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The Independent Crossword July 4 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 4 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 53 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#
Exhale audiblySIGH4Across1 Flowering plant entwined in some latchMOSCHATEL9Across1 BaseLOW3Across3 Olympic performer several overlooked at the endDIVER5Across6 US monetary unitDOLLAR6Across7 Calm-naturedPLACID6Across8 GlitterSPARKLE7Across9 Observing last ones in the colony escaping? Securing four still aroundSURVIVING9Across9 Father struggled to ignore one with flagsPAVED5Across10 TenseEDGY4Across10 Aids to visionCONTACTLENSES13Across11 Playing chess to alarm - here’s an easy winSCHOLARSMATE12Across11 Live way out, around far side of forestsEXIST5Across14 ChargesFEES4Across15 Experienced hand not initially more daring when trapping deerOLDSTAGER9Across15 Favour support being installed in a lot of toiletsPRIVILEGE9Across16 Large tentMARQUEE7Across17 TV merchandise perhaps that is rolling in moneyTIEIN5Across18 Dictionary I caught including Greek letter in smaller-scale notesCHAMBERMUSIC12Across19 HandbookMANUAL6Across20 Turn on a pivotSWIVEL6Across21 Little area containing zero living thingsBIOTA5Across22 SphereORB3Across22 Cheerful to study bottle containing intravenous dripCONVIVIAL9Across23 Nautical hailAHOY4Across23 Relaxed when held in the attention of some LondonersEASED5Across24 American laboratory’s American mission: blocking defeatLOSALAMOS9Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bungle in classic TV showMASH4Down1 CaledonianSCOTS5Down1 Kept up a lot of commotion about river’s tidal featureSURF4Down2 ChivalrousGALLANT7Down2 I start to ridicule copper in helmet, say - and what it conceals?HAIRCUT7Down3 Time offLEAVE5Down3 Leave with no standard of measurement fixed in test of branch of geometryTRIGONOMETRICAL15Down4 SquirmWRIGGLE7Down4 French novel in which male rues England after a disasterLEGRANDMEAULNES15Down5 Difficult journeyTREK4Down5 Nothing is upset in department’s securityDEPOSIT7Down6 Request for reliefAPPEAL6Down6 Against one repeatedly getting cross about English in Disraeli novelVIVIANGREY10Down7 Woman’s upset about detective initially making a mistake - this isn’t a clueREDHERRING10Down8 HerbOREGANO7Down12 Nasty of the French, getting sanctimonious over old messageDESPICABLE10Down12 Act in accordanceCOMPLY6Down13 Very big name adopting one cause mostly about live birthsVIVIPAROUS10Down13 FosterNOURISH7Down14 Young pigeonSQUAB5Down16 Popular directors occupying ship?INBOARD7Down17 StratagemRUSE4Down18 Minor transactions Italy needed, running out of timeTRIVIAL7Down18 FoeENEMY5Down19 Movie reflecting part of dream lifeFILM4Down20 Extra luxurious, with husband absentPLUS4Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, July 4, 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.