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The Independent Crossword July 23 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 23 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 52 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#
Prohibition restricting sound a lot in good time?BRIGHTANDEARLY14Across1 SkinnyTHIN4Across4 Sharp twistKINK4Across5 Smartphone programAPP3Across7 CompunctionREMORSE7Across9 Lacking nose, Tycho ultimately miserable for nothingODOURFREE9Across9 Have fun next to Australian desert basinPLAYA5Across10 ShelfLEDGE5Across11 Flower stand close to mortuaryDAISY5Across11 Partner scratching left foot in room in Yorkshire townROTHERHAM9Across12 Difference of opinionDISAGREEMENT12Across12 Grandma reportedly nurtured Indian sideNANBREAD8Across13 Revolutionary activists scared to flyCADRES6Across15 Very clever moveMASTERSTROKE12Across15 "Here's Johnny!" in the end, is blasphemyHERESY6Across17 LariatLASSO5Across18 JumperSWEATER7Across19 Poles welcoming second dirty womanSLATTERN8Across19 Alcoholic drinkGIN3Across21 Scorch earth in destroyed capitalBUCHAREST9Across22 Look forSEEK4Across22 Person in chargeBOSS4Across23 Intoxicated after beginning to taste cut of meatTHIGH5Across23 Columns in Excel are too narrow and initially the wrong way roundANTAE5Across24 Assign guy, perhaps, to get diamond?ALLOTROPE9Across25 Amazingly, society goes berserk for Vogue?GLOSSYMAGAZINE14Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Thin coatingFILM4Down1 Overweight ex-cricketer illuminated?BROADINTHEBEAM14Down1 A Welshman, a Scotsman and an AfricanIVORIAN7Down2 Cut of beefRIBEYE6Down2 Prince HectorHARRY5Down3 Spanish danceFANDANGO8Down3 Cultivated city with wondrous mausoleum I drove aroundAGRARIAN8Down4 Long angry speechTIRADE6Down4 End up with some terrible ragout for starters and main course in MoldovaDNESTR6Down5 One's upset, metaphorically - appalling claptrap about SpainAPPLECART9Down6 Unit of distanceKILOMETRE9Down6 Large number claiming answer is to strikeLEATHER7Down7 He's seen a camper melting topping for pasta dish?PARMESANCHEESE14Down8 QuarryPREY4Down8 Morally justifiableRIGHTEOUS9Down10 Final performanceSWANSONG8Down13 Pointedly look again when in service stations?RESTAREAS9Down14 Card suitHEARTS6Down14 Slice of baconRASHER6Down16 Some boats float off, poorly restrainedFLOTILLA8Down16 ScoriaSLAG4Down17 One stopping on the Tube for crap musical performanceRECITAL7Down18 Sons of war heroes record one American soldier holding onEPIGONI7Down20 Horse's gaitTROT4Down20 Frilly trousers as an example giftLEGACY6Down21 Four fishTETRA5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 23, 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.