The Independent Crossword July 8 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for July 8 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Pence leading prayer renouncing Republican corruption61 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket extra31 AcrossReveal answer → Reaping-hook63 AcrossReveal answer → Make play of son ahead of grave pronouncement in court64 AcrossReveal answer → Role performed in middle of ancient past49 AcrossReveal answer → Dilapidated79 AcrossReveal answer → Clear510 AcrossReveal answer → Unyielding sailor receiving order that's distressing1010 AcrossReveal answer → Pretend511 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor spreading KY Jelly wiping backside611 AcrossReveal answer → Alfresco712 AcrossReveal answer → Very bad Ebola discovered breaking westwards spooks papers812 AcrossReveal answer → Summary treatment1113 AcrossReveal answer → Men inside bend over backwards after doctor provides lubricant813 AcrossReveal answer → Press applauds ending with a twist515 AcrossReveal answer → Good grass cut to get new putting surface517 AcrossReveal answer → Ferocious fish717 AcrossReveal answer → Secret store519 AcrossReveal answer → Released university study about fencing land819 AcrossReveal answer → Ascent521 AcrossReveal answer → Art form722 AcrossReveal answer → American policemen managed to capture one that may have defaced monuments823 AcrossReveal answer → Check623 AcrossReveal answer → Dried grass324 AcrossReveal answer → Neutralise some revolutionary Soviet agents624 AcrossReveal answer → Gets prickly bits with staler crackers1026 AcrossReveal answer → Checked out like old King Edward?427 AcrossReveal answer → Tempt to go down briefly during date628 AcrossReveal answer → Timely reminder629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Deprived61 DownReveal answer → Station loo doesn't close and there's no remedy to it71 DownReveal answer → Boredom52 DownReveal answer → Served up unknown seaweed that's not really meant to be swallowed52 DownReveal answer → Nil-nil encapsulating the dull second half performance of players?73 DownReveal answer → Small island54 DownReveal answer → Limit constrains worker withdrawing rest of the kitty?65 DownReveal answer → Start of a football match75 DownReveal answer → Unravelling big oil promo uncovered embarrassing entanglement96 DownReveal answer → Sea duck56 DownReveal answer → With first pick of transport, band's crew rule out crawlers77 DownReveal answer → Woodworker67 DownReveal answer → Fickleness118 DownReveal answer → Enigmatic scoundrel uses readiness to believe138 DownReveal answer → Stick up for fool313 DownReveal answer → Bird of prey714 DownReveal answer → Some balls and parties regularly end having taken in excess914 DownReveal answer → Outcome615 DownReveal answer → Skipping English, Charlie possibly upset school316 DownReveal answer → Impudent616 DownReveal answer → Steps517 DownReveal answer → Socialists holding my data718 DownReveal answer → Exalted518 DownReveal answer → Married and kinky: no rest for the fabulously wicked?720 DownReveal answer → Flooded520 DownReveal answer → Ask in hospital department concerning a temperature721 DownReveal answer → A girl agitated about pressing matter?622 DownReveal answer → Shifting over, stare at morning glow525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.