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The Independent Crossword July 19 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 114 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 19 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 114 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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Golden pants fit thiefFIFTIETH8Across1 Was victoriousWON3Across1 Follow-upSEQUEL6Across3 Began to write in dictionaryOPENED6Across5 Sleepover (US)SLUMBERPARTY12Across7 ShiftBUDGE5Across9 Thick soupPOTTAGE7Across10 The third largest city in ItalyNAPLES6Across10 Cored fruit, nutty, regularly picked in quantityAPLENTY7Across10 School member that may attack harp in a ragePIRANHA7Across11 Trying experienceORDEAL6Across11 Opening track on The Beatles' album Rubber SoulDRIVEMYCAR10Across12 Immature creature runs through hot rocksLARVA5Across12 Former province of France that belonged to England from 1154 to 1204ANJOU5Across13 CribCRADLE6Across13 People unsettling fringes of Dundee (Scottish football team)DERANGERS9Across14 Striking, possibly left-wing manoeuvreREDACTION9Across15 The cheapest accommodation on a passenger shipSTEERAGE8Across15 BBC sci-fi series first broadcast in 1963DOCTORWHO9Across16 Former Greek currency unitDRACHMA7Across16 State in India whose capital is KolkataWESTBENGAL10Across17 A tropical plant of the genus SaintpauliaAFRICANVIOLET13Across18 FoundationBASIS5Across18 Creepy-crawly abandoning cold place insideINSET5Across18 Emirate to provide name for large language model?DUBAI5Across19 Financial statementBALANCESHEET12Across19 BBC children's TV series first broadcast in 1950ANDYPANDY9Across20 Church caretakerSEXTON6Across20 Bad manners only seen in pub and churchINSOLENCE9Across20 CaskTUN3Across21 See 17WESTBENGAL10Across22 Sean, thus deployed, traps Black and TansSUNBATHES9Across22 A corrugated steel military shelter of semicircular cross sectionNISSENHUT9Across23 Make over yard area, starting lateYIELD5Across24 See 55PETERALLISS11Across25 Take advantage of some candles I lit up on the counterUTILISE7Across26 David Copperfield's second wife in the novel by Charles DickensAGNESWICKFIELD14Across27 Second newspaper to exclude supplementSIDEBAR7Across27 Hallmark of small pen, say, announcedSIGNET6Across29 English county whose administrative centre is CarlisleCUMBRIA7Across30 When orbit's completed, approximately deviating by a thirdBIRTHDAY8Across30 See 52JOHNBELUSHI11Across32 A natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organismPROCESS7Across34 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf, subtitled A Biography, based in part on the life of Vita Sackville-WestORLANDO7Across35 Colour of home shirts worn by Manchester City and Coventry CitySKYBLUE7Across38 1955 Satyajit Ray film, the first of the Apu trilogyPATHERPANCHALI14Across39 Bootsie and ___, TV series that featured Clive Dunn, Alfie Bass and Bill FraserSNUDGE6Across41 A preserve made by boiling the pulp and rind of citrus fruits, especially oranges, with sugarMARMALADE9Across43 The ___ Quartet are a San Francisco-based string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973KRONOS6Across45 The second largest Australian city, capital of Victoria stateMELBOURNE9Across47 The first James Bond film to star Roger MooreLIVEANDLETDIE13Across50 American comedian who played 'Joliet' Jake Blues in the 1980 film The Blues BrothersJOHNBELUSHI11Across52 1989 TV comedy drama series starring David Jason as Ted Simcock, based on books by David NobbsABITOFADO9Across53 2nd-century Roman writer noted for his romance The Golden Ass, the only Latin novel that has survived in its entiretyAPULEIUS8Across54 TV commentator and presenter who played on eight Ryder Cup teamsPETERALLISS11Across55 Decapod crustacean of the genus Pagurus that inhabits the empty shells of whelks and similar molluscsHERMITCRAB10Across56 The capital of TurkeyANKARA6Across57

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More vulnerable artist found in 2FRAILER7Down1 1664 comedy by MolièreTARTUFFE8Down1 InjuredWOUNDED7Down1 Smoother advert promoting oneFILER5Down2 1959 Walt Disney film based on the fairy tale La Belle au bois dormant by Charles PerraultSLEEPINGBEAUTY14Down2 MagnanimousNOBLE5Down2 Something charged in Helsinki, Oslo and Tallinn, ultimatelyION3Down3 A cutting tool with an arched blade set at right angles to the handleADZE4Down3 AbradeSCRAPE6Down3 MercyQUARTER7Down4 Former tourist attraction in Berkshire that has been converted into a LegolandWINDSORSAFARIPARK17Down4 Flirted desperately, finally having digits to ringTOYED5Down4 AdditionalEXTRA5Down5 1965 hit single by Fontella BassRESCUEME8Down5 A Chinese green tea also called Lucky Dragon teaHYSON5Down6 Hair colourASHBLONDE9Down6 Originally missed, one-nil replay broadcast throughout the yearPERENNIALLY11Down6 The capital of Australia's Northern TerritoryDARWIN6Down7 Nobody in navy working with a childNONPERSON9Down7 Absolutely broken television?DEADSET7Down8 The name of four cats owned by The SimpsonsSNOWBALL8Down8 RequirementNECESSITY9Down8 The secret intelligence service of IsraelMOSSAD6Down9 Workers raised repurchase agreement with other workers?OPERANTS8Down9 An extensive anchorage in the Orkney Islands that was a major British naval base in both World WarsSCAPAFLOW9Down11 TransverselyATHWART7Down12 Air conditioning with constant temperature around capital city is initially easy to adjustACCLIMATISE11Down13 A sleeveless type of jerkin that is usually quiltedBODYWARMER10Down14 Make outDISCERN7Down14 Bird of preyFALCON6Down15 Exposing man beneath oddly dyed hairstyleDEBUNKING9Down16 Flag book skipping over Isle of Man locationIRISHSEA8Down17 CognisantAWARE5Down17 SurroundBESET5Down18 Sporting equipment's debateDISCUSS7Down19 Port in Italy that is capital of Veneto regionVENICE6Down19 Old tree likely to get hollowed outELDERLY7Down21 1955 William Wyler film starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March, based on a novel and play of the same name by Joseph HayesTHEDESPERATEHOURS17Down21 South American almost battered rice dishSUSHI5Down23 A small parasitic arachnid of the families Ixodidae and ArgasidaeTICK4Down24 One coming out with me to rear plantEMBED5Down25 1989 film about the Profumo affair starring Joanne Whalley and John HurtSCANDAL7Down26 Mark's long-running EastEnders characterDOT3Down28 John ___, English actor best known for the 1953 film Genevieve in which he starred with Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan and Kay KendallGREGSON7Down28 Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, dedicated to international culture and technological innovationEPCOT5Down29 1956 British biopic about aviator Douglas Bader starring Kenneth MoreREACHFORTHESKY14Down31 Song by Leonard Cohen that has been covered by John Cale, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, k d lang, Alexandra Burke and othersHALLELUJAH10Down33 Russian port known as Molotov between 1940 and 1962PERM4Down36 Spongy vascular organ situated near the stomachSPLEEN6Down37 Austrian motor-racing driver who was world champion in 1975, 1977 and 1984NIKILAUDA9Down40 Sweet, wine-based French aperitif first sold in 1846DUBONNET8Down42 City and port in Spain on the Costa Blanca whose features include the Castle of Santa BárbaraALICANTE8Down44 A published announcement of a death, from the Latin for 'to fall'OBITUARY8Down46 A French-built anti-ship missileEXOCET6Down48 ___ Off, 1982 play by Michael Frayn that contains the play-within-a-play Nothing OnNOISES6Down49 Opera by Vincenzo Bellini first produced at La Scala in 1831NORMA5Down51 Group that won the 1974 Eurovision Song ContestABBA4Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, July 19, 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.