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The Independent Crossword July 8 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 8 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 57 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#
Pence leading prayer renouncing Republican corruptionPOISON6Across1 Cricket extraBYE3Across1 Reaping-hookSICKLE6Across3 Make play of son ahead of grave pronouncement in courtSCRIPT6Across4 Role performed in middle of ancient pastIAGO4Across9 DilapidatedRUNDOWN7Across9 ClearLUCID5Across10 Unyielding sailor receiving order that's distressingHARDTOBEAR10Across10 PretendFEIGN5Across11 Doctor spreading KY Jelly wiping backsideJEKYLL6Across11 AlfrescoOUTDOOR7Across12 Very bad Ebola discovered breaking westwards spooks papersDIABOLIC8Across12 Summary treatmentSHORTSHRIFT11Across13 Men inside bend over backwards after doctor provides lubricantMOTOROIL8Across13 Press applauds ending with a twistCLASP5Across15 Good grass cut to get new putting surfaceGREEN5Across17 Ferocious fishPIRANHA7Across17 Secret storeSTASH5Across19 Released university study about fencing landUNMOORED8Across19 AscentCLIMB5Across21 Art formCOLLAGE7Across22 American policemen managed to capture one that may have defaced monumentsACIDRAIN8Across23 CheckSCREEN6Across23 Dried grassHAY3Across24 Neutralise some revolutionary Soviet agentsNEGATE6Across24 Gets prickly bits with staler crackersBRISTLESAT10Across26 Checked out like old King Edward?EYED4Across27 Tempt to go down briefly during dateSEDUCE6Across28 Timely reminderPROMPT6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DeprivedBEREFT6Down1 Station loo doesn't close and there's no remedy to itPLACEBO7Down1 BoredomENNUI5Down2 Served up unknown seaweed that's not really meant to be swallowedIRONY5Down2 Nil-nil encapsulating the dull second half performance of players?OTHELLO7Down3 Small islandISLET5Down4 Limit constrains worker withdrawing rest of the kitty?CATNAP6Down5 Start of a football matchKICKOFF7Down5 Unravelling big oil promo uncovered embarrassing entanglementIMBROGLIO9Down6 Sea duckEIDER5Down6 With first pick of transport, band's crew rule out crawlersTOADIES7Down7 WoodworkerJOINER6Down7 FicklenessINCONSTANCY11Down8 Enigmatic scoundrel uses readiness to believeCREDULOUSNESS13Down8 Stick up for foolMUG3Down13 Bird of preyHARRIER7Down14 Some balls and parties regularly end having taken in excessOVERDOSED9Down14 OutcomeRESULT6Down15 Skipping English, Charlie possibly upset schoolPOD3Down16 ImpudentCHEEKY6Down16 StepsPACES5Down17 Socialists holding my dataRECORDS7Down18 ExaltedNOBLE5Down18 Married and kinky: no rest for the fabulously wicked?MONSTER7Down20 FloodedAWASH5Down20 Ask in hospital department concerning a temperatureENTREAT7Down21 A girl agitated about pressing matter?GARLIC6Down22 Shifting over, stare at morning glowGLEAM5Down25

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, July 8, 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.