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The Independent Crossword July 24 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 24 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 56 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#
Hear by means of vibrationPURR4Across1 ChopperAXE3Across1 SittingSESSION7Across3 Cancer - not initially just a wild crab?CRUSTACEAN10Across3 One moreANOTHER7Across8 Ice houseIGLOO5Across9 Family-friendly parts of stars from the southAUSTRAL7Across10 LoatheABHOR5Across10 Car-free roads almost certainly carrying dull person backRUNWAYS7Across11 MoralETHICAL7Across11 Dealer up town smuggles blowERUPT5Across12 Sedative drugBARBITURATE11Across12 Got to work with limited timeCOMMUTED8Across13 Sea captain's log showing location of hidden treasure?OFFSHOREACCOUNT15Across15 Roofing materialASPHALT7Across17 TraverseCROSS5Across19 Make pear juice for meeting?PRESSCONFERENCE15Across19 Penile fractures getting caught after old agePLIOCENE8Across20 PreviousPRIOR5Across21 LateOVERDUE7Across22 LockjawTETANUS7Across23 Had sex, I understandGOTIT5Across23 DecayROT3Across24 Job I view is reserved in prime positions for headsOBVERSE7Across25 Cold region of southern Spain and PortugalSIBERIA7Across26 Senior has problem with intellectGREYMATTER10Across27 Regret switching hands on golf stickGLUE4Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Ace coppers working for humanitariansPEACECORPS10Down1 ArchetypeAVATAR6Down1 Engineers start to sand, fit last two components of mantle and rearrange cabinetRESHUFFLE9Down2 EraEPOCH5Down2 StealthySURREPTITIOUS13Down3 Priest interrupts Roman Catholic memorialRELIC5Down4 Smart, stylish (Informal)SWISH5Down4 Player in the middle of team, namely Fulham, runs all over the placeSCRUMHALF9Down5 UnlawfulILLICIT7Down5 M C Escher's gutted after a news column regularly holds suspicion of copyingANNOUNCER9Down6 Pasta stripNOODLE6Down6 Times editor's beginning to strikeERASE5Down7 AngelCHERUB6Down7 Snoopy's very big in New YorkNOSY4Down8 Order one to infiltrate right after onset of warWRIT4Down9 Officially assignAPPOINT7Down13 Trees meant to be chopped up to reveal writing on road signSTREETNAME10Down14 Salad plantROCKET6Down14 Floor coveringCARPET6Down15 AgreementASSENT6Down16 Maybe Robbie's upset following his chartHISTOGRAM9Down16 US President's grave about to be robbed by liberal, source claimsROOSEVELT9Down17 Strange peacekeepers catch the sun when travelling up riverUNNATURAL9Down18 PinnyAPRON5Down18 SequenceORDER5Down20 Place for Don McLean's car - Cybertruck, perhaps - in shelter?LEVEE5Down21 Follow around, nearly unseenENSUE5Down22 Turn on live broadcast of desertGOBI4Down23 Pine hedged back by magnoliaLONG4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, July 24, 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.