The Independent Crossword July 30 2025 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 30 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PleasantNICE4Across1
Test bank bookPROVERBS8Across1
Affirmative voteAYE3Across3
Clean house againHOOVER6Across5
Drinking vesselTANKARD7Across8
Main arteryAORTA5Across9
Swede meets girl, one's controlling mentorSVENGALI8Across9
Conservative doesn't win in quiet residential roadsCLOSES6Across10
DallyFLIRT5Across10
ImproveENHANCE7Across11
ThanklessnessINGRATITUDE11Across12
Idiot welcomes Oscar, namelyTOWIT5Across12
Dictator's propagated way to produce prairie turnipBREADROOT9Across13
Exotic vacation axed in scheme to save moneyTAXAVOIDANCE12Across14
With reference toAPROPOS7Across16
Rental contractLEASE5Across18
Period of time with Truss mixing gin is enthrallingSPELLBINDING12Across18
Assumed nameALIAS5Across19
CoreNUCLEUS7Across20
CanTIN3Across21
Go with Man Friday after supper?WEEKNIGHT9Across21
Greenish-blueCYAN4Across22
Precise demandEXACT5Across23
Iris or Declan or Tim?ORRICE6Across24
"Scattered community essentially hard work" stated revolutionaryDIASPORA8Across25
Artist reaches out after Australian expelledESCHER6Across26
Undated Daily Record follows leading collection of fabulous animalsBESTIARY8Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Damaged pot contains remains of Afghan peoplePASHTO6Down1
InformNOTIFY6Down1
0-0 score with boring exchange of passesONETWO6Down2
EntrustCONSIGN7Down2
Lethal big waves in poolEIGHTBALL9Down3
ForestageAPRON5Down3
SLUG NEWS? They can reduce frictionBALLBEARINGS12Down4
SidestepEVADE5Down4
SwiftFAST4Down5
Was in front after own goal, and gave dirty lookOGLED5Down6
PromotionADVERTISING11Down6
Victor rejects taking clothes off for noblemanVISCOUNT8Down7
PrestigeCACHET6Down7
Old compilers run to the front to get loopy prizesROSETTES8Down8
Very brief protest against pay, perhaps to do with response to nuclear attackSECONDSTRIKE12Down11
MealREPAST6Down13
Soft furnishingsDRAPERY7Down14
Division of the yearSEASON6Down15
What wrongdoer owes to Spooner: crockery?DINNERSET9Down15
ExpectAWAIT5Down16
American spotted problem, in generalASAWHOLE8Down16
RuleREIGN5Down17
Very quick writer held up by erotic dancingMETEORIC8Down17
ShortageLACK4Down18
Cushion eggs in Italian cityPADOVA6Down19
Raunchy and extremely sexy nursing groupSTEAMY6Down20
Husband in lovely positionNICHE5Down22
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 30, 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.