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The Independent Crossword July 28 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 28 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
Validate moves to incarcerate Welsh boreTIDALWAVE9Across1 SemiteJEW3Across1 Female deerDOE3Across3 Open form of government originally adopted from the eastAJAR4Across6 Disheartened marksmen receiving daily shotsSNIFTERS8Across8 School markGRADE5Across8 CurdleCONGEAL7Across9 Periodically orders big guns to stand downRESIGN6Across9 Dreadful (Informal)ABYSMAL7Across10 Track fox discovered in woodGROOVE6Across10 Hard dark woodEBONY5Across11 Journalist concludes former police constable went madEXPLODED8Across11 Easily annoyedBADTEMPERED11Across12 Associated verse about knight with GermanyLINKED6Across12 Detective's on edge meeting Henry for foodSIDEDISH8Across15 Writer exposed adult male stalking posh swingerPENDULUM8Across16 MistakeERROR5Across16 RevealingTELLING7Across18 Show embarrassment when teacher circles question markSQUIRM6Across19 ConfoundNONPLUS7Across20 Burst of fireSALVO5Across21 Circus performers welcoming suggestion about dirty movie theatresFLEAPITS8Across21 Squat soldier's backside fills sofaCROUCH6Across22 MingleMIX3Across22 ColourRED3Across23 Seabird perched on a pole at rear of shipASTERN6Across24 Sample mince pies, oddly neglecting second oneSPECIMEN8Across25 Notice worries pygmies somewhatESPY4Across26 First Lady regularly on vacation in Switzerland? Absolutely!EVERYINCH9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Type of puzzleJIGSAW6Down1 Singer vocalising noteTENOR5Down1 TiredWEARY5Down2 Agent turned up on hard stuff? Dismiss from office!DEFROCK7Down2 ThickDENSE5Down3 Superior, say, taken in by tall taleLIEGE5Down3 Responds to article and promises to delete anotherANSWERS7Down4 Ugly sightEYESORE7Down4 Unionist pride is cruelly crushed by English dramatistEURIPIDES9Down5 AllowPERMIT6Down5 Flee from sailors caught on deltaABSCOND7Down6 Adapt to a new settingACCLIMATISE11Down6 DramaPLAY4Down7 Silver and gold-encrusted robe daughter swapped with German invaderAGGRESSOR9Down7 Word made from initialsACRONYM7Down13 Ladies sit awkwardly in 20sIDEALISTS9Down13 Sign upENLIST6Down14 Brief affair ultimately destroyed partnershipDALLIANCE9Down14 AncientAGEOLD6Down15 Sea eagleERNE4Down16 Puny rep arduously held up curtainsDRAPERY7Down17 Take it easyRELAX5Down17 Spooner's worked out setter is unmissableMUSTSEE7Down18 LayaboutIDLER5Down19 Perfect instructor stripped most of instrumentUTOPIAN7Down20 Tough revolutionary essentially spewing poppycockCHEWY5Down22 Language test is oralCZECH5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, July 28, 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.