSHY7Across15 PesterHARASS6Across16 FruitCHERRY6Across17 Pastry cook reduced hot liquidBAKLAVA7Across18 NubGIST4Across18 ScareFRIGHTEN8Across19 Chill spike ultimately following low temperatures?ICICLE6Across20 FurzeGORSE5Across21 BurdenLUMBER6Across22 Couple finally dropping off obscure relativeUNCLE5Across22 Sellers of beauty products carrying uniform around explosive eventSUPERNOVA9Across24 Sharing a tip, star signs books hereLIBRARIES9Across25 Such fruit passed round back of carDRIED5Across27 See 21 DownCANDLEHOLDER12Across28 Dodgy come-ons landing male in hot water?CONSOMME8Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bold fellow starts to exercise in animal enclosureFEISTY6Down1 Cop following lead tips off local expertGUIDEBOOK9Down2 FloweryORNATE6Down2 Once again do up a derelict complexREDUPLICATE11Down3 Female sheepEWE3Down3 DensityTHICKNESS9Down4 Place to jot down two potential answers to "A flat?"NOTEPAD7Down4 Armed conflictWAR3Down5 Method for extending life lapped up by MethuselahUHT3Down6 In human formINCARNATE9Down6 One serving queen or Medici, perhaps?DRONE5Down7 Behave abjectlyGROVEL6Down7 Stray stayed with us several times a monthTUESDAYS8Down8 Bloke taking drink which may scald tongueHEBREW6Down9 Variety of gypsumALABASTER9Down11 Narrow in outlookPAROCHIAL9Down12 Time machine transports rank little creatures with eight legsTARDIGRADES11Down13 BoldDARING6Down14 Light windBREEZE6Down15 Argument on premises burst gym's lilosSYLLOGISM9Down16 Arab king's flat guarded by a bit of muscle, I seeABDULLAH8Down17 EnemyFOE3Down19 Texan city a famous Georgian proclaimedAUSTIN6Down19 Writer's old love laying it on thickIMPASTO7Down20 Edge of a piece of clothHEM3Down20 Terribly exhausted locksmith declared "no rest for the wicked"CANDLEHOLDER12Down21 Taxi driver getting the knowledge embracing one secretive groupCABAL5Down23 Old president not quite retiredABE3Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, July 17, 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.