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The Independent Crossword July 3 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 3 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#
Sports car's ignition key - taking just seconds to make contactPAGE4Across1 24-hour periodDAY3Across1 Flour and water mixtureDOUGH5Across3 Bad effect that follows dessert wine?AFTERSHOCK10Across3 Run-of-the-millROUTINE7Across8 Poisonous fluidVENOM5Across9 Group screening finale from Oliver TwistWRING5Across10 IndistinctVAGUE5Across10 Taken advantage ofPUTUPON7Across11 Rich businessmen left in fancy cigar shop after power cutOLIGARCHS9Across11 Close some open doorsEND3Across12 Suggests good judgement is overturnedGETSAT6Across13 PrudishSTRAITLACED11Across13 Book – last of all you order on KindleBURN4Across14 Futility of keeping poor proles in suspense somehow shown at the outsetPURPOSELESSNESS15Across16 Large apeGORILLA7Across16 Serving spoonLADLE5Across18 Square character keeping something barbershop needsFOURPARTHARMONY15Across18 ConfessADMIT5Across19 PastilleLOZENGE7Across21 Team expressed exasperation on the radioSIDE4Across21 Gold standard protects one foreign workerAUPAIR6Across22 SaunterAMBLE5Across22 Remove clothes for wild timeERA3Across23 Wet dirtMUD3Across23 Initially almost no papers in agreement on quality of Starmer's speechADENOIDAL9Across25 Perhaps pen and ink missing in displaySWANK5Across26 Sales rep met sidekick about suppressing ailmentsDISTEMPERS10Across27 Don Warrington's biggest character gets attentionWEAR4Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Means to apply make-up we drop off before drag show's openingPOWDERPUFFS11Down1 ObtainDERIVE6Down1 Wide smile for starters - dentist examines rotten molarGRINDER7Down2 YouthYOUNGSTER9Down2 QuiltDUVET5Down3 Clue to give them for starting with nothingFROMTHEGROUNDUP15Down4 VaseURN3Down4 Actress in theory, lit a blaze in resortELIZABETHTAYLOR15Down5 PersonHUMAN5Down5 4 friends making buffetSLAP4Down6 Movie theatreCINEMA6Down6 Check 1 Across, say contains definition originally – firm up openingOCCLUDE7Down7 ForeverPERPETUALLY11Down7 Greek island cocking a snook regularlyKOS3Down8 Cohort of 23 mature women ignored?AGEGROUP8Down9 Fictitious namePSEUDONYM9Down12 BurningABLAZE6Down14 Busybody attorney perks up after case of theft droppedNOSEYPARKER11Down15 RelyDEPEND6Down15 Tropical fruitGUAVA5Down16 Dawn making new props occasionally – wowSURPRISE8Down17 Milky coffeeLATTE5Down17 Head doctor's cutting under United stripUNDRESS7Down19 Cow left hay when ignored oddlyOVERAWE7Down20 Unruly crowdMOB3Down20 19 drank slimeOOZE4Down24 Help abridging opera?AID3Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, July 3, 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.