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The Independent Crossword July 17 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 17 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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Animated picture returned with wee statuette81 AcrossReveal answer → Trustworthy61 AcrossReveal answer → Twist forcibly55 AcrossReveal answer → Expert professional solver cracks wordplay ahead of time65 AcrossReveal answer → Of lower quality88 AcrossReveal answer → Coagulate49 AcrossReveal answer → Assault610 AcrossReveal answer → Revolutionary surrealist inspiring one urban myth510 AcrossReveal answer → Age immediately following prohibition era in US911 AcrossReveal answer → Repeat Phi puzzle in publication912 AcrossReveal answer → Young pig612 AcrossReveal answer → Cosmetic product913 AcrossReveal answer → Some illicit rendezvous get discussed online513 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow like a certain piper is followed614 AcrossReveal answer → Being this might make Spooner say "Bunk off? Whatever for?"715 AcrossReveal answer → Pester616 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit617 AcrossReveal answer → Pastry cook reduced hot liquid718 AcrossReveal answer → Nub418 AcrossReveal answer → Scare819 AcrossReveal answer → Chill spike ultimately following low temperatures?620 AcrossReveal answer → Furze521 AcrossReveal answer → Burden622 AcrossReveal answer → Couple finally dropping off obscure relative522 AcrossReveal answer → Sellers of beauty products carrying uniform around explosive event924 AcrossReveal answer → Sharing a tip, star signs books here925 AcrossReveal answer → Such fruit passed round back of car527 AcrossReveal answer → See 21 Down1228 AcrossReveal answer → Dodgy come-ons landing male in hot water?829 AcrossReveal answer →

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Bold fellow starts to exercise in animal enclosure61 DownReveal answer → Cop following lead tips off local expert92 DownReveal answer → Flowery62 DownReveal answer → Once again do up a derelict complex113 DownReveal answer → Female sheep33 DownReveal answer → Density94 DownReveal answer → Place to jot down two potential answers to "A flat?"74 DownReveal answer → Armed conflict35 DownReveal answer → Method for extending life lapped up by Methuselah36 DownReveal answer → In human form96 DownReveal answer → One serving queen or Medici, perhaps?57 DownReveal answer → Behave abjectly67 DownReveal answer → Stray stayed with us several times a month88 DownReveal answer → Bloke taking drink which may scald tongue69 DownReveal answer → Variety of gypsum911 DownReveal answer → Narrow in outlook912 DownReveal answer → Time machine transports rank little creatures with eight legs1113 DownReveal answer → Bold614 DownReveal answer → Light wind615 DownReveal answer → Argument on premises burst gym's lilos916 DownReveal answer → Arab king's flat guarded by a bit of muscle, I see817 DownReveal answer → Enemy319 DownReveal answer → Texan city a famous Georgian proclaimed619 DownReveal answer → Writer's old love laying it on thick720 DownReveal answer → Edge of a piece of cloth320 DownReveal answer → Terribly exhausted locksmith declared "no rest for the wicked"1221 DownReveal answer → Taxi driver getting the knowledge embracing one secretive group523 DownReveal answer → Old president not quite retired326 DownReveal answer →

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